about these terrible allegations, which involve accusations of victims being held in captivity for days and being systematically raped, some being handed overfor sexual slavery, some being raped in front of the children if you took these accusations seriously, you would have dozens and dozens of members of your armed forces behind bars right now. as i ve said, these kinds of matters are matters we take seriously. yes, they could be sensationalised reports drawing exaggerated conclusions, but we take them seriously. we have conducted investigations, and dozens of our soldiers have been sentenced to serious, serious penalties, some including to life in prison. how many? i am more than certain. 0ur actions speak for itself.
going to happen? i way. could he have foreseen this is going to happen? going to happen? i think it was re going to happen? i think it was pretty clear going to happen? i think it was pretty clear that going to happen? i think it was pretty clear that president - pretty clear that president biden, given his long standing views on afghanistan, wanted to end the us military involvement there, and so the decision to withdraw is not a surprise. i do not think it really has a lot to do with the agreement that the united states under the trump administration signed with the taliban, that if anything was convenient for the biden administration, because it gave them administration, because it gave them a kind of coverfor withdrawal decision i think they wanted to make because of how. it does not rate afghanistan very high among us interests. once you were going to have that decision to withdraw, it was going to happen quickly, in any circumstances, and, really, what we are seeing happen r
convenient for the biden administration, because it gave them administration, because it gave them a kind of coverfor a administration, because it gave them a kind of cover for a withdrawal decision that they wanted to make, because of how president biden calculates us security interests and doesn t rate afghanistan high on that. once you were going to have that. once you were going to have that decision to withdraw, it was going to happen quickly in any circumstances and really what we are seeing happen right now is a crisis of confidence, a collapse of confidence by afghans, the security forces, the political elite and the population in their own government and their own system being able to endure in the absence of the american presence. you endure in the absence of the american presence.- endure in the absence of the american presence. endure in the absence of the american resence. ., , ., ., american presence. you will be aware that comparisons american presence. you will be awa
natalie, supposed to be the greatest show on earth but one with no spectators? show on earth but one with no spectators? spectators? yeah, it s a very stranue spectators? yeah, it s a very strange affair spectators? yeah, it s a very strange affair it spectators? yeah, it s a very strange affair it has - spectators? yeah, it s a very strange affair it has to - spectators? yeah, it s a very strange affair it has to be - spectators? yeah, it s a very i strange affair it has to be said, being in here without spectators, because you can really hear when the other countries, the media coverfor those countries and start to clap and cheer for the country is coming in because normally of course you would hear the spectators doing that for them. we are still on the parade of nations, which takes two hours. we ve got 60 countries to go but believe it or not they are getting through it them quite a rapid pace because as you said earlier, there are greatly reduced numbers of athletes here. mo
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