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In doha rather than kabul that the shape of the new government of afghanistan is taking place. let's bring you some expert analysis from michael o'hanlon, senior fellow at the brooklyn's institute in washington who has written extensively on the taliban. some are bin laden famously kept one of your books on his book shelf. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. your reaction to what we are hearing, that these talks are shaping up very swiftly in doha? well, it's remarkable on one level. the whole thing is mind—numbing even for those of us who have been following this. remember how fast the tal...

Right. we are hearing some spreading reports that what the taliban are saying to their western audience and to other people is quite different to other people is quite different to the situation on the ground. we have had reports of all atrocities taking place in the areas that they have captured. in herat that fell to the taliban recently, they have banned women and girls from going to school or being in offices where they have worked along their male colleagues for many years. the message from the taliban office in doha is people have been fighting for what they believe to be a fully islamic...

Focus is now shifting to doha. - much so. we understand delegation has left for doha. we were always talking about what kind of leveraged this government would have, given the americans and the taliban struck a deal last year and where did that leave the afghan government in terms of peace deals? if we look at the situation now, it's certainly very clear where that has left the afghan government. clear where that has left the afghan government-— clear where that has left the afghan government. thank you so much for our government. thank you so much for your analysis _ government. thank you s...

Negotiations if they go well. secondly, the government of president ashraf ghani looks increasingly untenable. and third, possibly there is a transitional government being formed. but one thing is very clear. the taliban are very keen to take over the reins of kabul as soon as possible, even talking about asking everyone to stay and asking foreigners that they would be expected to register. the taliban's leaders must be aware that taking over kabul by peaceful means is more likely to secure them some sort of international recognition. they want to be seen like taliban 2.0, they don't want to b...

Loyal to us in harm's way. i think it sends a horrible message across the border. eric: pointing out that president biden is following president trump, i mean, his administration, because it was the former president who hammered out this deal, announced a withdrawal. the former president wanted our troops out by may. you know, they had that in the negotiations, the so-called peace negotiations with the taliban in doha. do you think that it would -- that was where a lot of the foundation for this was built. in terms of getting out. and the president, former president called it a wonderful thing...