the ah the taliban celebrates, taking full control over the gun is done after defeating the last pocket of persistence. although anti taliban fighters, things still claim that they hold punches, proven auto to come. jo biden's approval rating drops the lowest of his presidency off the chaos to withdraw from us can stand. we look at the p r. disaster from the folded, i may ask understand chaos, test brittany relations with the united states. the question is joe biden's, assessment of the situation and america's role as a global simple power,

plus also on the way the russian president calls the ask, understand situation, a catastrophe, which says nobody's interest. due to what's happened in afghanistan is indeed a catastrophe. americans are pragmatic people and have spent over $1.00 trillion dollars on the african campaign, but to spend awe why they just come 11 o'clock in moscow you watching on the international. now the last afghan province not under taliban control, has reportedly fallen sizes and persistence fighters were believed to. amassed in pan share their last hold out of the country. 34 provinces. worley, today they did play still control part saying that the taliban had lost hundreds of fighters with more details from cabal. his murdered gas viet. well,

the tattoo button. incredible is absolutely sure that they have taken pen g province. the gunfire celebratory gun father we heard was it was a rule coming from all over the city. the hundreds, perhaps thousands of rifles being fired into the race around screaming through the scott. they came absolutely sure that taliban had said yes, we have taken the entirety of a punch in province. we have heard from another source that perhaps no rule of it is yet on the taliban control, that had been days of negotiation. that's more than a week of negotiate between the taliban and you tell about forces and padget. proven those negotiations fell through the taliban, saying that the demands made by the, by the flight. does that work completely unreasonable?

they allegedly demand that 30 percent of ministerial roles and any new governments that you said, the minister positions, we have heard from one so that that rule of padre province has been taken. but that the taliban had broken through defences. but many of the fighters that had surrendered to have agreed to read this to the taliban and the negotiations were on the way with those that had that which still putting up a fight again, this version we have only heard from, from one source, the opposition that the former vice president of the country allegedly said a video in which he appears to be sitting in front of bookshelves in an unconfirmed location he had previously claimed to be in your province. and he says that this is all taliban propaganda that the know with the they hadn't broken through the proven to that if it was still entirely held entirely held by the anti taliban forces and

the they were putting up a fight and that they were fighting the kinds of bucks, so that is their perspective. but certainly here in capital where you get more gunshots, they have quite and out. you you there is absolute. sure. if you the yes, the province has fallen. in fact, the one of the taliban spokespeople official has come out and said the world fight urged fight this here and cobbled to stop flowering into the air because it is dangerous because those bullets when, when fired upward, they must come down with and they could injure or hurt somebody. i mean, while president biden is hitting you lose at home with only 43 percent of americans approving of his performance according to a recent national poll, that's his worst writing since he started the job and 6 percent following the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. so how could the administration win back to

hearts and minds of voters he call miss simon, right, gives us his take areas. then the last us soldier to leave afghanistan, major general chris donahue, of the 82nd. soon to be played on the screen by bradley cooper. or chris or j pinking. thing i know is, is definitely going to be a movie because now the robot to install it has been lost by the u. s. then it's bodies, real batter within the battery to make light. and i turn the u. s. actually one, well, maybe not one, not miracle workers, but make it look, they didn't lose quite so badly. exhibit one is in fact the aforementioned major general chris donahue. there is no way that this picture here was serendipity payoff. do it in heroic green, send it out into the world. the media will globally and without question, say stuff like this, the last american soldier to leave afghanistan on us noted to me that the last

american troops left can a stand. come on, you think this is really bizarre, us don't do enough gun. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down to make you pay that angry old uncle joe biden. they're talking about this new all this long. his case ought to be confused with k pop or special k ordered asteroids for whenever they pop up, where they might be hard to believe given their general accuracy for their joints, you still need special forces on the ground, guiding them in just in case civilians game there is no way that the law us soldier enough can install it. shaping history is just sending out an image off, joe biden, according to voices and his last phone call to ask our president, gone a before couple fell and gone. the data runner, the american president,

couldn't run anyone if he tried, said, there is a need. whether it's true or not. there is a need to project a different picture. is that accurate? telephone? not going to get into private diplomatic conversations or league transcripts of phone calls. so yeah, it's accurate. we're well into jo biden's words, the project, different pages that each which is hard when the picture is clear, this one for everyone to see you thought to get really questionable stuff. 5 extraordinary success in this mission was due to the incredible skill. bravely and suffer. scourge of united states military. the phrase, extraordinary success. there is a pretty heavy listing there, boys johnson is going in this direction. what we're saying is that guns don canton looked back into becoming a breeding ground of terror. kenneth tom can't become a naco state. girls have got to be educated up to the age of 18 because

as the guy on to bach with hall to cell is anything like when they get written west the nation, they're gonna start sending out liberal statements instead of the un security. can the security council was voting on a resolution meant as a message for the taliban that the world is watching, also included stuff like telling the van to uphold human rights, fight terrorism. invade sure. they're listening at this point to china. russia abstained in the vote because we can see in this an attempt to shift the blame for the failure to collapse after 20 years of the presence of the united states and their allies in the region onto the taliban. and all the countries in the region that will have to deal with the results of the piano, opportunity, diplomatic grandstanding, flashing the liberal. all that is just to show off to you to mess up a country and scampered. one of the stories then not advertising. well,

this one we're learning details of a secret agreement, stunning details between the taliban and the u. s. military that deal with the us military. julie asking with ton of mostly gonna affect any grounded americans during the evacuation of combo, bring them gently to the britain. am i 6 by the pound key now talking to the taliban? to awesome. not to let any terrorist setup camp there. wasn't that the didn't threatening the taliban, not the un, and then asking for their help on the ground and getting caught trying to rewrite reality. not a good look off the 2 decades. is it about that stuff? doesn't make the hollywood version most speaking off campus. i can. she hasn't always stepped aside from private and diplomatic conversations because when she's, while she's described jo biden's afghan telephone call is private back in 2019. she

gave a very different reaction to trump sleep phone call with ukrainian president for me landscape. it is not just the cold transcript, there was a lower complaint with likely have more details. we need both and not just the call or trumpet was accused of soliciting a foreign leader to take up dirt on by the head of the election. transcription of the call with the landscape revealed that trump had asked him to probably be ukrainian energy firm, which biden's on worked for joe biden had repeat, or has repeatedly denied any knowledge of his son's foreign business dealings. and his responded angrily. suggestions, either he or his son peddled influence. let's get you snapped and he's a journalist and he's very welcome. good. see you again, daniel. there's an obvious double standard here, isn't that? i mean, pataki seems happy to talk about from sleep calls but not biden's. yes, it's obvious level standard by the the administration is clearly embarrass, doesn't want too much information getting out and doesn't want to many tough

questions. so jan persell jackie is stonewalling as best you can from what we know of what was said in that lead phone call. between biden and the afghan present. what do you think it tells us about what he actually knew when it comes to the power of the afghan army? well, it suggests that he was floundering. he was desperate for someone to take charge. i had a sense that things were going really, really badly. buddy had little idea. he's basically not a very strong or not or knowledgeable leader. he was relying on a, on a man, gandhi, who is a, the tory, a c, no influence worker. man, a huge, huge and powerful washer connections who was also basically profoundly corrupt and biden was flailing about trying to find someone to take take control. at the same

time, biden was also evident from the transcript that biden was cutting off air support for the, for the afghan troops. and then complaining that the afghan troops weren't doing enough by themselves on the ground. it seems that was almost sort of the fatal decision, wasn't it to me, to withdraw that support because shortly after that's when everything came down. when everything collapsed. i mean, if you have to pinpoint one thing, you would look at that. well, it was the yes we have pinpoint one thing you would look at that that's quite correct. but that, that there's also a problem. you had 20 years of just catastrophic failure. where the u. s. know repeatedly again and again, ignored signs that, that, of growing weakness among the afghans that a powerful levels of corruption, the government was just like, you know, going through the motions of fighting the taliban. and meanwhile, you know,

real conditions on the ground were growing worse and worse, but the u. s. managed to ignore it for 2 full decades. that is the real level of scandal, whatnot. then for joe biden, because as much as he has tried to draw a line under this, we still go, you know, plenty of american nationals in afghanistan. we still have plenty of african still wanting to get act of afghanistan and come to america. it's not an issue that's going to go away for him. is it? no, it's an initial got guys going to go for way for him or for the u. s. as a whole. the u. s. as a wounded giant at this point. it's reeling from the disaster and couple it is trying to show, make a show of toughness at the same time. it's weakness as a parent to all. and it's a very dangerous situation because the u. s. is desperate and therefore may blunder into further disasters. and other elsewhere on the globe. i mean, for example, the situation in the ukraine looks very similar to afghanistan. the ukraine is

another profoundly corrupt failing state which you know, whose government is, you know, it just grows weaker by the month. the u. s. is propped it up with all kinds of aid . and meanwhile, the landscape government is engaging in all kinds of provocations with russia, which could conceivably lead to some kind of military hostilities. so if that happens, the u. s. find the stuff from the same position of trying to prop up a failed state. that in itself has made weaker over the years. do you think that the u. s. is learning fast lessons? he might argue, sacon to decades, but you've seen plenty of criticism from the, from britain today, also questioning the global status. the america's america is a super power. oh, most people are questioning that, sue, is that how you see it? if you'd be surprised by that international reaction, not at all surprised because the u. s. is obviously

a date has been vastly weakened by this experience, but the u. s. learns nothing. it is constitutionally incapable of learning anything . it will only go on making the same mistakes over and over. and each time it'll, things will wind up even worse. that's the hard truth of the better. okay, daniel, i will leave it good to told you tonight that was daniel is our journalist and author. thanks for coming on. thank you. i was hundreds of american citizens as we were discussing their bath guns with these is less stranded in afghanistan. washington is promising to look at all possible options to get them out of the country, but it's not the only problem. the u. s. has left behind after 20 years of conflict . in the the

the taliban now has more black hawk helicopters than 85 percent of the countries in the world. ah okada and isis k still exist in our growing and afghan stand and eventually they acquire these weapons. the majority of every member behind me is a veteran. we now have americans stuck in afghanistan. the taliban in charge with most more weaponry than they've ever had in the past. and a border that is open ah,

humanitarian catastrophe. loons in afghanistan on the half the population need few monetary and assistance. one and 3. don't know where the next meal will come from. the mall, the republican party looked set to capitalize in the upcoming midterm elections following a downturn in support. full joe biden, looking at that his kennimore p. more than a 100 americans left behind that afghan, a stand, 13 soldiers killed in a bombing. the chaotic pull out of afghanistan has turned into a major weapon for republicans to use against the biden administration. and they roll toward the 2020 to mid term elections. team trump has even started calling joe biden. the surrender and chief afghanistan cannot be as a terrorist for terrorism. we cannot get everybody out. dozens and dozens of

us went to the air force and the gauge never opened initially hasn't failed. it reason failure? what just failure looked like afghanistan now seems to be the reason that republicans are now calling for impeachment we call upon most somberly the resignation of this president joe biden. if we leave any americans behind, if we leave thousands of those afghans who fought along our side behind bravely, joe biden deserves to be in peach for a higher crime and misdemeanor of dereliction of duty. republicans in congress have to get on board with this process, build the case, start doing the work, and figure out how to get this done and impeach joe biden. now the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, so that impeachment is not on the table, but he couldn't hide the fact that some democrats are starting to get hot under the

collar. well, look, the president is not going to be removed from office. it's a democratic house, narrowly democratic senate, have a feeling, the american people didn't think they voted for this government. it's grosser expression. we fill in it, i think given some of the democrats affiliate, this goes beyond capitol hill divisions of spread to ordinary citizens. half of americans, including one 3rd of democrats, now say that joe biden should resign over the afghanistan debacle. though 47 percent say his replacement comma le harris wouldn't fair, much better. one restaurant owner in florida has actually gone as far as banning biden's supporters from her diner. she says the sign stays up in her window until every american is out of afghanistan. if you voted for and continued to support and stand behind the burtless inept and corrupt and ministration currently inhabiting the white house that is complicit in the death of our service, men and women in afghanistan, please take a business elsewhere. yes,

the us public has long favorite pulling out of afghanistan the way joe biden did it blew up in his face. now we've got republicans saying that he abandoned americans and made the country look weak and that has intensified divisions in the country. over all the white house is a pretty weak spot with the country looking on and disapproval. there just aren't people that are united over anything these days. they're divided over war. they're divided over response to the corona virus. they're divided over the economy. the divisiveness in america causes people not to reflect on what really makes sense. and instead to join in this blame game of right versus left, which leads to know which doesn't lead to actual illumination of the issues and thoughtful responses. the rift between the american people is just going to wide and wide and wide and, and the possibility for civil dialogue between the 2 is going to become harder and

harder. and that's why it's crucial for those of us who don't fall into either one of those, can make a point of pointing out how all of the politicians are wrong and how this was never supposed to be about republican versus democratic reality. as this is the american people for the very small handful of incredibly powerful people that run washington d. c. would of mountain criticism at home wasn't enough. joe biden is also seeing relations fee of the strain with $1.00 of america's biggest allies, pretty senior government ministers. according to question washington's global status. a superpower that is also not preferred to stick at something, isn't probably superpower either. it is certainly not a global force. it's just a big power. what we've been seeing since the chaotic scenes all the nato western withdrawal from afghanistan, those scenes that the fort, all of them really combining to lead to a blame game, people pointing the thing is that each other from within what is increasingly a fraction, not just nato but so called

a special relationship that we've had so much about over the past few decades between the u. k and the u. s. and now those very different assessments and pronouncements of the situation really playing out in public. it's been clear for many months that the situation could go very fast. the truth is, this did on fall more quickly than we had anticipated. the british prime minister bars johnson has been under a lot of pressure domestic lee. but again, he's taken aim and some of the strategies put forth by us, including the withdrawal of support for the african army, saying that essentially once that was withdrawn, it was never the ball, but they would lay down their arms and give up the fight football to the taliban, once the people in the army felt that they were no longer going to be getting that american cover, then i think the logic for them came really to,

to end that their resistance and say things did go fast. now that finger pointing is going both ways. there is a report out a briefing by the pentagon in the u. s. essentially blaming the u. k. for the devastating bombing, or at least some of the worst aspects of the bombing applicable airport, saying that they had advice for one of the main gate to have been shot that was leading into the airport. that the british had kept it open in order to a d evacuation f. a. despite that briefing, say that there were intelligent signals that an attack was imminent. so all sides now engaged, seemingly in a briefing war and trying to perhaps if not when the public relations war. because that certain the, there's not willing that i need try to rid themselves of as much responsibility and public eyes as possible. the breakup of afghan, a stan is in nobody's interest. that's the message from vladimir putin whose

describe the us control process as a catastrophe. the russian president was addressing a major heck and make form, which is currently taking place in the russian far east and city of radical stock district. just what's happened in afghanistan is indeed a catastrophe. slower, it's not my word. it's american analyst saying it's americans are pragmatic people and have spent over $1.00 trillion dollars on the african campaign. but towards the end, there is none. and this is a humanitarian catastrophe as well. if you look at the number of people left there, people who worked for the western forces, i hope the west will come to understand their old policy, namely to civilize other states forcibly. i'm bringing elements of modern civilization and the image of western countries themselves is a mistake. well, i've got to some featured prominently, if not on the agenda of this form done at least in the back room discussions

because the security of the country essential to the prosperity of the whole not just the whole region, but the whole continent. the, i've got, some happens to be riding the center of eurasia and any effort to integrate the east and the west to develop this continent economically socially would be doomed without some sort of stability and prosperity in that country. now for that to happen, the status of the taliban that will have to be addressed. because as of now, the taliban is considered to be terrorists organization not only by russia, but also by the whole international community in order for that status to be removed or change or challenged in some way. it will require a unanimous vote by the same un security council. this is exactly what logic put it's up to date of birth control it today, the taliban does control most of the territory of afghanistan. and we have to be realistic. we have to look at what's really behind the taliban statements. russia

has no interest in the disintegration of afghanistan, or else there will be no one to negotiate with. so the sooner the man joins, so to speak, the family of civil states, the easier it will be to communicate with them, to ask them questions. civilized negotiation means certain rules that and with the country disintegrated, that's impossible. the united states does not consider the taliban as a terrorist movement, and earlier they unofficially pledge their support in trying to persuade their members of the council in removing the status, russia and china also eager to explore a chance for peace and genesis both have that own separate negotiation tracks with, with that moment russia reopened those talks back in 2018. so if things go smoothly, i think we may actually see the status of the taliban as

a terrorist moment being challenged in the few coming months. but that, of course, will depend on how the movement that cell behaves itself for the time being. it's eager in getting international support is eager in trying to move the development and the reconstruction of afghanistan had. and believe it or not, despite the fact that all those great powers have very different agendas in august, and it seems that for the time being they, you want to try something new in the country. and hopefully, that will come about in the next few months for $4.00 to $4.00. and that was mostly dedicated to global economic issues in india's prime minister. used his address to highlight that friendship with russia can bring stability to the global market. we talked to the indian minister of petroleum and that for gas, he does see he's countries relationship with russia as extremely fruitful. the

scope of increasing the cooperation between the russian federation and india is immense. i just give you an example. we are to 85 percent dependent on on imports, put out equipment in both liquid hydrocarbons and got how much comes from russia just by we have an example of one percent of the liquid hydrocarbons and have a present of gas. so you've got the roadmap in terms of the potential. of course, these are all commercial arrangements at the end of the day. we would want to set to both sides with one long term agreement, which provides predictability stability. provided the prices i but i think what makes it possible when you have both political commitment and the company's working i in the meetings i've had in the last 2 days, i did not hear a single note off. you know, discard everybody says it's an important relationship. it has great potential and

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