forces, we would have problems there as well. that was a huge mistake. and we have been skepteccal. and they know who they are dealing with after 15 years on the ground. but the question is what to do moving ahead. there is it peace talks in afghanistan and china and the pakistanyis. i curious your part. if pakistan is the main problem in terrorism. what are we doing? peace talks is welcome. but, as you just mentioned, the other reason why the war is portracted 15 years is because the taliban have two sanctuaries in pakistan and they are provided with information on our operations, two, provides them
there is a corruption. but the issue is security situation is deteriorating. and the taliban are surging. and isis has a presence now in afghanistan, and this is news worthy. al-qaeda reemerged in afghanistan. that is the central issue that is in front of us. and the problem we have is, we pulled our forces out, jenna, much too quickly and steeply. so much so, the afghan forces that have the will to fight. we took away from them attack helicopters and fighter strike and medivac. and logistics that support them and an antiied program. we yanked it out all of the way. and left them an infantry based force. if we did the same thing to our
karzi, he was a thorn in our side and corrupt. this man is not that at all, but he has a corrupt system underneath him. we know the white house said our combat mission ended in afghanistan. is our military operating with the numbers that the afghan military is? we think that there is a hundred people at a checkpoint, but in reality there is only 50 if. what are we, what numbers are we using. estimate of 40 percent of the afghan military doesn t exist even though the paychecks go out. you can get a journalist to write an inflammatory article in afghanistan and make the american people shake their heads and say what is going on here. we have been here 15 years. i don t know anybody who supports less than 40 percent.
the piecestornado hit south florida at 135 miles per hour. the confirmed ef two twister left a trail of destruction. repairs could cost $6 million. no deaths thankfully are reported. new questions about afghanistan. the afghan military dealing with ghost troops who don t work. don t actually exist for one reason or the other. they were killed in action or payrolls and their senior officers are collecting their money or pay even though they are not showing up to work. we ll bring in general jack king. he is a fax fox military