head back because it s what five or six, seven in the morning there, and our teams are going to continue working. now, we have had a packed few days here at hiroshima and you think we have had productive meetings at the g7 summit. we also held the quad meeting in hiroshima rather than australia and important bilateral discussions with prime minister kishida of japan, prime minister albanese of australia and president zelenskyy of ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the indo-pacific as president and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in papa new guinea and australia later. i have spoken with the prime minister of papa new guinea and secretary blinken is traveling there to meet with the pacific islander partners and yi am goig to be hosting the leaders of the pacific islander forum in washington this fall because i won t be able to make it to papua new guinea. and prime minister albanese, we will have a state visit later this year. i al
f-16s, fourth generation fighter bombers to the ukrainian war effort because they are a strategic weapon and would prance help to keep in a future dispensation russian troops out of ukrainian territory permanently. that s essentially what the u.s. president was saying they were intended for as well as the nearer-term combat operations they might be useful, not in the summer offensive which could come far too soon for the training ar supply of these aircraft to come through. sam kiley, thank you let s talk with aaron david millers as well. aaron, you know, this, obviously, was hugely consequential this g7 summit, especially when it comes to ukraine and china. what were the biggest takeaways for you especially when we saw the g7 leaders showing their resolve when it comes to supporting ukraine for the long haul and, obviously, it was
diplomat involved in the talks with the taliban, was in pakistan talking to authorities there, a sign that they are definitely trying to move this forward. of course the pakistanis are absolutely key. they have a very high level of influence over the taliban and very, very key players to get buy-in for any future dispensation in afghanistan, natalie. right and then once this drawdown occurs, what might the taliban do? how may they push into the country more? reporter: well, they will be faced with a choice. do they use this drawdown of u.s. troops as an opportunity to try to expand their operations, or entrench themselves more as a political moveme and less as a military movement. that will depend on whether they think they will be able to be a partner, probably a dominant