region, given that terrorists operate just fine out of a bunch of countries and online. they don t need afghanistan, do they? well, they don t but they re likely to get it again. when we first went in, it was to eliminate the taliban which we did in short order. then it changed to nation building and changing afghanistan to something it couldn t possibly be. and indeed, we are concerned about the resurgence of terrorism which is destabilizing to that region and already unable region. and it is not conducive to our own foreign policy and national security. so we are concerned about it and rightfully so. so let me ask you both. and i ll start with you. i want to ask, it is an important question. in lightest what has happened in afghanistan, why should anyone watching this show tonight believe anything that the u.s. president, u.s. generals, u.s.
preparing for life again under taliban rule. what will come next for them? what do they have to tell us? joining me now to discuss all this is roya rahmani who was the first female ambassador to the united states. she now lives in washington, d.c. thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. what is your reaction to this news coming out of kabul at the moment? how do you feel tonight? thank you. i feel betrayed. i feel a loss. i feel hopeless. i feel very disappointed. and most importantly, it s just hard to pull it together and collect your trust again. that s how i feel. are you surprised by the speed with which the afghan government and security forces have yielded to the taliban?
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misled the american people for the past two decades about the situation in afghanistan. it s no doubt that the idea that was turning the corner that we re doing better, that the taliban are on the run, was wrong. and i think these administrations work under the shadow of 9/11 where presidents, particularly democratic presidents and politicians were very afraid of being soft of the war on terror and didn t want to make the hard decisions of not giving the military what it wanted and the military was providing a much rosier picture than was the case in order to sustain its campaign in afghanistan and now we re seeing exactly how hollow that promise was. how little was done in terms of illegal military and in fact, how powerful the taliban were and how essentially afghanistan had not really gelled around the idea that america was promoting
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