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we have drawn down from the bagram air base, u.s. intelligence assessments are much, much less whole some in terms of what they re able to collect on the ground there. and we ve heard from the cia director bill byrnes that was going to be a reality, something they expected. but the question is because of that lack of visibility, how much do they really know about the taliban s capability and who is joining them, because that will be key. byrnes said that very directly in congressional testimony. he said when we re out of the country, we have less visibility. that s simply a fact. what is the simplest terms the u.s. plan in response to this? well, the u.s. is basically doubling down on diplomacy right now. they re saying, listen, we are leaving. the u.s. troops are leaving the country, but they continue to say that the u.s. embassy is remaining open. they continue to say that they want to see the taliban engage in a diplomatic effort to bring a politicized agreement to the country.

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