thank you so much, komal sri kumar. the president of sri kumar global strategies.dent biden defense the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, saying it was time to end the war and the withdrawal has saved american lives. more on that, coming. this is bloomberg. -- more on that, coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we succeeded in what we set out to do in afghanistan over a decade ago. then we stayed for another decade. it was time to and this war -- end this war. >> president biden, defending the timing of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, saying it saved american lives. the former u.s. national security advisors test abide in administration bungled the operation, saying he sees new terrorism risks in the country. >> they have remained in close touch with the tele-mentoring 20 years of exile, they are back-and-forth now, we see that in yuan reports before the fall of the afghan government. isis-k has been at odds with the tele-been because they are tough enough. they think they are insufficiently strict in the implementation of is limitless. -- of islamic law. t