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Around the hamed karzai airport. when he made that decision, it created a vacuum. the taliban could not react quick enough to get in there and fill it so you not only have taliban throughout kabul right now, but you have a lot of terrorist elements that have come in that want to embarrass the taliban. they're not aligned with the taliban. that includes al-quaida, includes isis-k, those elements are there. the hakani network, all of them are vying to get power in that country to do a power-sharing with the taliban, who is the dominant force, but nonetheless, when these vacuums were created by t...

The cia, other western intelligence operatives have been in the area for a long time. afghanistan is a famously chaotic place. there are a great many people with whom one can deal, particularly if one has a platform in the region and. so i don't think that us intelligence said —— it is entirely blind, but the situation is much more difficult. it the situation is much more difficult. , w' the situation is much more difficult. , w ., difficult. it struck me when i read this report _ difficult. it struck me when i read this report today _ difficult. it struck me when i read this report today ...

Reporters are asking him are questions that he should be answering more directly than -- than giving answers about tactical, you know, operations today and what choices they have available to him. that's what you expect to hear from millee. i think right now they are trying to put a brave face on a bad situation and keep situation, keep the military force very focused on the critical and high-risk job that they have on the ground there. >> absolutely, a stunning moment as well certainly what we're dealing with operationally and that's what i want to talk to you about, general. two points that ...

And finding a place and fighting for n nor honor. >> and patient. final question, general. what happens if afghanistan becomes a magnet for terrorists around the globe? do we then go back? >> if we see what's happening in afghanistan going forward that looks like, to your point, a redux of 9/11. al ptaliban was in control before 9/11. they had space that allowed al guide to grow, train, prepare and launch and execute the attacks of 9/11. we have to be able to have very good eyes, good intelligence as best we can now that the government in kabul is about the go away. we have to do our very best...

Al taliban was in control before 9/11. they had uncontrolled space. ungoverned space. they had space that allowed al guide to grow, train, prepare and launch and execute the attacks of 9/11. we have to be able to have very good eyes, good intelligence as best we can now that the government in kabul is about the go away. we have to do our very best. if it looks like that various terrorist elements in afghanistan, there's an unholy trinity and they don't get along. we have to keep our eyes on that because we cannot allow ourselves to have a repeat of 9/11. the short answer is yes. we'll have to ...