CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar August 19, 2021 12:45:00
Was talking about afghan troops. >> that's right. this is a figure that's been used for a lodge time by the u.s. military and think tanks. experts told me it's significantly inflated. it includes not only afghan troops, but the afghan police, more than 100,000 of them. this afghan force was long plagued by ghost troops. those are no-show people list theed on the salary rolls. so experts told me the actual size before dissolution was 200,000, not the 300,000 president biden keeps using to make it sound more impressive. >> that is quite a difference. daniel, thank you so much for looking at that...