this a never agreed to not attack afghan forces, and they never agreed to reach a settlement with them, which is why the whole thing that has happened this past few days, which is incredibly fast, is not that surprising. toby, in 2020 baradar met with mike pompeo in dorha. what can you tell us about their negotiations? well, i wasn t party to them, but as jessica said, there are no meaningful negotiations because the trump administration and the united states were deciding to run for the exits, and even the relatively lax conditions that they laid down, the taliban clearly had no interest in abiding by. i think another important point to make about this is alongside mullah baradar you have a man called mullah fazul who was part
way out, to not attack them on the way out. they never agreed to not attack afghan forces, and they never agreed to reach a settlement with them, which is why the whole thing that s happened this past few days, which is incredibly fast, is not that surprising. toby, in 2020, baradar met with then-secretary of state mike pompeo in doha. what can you tell us about their negotiations? well, i wasn t party to them, but i think as jessica said, there were no meaningful negotiations because the trump administration, the united states were deciding to run for the exits, and even the relatively lax conditions that they laid down, the taliban clearly had no interest in abiding by. i think another important point to make about this is alongside mullah baradar, you have a man
talk a lot also about turkey s security interests clearly hearing the noise coming out of turkey and the expectation to take into consideration the position of turkish president out of one and if it come come out told me that she informed the chance so this morning that she would be putting this proposal on the table this clearly is not a joint product to say the very least it is a clear attempt to lay down the law on were where her profile is as opposed to uncle america who s been seeking to reach stability and corporation. in the conflict through merely dialogue although we do see german forces also brought but this would be a 1st in germany actually organizing such an initiative briefly if you can i mean how surprising is this really sudden assertiveness from germany in terms of getting involved on the international stage it s very surprising i think clearly she consulted with close allies clearly turkey as an. wasn t party the to this right
welcome back. significant news out of ukraine this morning. and the word from the former ukrainian foreign minister, that the scandal with the united states could be seen as a victory for president vladimir putin. we go to kiev. this is significant, the words he used. i think it is significant. the minister, that wasn t party to the conversation. hasn t seen a transcript. he said that he wasn t briefed on the content. he was, for the following four weeks, the country s foreign
yet at the same time he also went against everything that michael cohen s representatives have been saying for weeks now, which is that the president knew nothing about what michael cohen was doing with stormy daniels, wasn t party to the agreement, didn t know about it, michael cohen paid with his own money. the president said that michael cohen did represent him during the stormy daniels thing. anderson, it was an extraordinary performance. michael cohen as much as all of us were compelled by listening to the president s furious rantings so early in the morning, i didn t need my coffee after i fauwatched fox & frien michael cohen must have had a chill go down his spine when the president dismissed most of the substance of this investigation. remember, cohen is relying on the attorney/client privilege with the president to protect this information. and then the president wrongly said that when it comes to