do you prefer the taliban government? i you prefer the taliban government?t needed to be on a path toward reform over time with sustained commitment, conditionality of assistance, all sorts of mechanisms we could have used for reform in afghanistan. look at what you have now. the current head of the taliban government, he encouraged his teenage son to commit mass murder by suicide. and we delude ourselves to think that is going to be better? you delude ourselves to think that is going to be better?— delude ourselves to think that is going to be better? you do have american intelligence _ going to be better? you do have american intelligence at - going to be better? you do have american intelligence at the - going to be better? you do have - american intelligence at the weekend saying at the weekend that under the taliban al-qaeda is not regrouping, do you believe the intelligence? {iii do you believe the intelligence? of course not. look at the united nations reports and previous reports with our intelligence said al-qaeda is not very active in afghanistan.

these are the men in charge here, the provincl cabinet, the taliban govern fought in the long war whiched last august. he tells me he was imprisoned, tortured by u.s. forces. for him, this war isn't over. >> the prison time hurt my pride. i will keep fighting until i am dead. i am not tired of fighting and i don't like peace. >> younger educated members of his team seem to take a different tack as the taliban struggled to move from guns to government. >> the most important thing is the condition of the people and the worst econoc condition of afghanistan, the health crisis which isffecting afghanistan right now needs attention and doesn't need to enforce politics. we have to save people's lives. >> in mid summer harvest, thoughts already churn to winter. what if humanitarian aid drys up and the taliban don't do more for their people, a people who renamed their provincial capital, not dry straw, but for their unshakeable mountains, standing up to adversity, but searching for help. >> for more on the atmosphere in kabul, i spoke to her and ask her about how people are feeling about this a

government sandra? well, they don't really have a choice. this is a taliban off. this is a government of the taliban for the taliban. and we were witness of a demonstration of voice is off descent on saturday morning when a group of about 40 women assembled in the road that runs past the ministry of education and authorities here allowed them to march for approximately 500 meters. but then some taliban fighters started firing life shots to disperse this very small crowd. a very brave women. and what is happening here that people just stay indoors, try to voice. they are concerned more on social media or behind wards because they are really afraid of these new rulers out there who know how to ruin with a gun, but don't really know how to serve a people in crisis that you've been covering up yellowstone for many years on what strikes you most about the country to day what i really find hard to come to terms with is that on the one side there is without a doubt increased security. i myself am the last couple of years i was here. i couldn't walk the streets out of fear

host: have you heard from the taliban government? guest: not personally. host: did you confront them with what you found? guest: i did. we were careful, our afghan team advise we lead our interviews with taliban officials. we had a big interview with a deputy government spokesperson. we did on the way to the airport. that was my chance of saying i had evidence of this this is what we have been doing for the time we have been here and what we have been investigating. if it was in denial, we were told, they picked up the lingo. fake news. host: mike in virginia. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i just want to say from the beginning, it does not matter if -- stayed in afghanistan or not. for us, nothing would change. this has been going on for far too many years. nothing would change. host: ok. you made your point. guest: so, i would say that is not the case in our country. it is not the traditional marriage where parents, usually because of poverty that their children to be married off. in this case, it is forced marriage, which is of duction. host

however, it is pretty evident that al-qaeda retains a strong relationship with the taliban governmentt al—zawahiri's increased signature coincided with last year's taliban takeover of afghanistan, so, you know, i don't know if that completely addresses your question but it does underline, as i mentioned, the untrustworthiness of the taliban, or at least their voice. and david, just in a word, literally in a word, the us intelligence line is "high confidence" that they have removed al—zawahiri, that is good enough for you presumably? yeah, it is. having worked very closely as a member of the intelligence community here in the united states in my last tour, they go to extraordinary lengths to validate their actions. clearly, as long as humans are around, mistakes will be made, but the vast majority of the time they are spot on. retired lieutenant general david deptula. commander of m operations over of gunnison after 9/11. a short time ago, secunder kermani — our correspondent in kabul — outlined the regional reaction to zawahiri's death. earlier on tonight, taliban officials announced

and all the different factions and the taliban government. what knowledge did the tell about how this operation? this is the key time for negotiations between the taliban, the us, the taliban, trying to unlock billions of dollars of their national reserves, which are being held up because of the us. go on right now. we do have 2 comments from the taliban from the prestige best, and the security and intelligence agencies will be as nomic emerett investigated the incident and found that the attack was carried out by american drones. the nomic emares of i've got us on strongly condemns this attack. on any pretext, and calls it a clear violation of international principles and agreements, such actions are repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interest of the us of america. got us on and the region repeating such actions will damage the available opportunities will get more details from the president there in about 25 minutes. as you said, he was the leader of al qaeda. so how big a blow is this for them wil

the taliban because their government an islamic average. the supreme leader is called the year. i want to again refer to their time as an insurgency for a moment. in theory, the taliban's leader is a supreme leader endowed with authority from god directly. in reality, the taliban have proved pragmatic. in order for their insurgency to survive they have had to compromise. if you were able to join the fight, if you were willing to replenish the taliban's ranks which were depleted every year in this war, taliban leadership gave local fighters a great deal of autonomy. now, that compromise is not necessary because there is no more war to fight. the dynamic between the fighters and the leadership is changing. we see the meter in kandahar and the people closest to him try to reassert his rule. that is leading to some ideological divides that are growing. again, it goes back to how unprepared the taliban have been to take power. there is plenty we can discuss further on, but i want to leave it there. thank you. >> thank you, andrew. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. it is grea

now the taliban's government, its cabinet, is based in kabul.dahar, and it's here that ultimate power still resides. it's afghan women who've been impacted the most by the new taliban government's laws. here in the south of the country, most already wore the burqa in public. female teachers and healthcare workers are amongst those still working. others have been told to stay at home. negina was a presenter at a radio station but stopped when fighting intensified. in kabul the taliban do allow female journalists on air, but here in kandahar they don't. translation: kandahar is a province where people don't often _ let women work. on the street, i was hit. my scarf was pulled. cigarette packets and bottles were thrown at me. people tried to give me their phone numbers. despite all this, i managed to reach this position. how does it feel now, sitting at home? sometimes i wish i had never gotten an education. we head out of kandahar, following a mobile school. this afghan charity helps promote education in remote villages. the taliban have kept most

ramita navai also questioned the deputy spokesman for afghanistan's taliban-run government, bilal karimiave spoken to young women who told me when they were arrested, taliban officers used tasers to electrocute them. >> many people may make such a claim, however, they may have other motors -- motives. >> i've also spoken former female prisoners who said some were told if they married, they would be released. liu investigate that? >> i won't comment on that. it is completely basis. >> i've spoken to some families who to me -- amy: that is the deputy spokesperson for afghanistan's taliban government bilal karimi. speaking in a pbs document recall " afghanistan undercover." zahra nader, your response? >> the taliban, they never accept the truth. for the past year, several, several dozens of reports like you and human rights watch. the taliban responses, this is not true. the only thing they want to say is they want the whole world who believe the taliban are telling the truth and everybody else is trying to lie. i want to very much emphasize that whatever the taliban are saying is not accep

. >> not to a conversation on the taliban and its control of the government in afghanistan. middle east and foreign policy experts review the origins of the taliban and the group's political ideology. from the cato interested -- from the cato institute, this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. the taliban has held power in afghanistan one year. the supporters held a parade to mark the day. while the u.s. and our ties -- and allies maintain sanctions on the group, it is an humanitarian and economic disaster. of the 25 million afghans are living in poverty. the united nations estimates up to 9000 jobs could be lost this year as the economy stalls. since taking over, the taliban has made several promises, such as offering amnesty to soldiers who are members of the security forces, working towards an inclusive government, engaging stakeholders in a castle, and allowing girls to attend school. the group has failed to uphold several of its commitments. for example, there's evidence of reprisal killings and the u.n. has documented 160 cases to date. according to the bi

. >> now to a conversation on the taliban and its control of the government in afghanistan. middle east and foreign policy experts review the origins and evolution of the taliban and groups ideology. from the cato institute, this is about 90 minutes. afghanistan, brought to you by the cato institute. >> for example, roughly 25 million afghans are now living in poverty. well over half the population. the united nations estimates up to 900,000 jobs could be lost here as the economy stalls. since taking over, the taliban has made several promises such as offering amnesty to soldiers who were members of the security forces, working toward an inclusive government, engaging stakeholders in a transition counsel and allowing girls to attend school. however, the group has failed to uphold several commitments. there is mounting evidence of reprisal killings. the u.s. has documented 160 cases to date. according to the biden administration, the group has violated its commitment not to give shelter to al qaeda by allowing the group's leader, who was recently killed in a drone strike, to -

governing is much harder. when the taliban entered _ governing is much harder. harder. when the taliban entered kabul last august, l taliban entered kabul last august, many were terrified. rowena went and filmed them. since then, female tv presenters have been ordered to cover their faces. whilst there presenters have been ordered to cover theirfaces. whilst there has been dismay, as most girls secondary schools remained closed. 12 months after the takeover rowena is pushing boundaries and still making videos. but out and about, she is dressing more conservatively and chooses her words carefully. translation: my request - to the taliban is women and girls do observe the hijab. they should be given all the freedoms granted by islam. their rights should not be taken away. they should be allowed to work and study. the chaos outside kabul airport was watched around the world last year. my watched around the world last year. my family, my newborn baby... struggling to get inside, we met this former british army interpreter and his young family. khaled was eventually e

government. and they are being hunted. we know that the taliban is executing many of these afghans. they were hopeful and manage to get out of the country. by the time we returned in march, of course russia invaded ukraine. the world eyes were on ukraine and a lot of afghans had absolutely lost hope of being able to leave the country and getting any help and assistance from the west. what we saw certainly is the evacuation list there were thousands and thousands of names on this list. i know that being six months, some people are still waiting to be evacuated. it's pretty hopeless situation. host: ramita navai is our guest here this morning. she will take your questions and your comments about what you have heard so far. we have divided the lines regionally. begin calling in this morning so we can get to your thoughts on what you are hearing. i want to show our viewers a little bit from this documentary. "afghanistan undercover." >> wealthy businessmen met with a secretly. he said a few weeks earlier his 19-year-old cousin had been forced to marry a powerful taliban commander, 40 ye

it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intentions and face to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed women into shadows. and all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, are responsible for this catastrophe. you have chosen, in that answer, to focus on what you call the taliban's failings. i was actually thinking more about your own situation, because when you were forced to flee from kabul, you took to your panjshir valley home region, you told the people of afghanistan that you would build a resistance and that, from there, you would topple the taliban but obviously, one year on, you have failed. no, we have not failed. we did build the resistance, we did not give up, we did not surrender, we did not cha

so when the un and other rights groups have accused the taliban government of imposing restrictions on women, the taliban comes out and denies such allegations. but do you think the united nations is going far enough? what more do you want to see from the international community on the un as i said before, the united nation day, not the forgot about the ganesh son, but the still need to involve more band unit 7, but did not make any sense for august now. and was we need really option for a guest on the target. has people around the villages not see girls are not safe. they are not one problem. the food guy says, security guy says deborah 1000, no problem. and with this government, all right, we'll leave it there. thank you so much for speaking to us for manchester will many afghans who have relocated to the us are struggling to bring their families nearly a year after washington. chaotic withdrawal. tens of thousands are still waiting for a visa with the migration process has been slow. rosalind jordan reports the says, a picture of my mother, my younger brother who isn't a u. s. right

is a nation that remains internationally isolated with not a single country recognizing the taliban government. the day-to-day focus of the taliban is more about controlling the lives of women. they told him not to go to work, set rules over the age of 12, and placed restrictions on freedom of move. of movement. can you at least se least see why people look at your government and look at your your ministry with suspicion, py suspicion, particularly on this issue of women? he says no. we don't listen to the world. spite the risk, some women continue to defy the taliban. about 40 women took to the streets of kabul to demand the . the rights.with bullets with bullets as security forces fired rounds into the air to disperse them. the nation remains in the grips of what the the un considers the worst humanitarian crisis after the biden administration froze billions in assets at the bank and donors pulled funding that made up three quarters of the nation's annual budget. afghanistan is a far less violent place, but when you consider the fact that they've been stripping the most basic of of rights an

>> director, brennan, what does it say he was hiding in what "the times" are reporting is a taliban government the case, i think i think shows those -- seems to still exist, and now that the taliban is in power in afghanistan, there are extremist elements of the organization that are ready, willing, and able the provide support to individuals like zawahiri and others. this is something i think the u.s. intelligence and defense communities need to continue to focus on, which is not allowing afghanistan to once again become a wellspring for terrorist activity around the globe. if he did return to afghanistan and kabul, it shows that he not only has the support, but there is active efforts under way within the taliban to allow al qaeda to once again have a presence in afghanistan that could give berth to a terrorist capability that could be used far outside of afghanistan's borders. >> director brennan, does that necessitate a conversation about our -- i'm not suggesting we return to a war footing with afghanistan, but does that usher in a conversation about how we deal with afghanistan that's ha

taliban regime. at the same time, it would be interesting to know and find out how the u.s. governmentas able to get the intelligence on his whereabouts. considering that we pulled out, the united states, last august, it would seem this intelligence would have to come from within the taliban elements. so someone within the telegram, i would have to speculate, likely gave his locations up. maryam: so does this mean we are likely to see further drone strikes on afghan territory? the taliban government opposes strikes like this in the country, but is that the official line because they themselves are struggling, dealing with groups like i.s. kp , or do we see this unofficial corporation in order >> >> to eliminate these threats? >>>> yes, the short answer is yes. initially when we did not know that al-zawahiri was the person who was eliminated, i was chelating maybe -- speculating maybe this was an isis senior leader. the taliban have an interest in seeing isis weakened because it is a primary challenger. but not al-zawahiri. he is someone who has been an ally of the taliban for very long

government does not get about the people. it has confiscated the money. so there is being to be the messaging from the taliban, which is largely going to be for its local consumption rather than an international audience. because no country has recognized the thought about government, this is a significant blow, or not just to a high the but to talib. i'm claims as well that the note of lance file is not going to be welcome for any foreign groups to operate ad to carry out to tax outside of above sun. so they're going to have to struggle to explain why was eminent, why he there. how was he able to move around freely, especially in the heart of cobble ever this attack has taken place and what is their actual link with my, the not just of the separate with eminence. why he but there have been long standing legs with fighters, foreign fight, especially who found refuge in a constant. i guess on that, how would they be able to, i guess, deny that they had any knowledge that he was living in the downtown cobble and will anyone believe them if they do go down that road and try and deny us or there have been claims

can send some of the humanitarian aid through the taliban government to help afghan citizens. ght that senior ministration official said that the taliban must abide to the doha agreement , not to house al qaeda and not to cooperate with terrorist who want to continue to attack the u.s.. the officials said the location is a clear violation of that and in two days we expect them not to take any drastic steps against u.s. citizens still in afghanistan. judy: very big breaking news we just learned about in the last couple of hours. nick schifrin, thank you very much. ♪ judy: meantime, fire and flood causing more death and destruction across the nation. record flooding in kentucky has claimed 37 lives, and a fierce new fire in northern california has killed at least two people. william brangham begins our coverage. william: in the klamath national forest, an apocalyptic scene. smoke and flames engulf roads and cloudless skies. the mckinney fire is the largest california has seen this year. it is clearly visible from space. so far, it has burned more than 85 square miles 0% contained

, the asian governments have not supported an insurgency against the taliban. the thaad -- tajik government is still -- when it comes to the taliban. but in any case, none of them, nor the russians or chinese, have been supporting armed opposition to the taliban, meaning they are going to be in control for a while unless they have an internal split, or something happens. host: several more calls. david has been waiting in virginia, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you, c-span, for taking my call. i have a couple of questions for mr. weitz. number one, how long was it after the u.s. intervened in afghanistan until al qaeda was defeated, and was not the taliban at a very weak point at that time? secondly, why did we wait so long to leave after osama bin laden was killed, to wait another 10 years and the taliban got stronger, the afghan government not seemed to ever get their act together. finally, on the withdrawal, how much of the withdrawal was based on recommendations of the state department to defend the embassy and withdrawal troops from the bagram airb

taliban's school ban. >>> and later, serena williams returns to the u.s. open for a final hurrah. final hooray. >>> it's been one year since teenage girls in afghanistan were allowed to set foot in government-run schools. but as cbs's emtia tieia reports from kabul, those with a will to learn are enrolling in underground schools to evade the taliban's rule. >> reporter: in the taliban's afghanistan, this is what defiance looks like. since the group's decree barring 12 to 17-year-old girls from most government-run schools one year ago, a growing number are enrolling themselves into unofficial schools like this one, founded by dr. zaid imma homby. so you're paying for this all yourself. >> yes. >> that must be very difficult to do. >> yes. but i think it is my responsibility. >> you're doing this for the girls of afghanistan. >> yes. >> reporter: although the taliban formally forbids the he will indication of teenage girls, they turn a blind eye as long as girls are fully covered and men for the most part do not enter. so for now, her students can take classes in everything from religious studies to even crochet. but it's english class that most look forward to. >> can i ask all your students, i

not a single country in the world has yet to recognize the taliban government. d yet, we don't see the knock-on effect of that being any meaningful change within the taliban. when you talk to taliban leaders, it's interesting, they will adapt in more conciliatory tone. they will say that they are willing to make these changes, that they want to see girls be educated. but they need to have that consensus coming from within. but if you're only hearing that in private conversations and you're not seeing that as a matter of policy then it becomes much more difficult to take it at its worth. >> certainly does. clarissa on your report on afghanistan one year later they're the. >>> coming up, addressing the damage, new information about how long intelligence agencies have been investigating the documents taken from mar-a-lago. >>> plus, a secret service official at the center of the january 6 hearings steps down. what is next for tony or nat toe? >>> and a crisis unfolding in greenland. widespread ice loss expected to raise ocean levels by nearly a foot. and there might

is a nation that remains internationally isolated with not a single country recognizing the taliban governmentgo, the streets of kabul were full of fear as the taliban rolled in and the u.s.-backed government fled. thousands of afghans stormed the international airport in their own desperate attempt to flee the country, some even clinging to a moving u.s. military aircraft as it rose into the sky, falling to their deaths. it's an anguish zakir rezayee lives with today. his 17-year-old son, zabi, was found among the dead, while his son jackie hasn't been seen or heard from since. the only memory i have is my son's body was mangled and torn to pieces, he says. for women and girls, the past year has also seen many of their hard-earned rights taken away from them. in a rear protest this week, around 40 brave women took to the streets of kabul to demand a better future, but were instead met with bullets as taliban security forces fired live rounds into the air to disperse them. akif muhajir speaks for the newly reformed ministry of scpries virtue, which is behind many of the decrees against women.

i think there are taliban that will peel the responsibility to govern responsibly, especially the longer they have this responsibility. they are dealing with a battle of ideological purity in the taliban. it is clear there are already differences. part of what we are doing is staying engaged, staying true to our values, and putting it into a framework that can endure because this will take a while. we are talking years to engage these guys going forward and trying to keep afghans alive and to find ways to get more people out who did not work with us and want to leave and live not just in the united states but other places for the time being because of their own values that they developed during the 20 years we and other members of the national community where there providing various support, educational opportunities. that is the general direction we have to go and we should look to our administration to come up with a strategic vision they can sell to all of us. daniel: engage, revisit what kind of strategy, it is probably not jeffersonian democracy anytime soon, but maybe something alo

i think there are taliban that will peel the responsibility to govern responsibly, especially the longer they have this responsibility. they are dealing with a battle of ideological purity in the taliban. it is clear there are already differences. part of what we are doing is staying engaged, staying true to our values, and putting it into a framework that can endure because this will take a while. we are talking years to engage these guys going forward and trying to keep afghans alive and to find ways to get more people out who did not work with us and want to leave and live not just in the united states but other places for the time being because of their own values that they developed during the 20 years we and other members of the national community where there providing various support, educational opportunities. that is the general direction we have to go and we should look to our administration to come up with a strategic vision they can sell to all of us. daniel: engage, revisit what kind of strategy, it is probably not jeffersonian democracy anytime soon, but maybe something alo

but we've already been very cautious about providing aid because we don't want to support the taliban government. but on the other hand, there is a humanitarian disaster going on in taliban -- in afghanistan with millions of people being on the brink of starvation, so we are trying to provide humanitarian assistance, but we have very limited leverage. that's the reality. this is a huge counterterrorism success, no question about it, but there's, you know, i'm doubtful that we're going to be able to continue these kinds of strikes on a regular basis against the hundreds of al qaeda followers who are presently in afghanistan, and you know, to some extent, we simply lost a lot of leverage over what happens in afghanistan because we have a hostile regime that has violated their agreements with us, but, you know, nobody thinks that we're about to invade afghanistan. that's the last thing we're ever going to do again. so, you know, at the moment, it's kind of a wash, i would say, that the biden administration can point to this as a success story and blunt some of the criticism of the one-year annivers

flows through customs. houses has shown that the taliban and cleaned up more than a $1000000000.00 a year of corruption that occurred during the last government. and so there is now today a greater percentage of the money being handed over a customs points is going to the central treasury. so that helps the taliban to mitigate some of the, the economic damage. what we're talking about an economy that has shrunk considerably. and so overall, even though the taliban are consolidating some of their power economically, militarily, it is just a situation of molar demand. and so it's very difficult for them to navigate. you are thinking about consolidating power. there are still splits within the taliban, and obviously you looted also to the previous government. i wonder whether there have been revenge killings. but one of the biggest promises that they made in august was that there would be an amnesty for people from the previous government that these revenge killings wouldn't take place, that they would be freedom of the media as well. let's go, can you give us a sense of the sentiment now? you're obviously comfortable speaking to us opening. now

question in the coming days will be what the strike means for the testy relations between the taliban governmentthe united states. the u.s. claims the taliban violated a peace agreement by letting al zawahiri into the country because the taliban claims the u.s. -- conducted a strike. sake of this was entirely predictable. i think jamil is asking the right question, which is what is the long run play you. what is the long-run relationship look like it when the u.s. in afghanistan. what is the impact of the precipitous withdrawal mean not just a day, but a year from now, two years from now, five years or more? these are the kind of questions we have to answer, given this relationship is really very difficult relationship, as it should be between the taliban in the united states, one question is whether in fact in the long run if you are creating additional haven for terrorists, additional places where they can hide, and frankly, additional work for us to do in the u.s. in order to ensure that we keep the homeland safe, that should be the ultimate goal. yes, this is a victory, there is no question

within a year, the leader of al qaeda thing in the guesthouse of the number 2 guy in the taliban government showing a warm cozy relationship. you have been to the border. it would be easy for a group of terrorists to come to the border and kill a bunch of us. the rise of radical islam under the caliban, a broken border, you have the administration trying to stop congress from bolstering taiwan when they need the help. maria: i am back in the border, you sent a letter to homeland security secretary mayorkas sounding the alarm on our national security in the wake of the assassination of the 9/11 mastermind ayman al-zawahiri. you are concerned about terrorists coming over the southern border. how many have been apprehended already? >> 56 we know of. we caught people plotting to kill president bush 43, if you are concerned about the rise of radical islam in afghanistan, that group coming through the southern border, i am very concerned. he says there's an overwhelming desire to hit america. the new al qaeda leader and they will pick somebody, that guy has to out to everybody before him to get s

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the taliban government says it is implementing islamic law. the ministry of weiss and where you have replaced the ministry of veterans affairs. there are some them and who's been appointed by the taliban? who don't think it's just tokenism gaskin on amazon. i'm amazon. i am saying that women can't go around the city or do their jobs freely, isn't to accurate. i still have female staff working at this hospital, female doctor, the doing their jobs as in the previous government. besides, doctors, other female personnel are also working in some government departments. 3 quarters of, of bonds live outside the cities. and most rural nathan is traditionally conservative, not spared with albano, biggest support base comes from nila for is a teacher. and despite her brothers being unemployed in this government, she supports the taliban. i'll she says the majority of women in of one of san b, what she calls the her job in their own rig. and that's an afghan tradition law to fall upon. rule in what is most women from lancaster look at you and hear you and

we understand he's a guest of the taliban government who are hosting him here. a: does this mean for the taliban in terms of the promises it made about not enabling organizations to launch attacks on other nations when you've got this man living in afghanistan? reporter: it clearly underlines the taliban understanding of the deal. it's an observaon many have made about the deal signed in may 20 in the gulf state of qat ar, that t taliban did admit themselves to not allow afghanistan not to be used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks, a rept of the september 11 aacks. but e deal is not clear they have agreed to sever all links with groups like al qaeda. i remember but in -- in those negotiations, i aed the american envoy is it going to be spelled out in black and white because we heard the taliban were resisting saying in a sentence we will not have any links wth al qaeda. as it turns out, the deal which emerged was not watertight. the fact they do or did have al-zawahiri underlines that they see this very differently ever nce the taliban came to pow. we have

it is a year since the taliban slipped into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, _ from your point of view? for the taliban, it _ from your point of view? for the taliban, it has _ from your point of view? pr?" the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that they are change are responsible for this catastrophe.— are responsible for this catastrohe. ., . . catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer— catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to _ catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to focus - catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to focus on . and that answer to focus on what you call the taliban's failings, i was thinking more about your own situation

for world leaders, how to engage with the taliban government continues to be a challenge.g afghanistan remain on international terrorists lists, some with multimillion dollar bounties on their head like the acting interior minister who is linked to this house in kabul where the u.s. said the al qaeda leader and 9/11 plotter was killed earlier this month in a drone strike. the taliban spokesman for the minister reof foreign affairs -- >> so far we haven't reached a conclusion that indeed he was present in kabul. >> reporter: you're not confirming that he was killed in that house not far from where we're sitting down? >> absolutely. we have not arrived at that conclusion. >> reporter: he did agree, however, that if the leader of a terrorist organization like al qaeda was found living in afghanistan, the taliban would consider it a violation of the nation's sovereignty. margaret. >> we'll be right back. ♪ this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved. 100% steroid free. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults who d

sinks deeper into an economic and humanitarian crisis as international sanctions against the taliban governmenton civilians. >> there are some very difficult conversations to be had around afghanistan.

within a year the leader of al-qaida is living in the guest house of the number two guy in the taliban government. shows they have a warm, cozy relationship. you've been to the border. it would be so easy for a group of terrorists to come through the border and kill a bunch of us. there's a nightmare scenario of a rise of radical taliban with a broke inboarder and the administration is trying to stop congress from bolstering taiwan any time they need the help, and this is ukraine all over again. maria: yeah, i'm just back from the border just this week, and i know you and some of your colleagues sent a letter to hope land security secretary sounding the alarm on our national security in the wake of the assassination of the 9/11 master mind zawahiri. your thoughts on the al-qaida terrorists coming over the southern boarder and how many have been apprehended on terrorist lists already? >> 56 we know of. we caught some people plotting to kill president bush 43. the fbi director yesterday answered my question. i said are you concerned about the rise of radical islam in afghanistan? that group coming