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The Taliban have promised plots of land to relatives of suicide bombers who attacked U.S. and Afghan soldiers, in a provocative gesture that seems to run counter to their efforts to court international support.
Bombing leaves at least 41 dead, scores more wounded.
They refused. as the u.s. sits down with the taliban, is it folly for us to think that they changed? they told us they're not going to cooperate in dealing with al-qaida. >> the taliban has not changed and if you think about have we left afghanistan in a better place now than how we found it, i think the answer is pretty clear. afghanistan is a terrorist state right now. the minister of interior and the taliban government is the leader of the hakani network, notorious for conducting suicide attacks against innocent civilians and coalition forces and allowing al-qaida to homestead on their terr...
And you say i sit down and have tea with them. when i would have tea with members of the taliban, they would tell you about how they were essentially raised to be suicide bombers and they were not chosen is how they described it to you. then the conversation would flip and go to soccer or sports or whatever. >> absolutely. these are killers. they are born and raised to kill people specifically americans. and they would often joke about this reality saying just a few months ago we would have killed you had we sat in the same room. would you like some more tea? it is so flippant to many of these...
In the days leading up to the completing the withdrawal, we saw the islamic state affiliate in afghanistan was able to successfully conduct complex suicide attacks. a second vehicle was targeted afterwards. we saw bin laden's former head of security role back into his home village, rolling down the window and taking selfies and high-fiving people. al qaeda and isis are both active in afghanistan. we have a bunch of americans who are stuck. the prospect of something happening to them is very real. there is a great cause for concern. why we decided to come lately withdraw and not leave a stay be...