, who was widely seen as a future leader in a taliban government. >> mullah baradar is a very, very bign, the person who has been very, very close to mullah omar, the main leader of the taliban who died some years ago. he has been in prison for eight years in pakistan and he has been released in 2018. >> narrator: najibullah pressed the mullah about whether the taliban would moderate its hardline practices, especially against women. >> (speaking dari): >> narrator: his answer was ambiguous, but foreshadowed what was soon to come-- women would have rights, he said, but only according to the taliban's interpretation of islamic sharia law. >> (speaking afghan language): >> narrator: mullah baradar also promised that the taliban would uphold the key component of a peace deal with the u.s. that they'd prevent isis and al qaeda from using afghanistan as a haven. >> (speaking dari): >> (speaking afghan language): (explosion) >> narrator: mullah baradar's promise evaporated a few days before the last u.s. troops left on august 31. >> the pentagon confirming there has been an explosion outside k

don't like saying that but he said, i just want you to know.an i could hear in the voice of mullah abdul ghani baradar. he knew president trump meant business. they moved the date for the withdrawal beyond the spring and into the fighting season, saying september 11th. i have to tell you, the idea that we abandon bagram airbase in the middle of the night without telling her allies and worst of all that we left americans of american allies behind was unconscionable. i have to tell you, the generals of event testify before the congress, the focus on the advice the president got, the american people know the buck stops at the president's desk. the people in the days ahead weeks ahead, elections ahead are going to hold joe biden accountable for their disastrous withdrawal. can i sayy one more thing? nothing of the? current commandr in chief's failings in afghanistan and i want to say this from my heart, to every veteran who served there and the families of our fallen, nothing of the disastrous withdrawal i'm afghanistan by joe biden will ever diminish the service and sacrifice of all of our service member