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Begun. it is one in which we will lead with our diplomacy. the military mission is over. a new diplomatic mission has begun. welcome back. that was the secretary of state, tony blinken yesterday, saying a new diplomatic mission in afghanistan is under way. at least for now that mission is not in the country, it will begin in qatar, where the u.s. moved personnel with the military withdrawal from kabul. with the taliban in control, dozens of americans reportedly left behind, what will the new diplomatic mission look like? joining me, ronald newman, u.s. ambassador to afghanistan under george w. bush. ambassador newman, appreciate you taking a few minutes with me. so we don t have a diplomatic mission in country but we have one sort of working on things out of country. reminds me, recently you could argue robert ford when he was ambassador to syria was sort of, that was kind of how we dealt with syria, outside the country. how does this work and how long ....
In terms of kabul airport, i think there needs to be a u.n. led effort to control the airport. very few people who want out are going to trust the taliban and frankly, we don t want to be the only security force at the airport so that to me says the u.n. will have to have a role. there needs to be an international role in keeping the airport open and getting people out and i hope we will move towards that. i think the most obvious question is ambassador newman is the president said they can t anticipate that the afghans ability to sweep the country. if they can t anticipate that to do it in a week, how will we have eyes on any potential terror activity when we have pulled out completely? well, i don t think we will. i mean, we ll have some intelligence sources. remember, it was only a couple of years ago that we found that al qaeda base that had been established for six months when ....
Afghan moral is an afghan phenomenon but also a res responsibility of the u.s. one which i think administration is continuing to dodge. ambassador newman, thank you. you ve given us great insight. thank you so much. appreciate it. most welcome. happy to be with you. president biden doesn t regret his decision to leave afghanistan but cost this country thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. what we ve seen the past few days change how americans feel about how he s handling the conflict? (vo) how do you know when you ve found your team? whether you re winning, or just doing your best. when you re on the lanes, they re right behind you. reunite with your team. go bowling. ....