Toby Harndon News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

People that i served with, they're good people who i admire, the afghans, and i'm worried about them, and i'm worried about their families. and i want them to get here because they deserve it. >> jason, i'm so glad that you're reaching out to your fellow soldiers and folks who were there. and take care of yourself. be well. thank you. >> thanks, don. appreciate it. also tonight, the taliban releasing this video of their co-founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, arriving in kandahar. it is the first time that he has set foot in afghanistan in 20 years. joining me now, two people who have done a...

Way out, to not attack them on the way out. they never agreed to not attack afghan forces, and they never agreed to reach a settlement with them, which is why the whole thing that's happened this past few days, which is incredibly fast, is not that surprising. >> toby, in 2020, baradar met with then-secretary of state mike pompeo in doha. what can you tell us about their negotiations? >> well, i wasn't party to them, but i think as jessica said, there were no meaningful negotiations because the trump administration, the united states were deciding to run for the exits, and even the relatively ...

He tried to tell the afghan government, i want to join you, and this war is over, and he was turned away, which made the trump administration think that perhaps they had a second chance at peace. the problem was that by the time you fast-forward almost 20 years, the taliban were in such a strong position that they no longer really wanted to negotiate. >> interesting. toby, the deal with the taliban was so important to the former president that trump wanted baradar and other taliban members to come to camp david in 2019 before the 9/11 anniversary, but it was eventually called off. why did they...

If mullah fazil biecomes the tre sort of heart of the taliban government, we don't know how exactly that's going to be composed. >> toby, jessica, thank you both very much. i really appreciate it. be well. overnight, the women and girls of afghanistan have lost 20 years of progress, and now they are terrified about what the taliban might do next. next, exclusive audio from inside afghanistan. >> if we stay here for one more hour, there is going to be a massacre. i'm telling you that there is going to be a massacre. everybody will be killed here. . he's a fast talker. a fast walker. thanks, g...