that is javed ali. — responsible for that. that is javed ali. a _ responsible for that.t is javed ali, a former counter| javed ali, a former counter terrorism official with the us government. let's get some of the day's other news. lebanon says syria has agreed to help it import electricity to help ease power shortages now crippling many areas of life. the project was discussed in damascus in the first high—level talks between the two governments for years. it would involve using egyptian gas to generate electricity injordan, which would then be sent to lebanon via syria. the prime minister of thailand, general prayut, has survived a censure vote in parliament, in which some members of his own party manoeuvred to replace him. the general seized power in a coup seven years ago, holding on to the top job after an election. thousands of people have taken to the streets in france to demonstrate against the government's so—called coronavirus health pass, which requires people to show proof of vaccination to enter some venues. its the eighth consecutive weekend of protests but

we can speak now to javed ali, who's a former us national counterterrorism director on the national securityn on that day, and had just passed the pentagon 30 minutes before it was attacked. i will come to your personal memories in a moment. the us secretary of state said shortly after 9/11 history start today. he was right, really, in terms of what we have seen in the past 20 years?— of what we have seen in the past 20 years? thank you for havin: past 20 years? thank you for having me — past 20 years? thank you for having me on. _ past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 _ past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 was - past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 was such | past 20 years? thank you for| having me on. 9/11 was such a profoundly moment in not only us history but i would argue in international history and has really shaped the trajectory of the last 20 years in ways that was very difficult to know in those early moments right after 9/11 and i would argue going back to some of the points raised in earlier pieces of your segment, they have been elements of those

we can now speak to javed ali who's an associate professor of practice at the ford school of public policy a former senior us government counterterrorism official. we continually share that they have denied supporting the taliban. but this seems to be quite happy scenes involved involved in some way. thank you for having _ involved in some way. thank you for having me — involved in some way. thank you for having me in _ involved in some way. thank you for having me in the _ for having me in the relationship between pakistan and the taliban as your previous correspondence noted is long and goes back several decades with the taliban resistance fighters going back to the soviet wars. pakistan is always at influence in afghanistan with the taliban directly, so it is not surprising that given the recent events with the complete withdrawal of western troops and diplomats from afghanistan that regional powers like pakistan will step into the void, exert their influence, try to see how much leverage they can project and unclear with the results will be, but seems natural for a country like pakista