A defeat. Its a military defeat. However, you want to look at it and that imperial hubris, as it were, will not allow them to say that we need to move forward and continue within negotiations that we began in doha, that they cannot be any more saber rattling. Its no good for the african people. Its no good. Got it. Thats not what the Britain Or America youve really got to find a way forward. And weve got more certain stories from people whose lives were forever changed by americans. Longest war and special series, unheard voices on air and online. Just before we go, lets tell you what we know regarding our breaking news that you can see. Scrolling on the bottom of your screen, the reports of several explosions in northern iraq at the Air Bill international airport. The target does appear to have been us forces who are stationed there, but that is also a civilian 70 as well. I was just tracking the Airports Website is just 1 30 in the morning. So activity is quite low at this hour, but have be an international slides taking off and landing. Im not sure of the layouts of that particular facility, but certainly no reports of any casualties or disruption to the rest of the airports activities. As for who may have carried out this attack, again, its not known. What usually happens is us forces blamed shiite militias linked to iran, and they have been blamed for carrying out attacks on abilene international airport during the summer. The nature of the attack to still unclear at this stage, early reports from kurdish officials said that it was free rockets that exploded later another curtis agency, the Counter Terror Force and said that it was drones laden with explosives. And if it is the militias that the us usually suspects that day to day has been to get rid of the remaining couple of 1000. 00. So us forces stationed in northern iraq, those forces of their extensively to assist iraqi forces dealing with islamic state. So as i say, no reports on any casualties, and this violence at abilene international airport, a suspected drone or Rocket Attack targeting us forces. When we learn more, we will let you know, of course, here on a fit for me. Thanks for sharing your weekend with us. At our see you next update from moscow. Weve done a quarter and around half an hour the in the oh. Oh oh i in the year before the September 11th attacks, when the taliban were in power, afghanistan produced literally 0 heroin, no heroine. And after the 911 attacks, they got to a point by 2010 where they were producing 93 percent of the worlds heroine. I know this because i was the chief investigator on the senate foreign Relations Committee Staff at the time. And i went to afghanistan in 2009 to study the problem. The, this part of trouble is called polar soft. Which means dens money. A favorite haunt, the drug addicts. Its easy to buy how she should be more heroine here. Me neither during the soviet presence, enough gun was done nor after it under the taliban. Could this possibly have been imaginable ah, in 2000, in an attempt to boost the taliban image, its leader more than a 100. 00 Band Opium Puppy cultivation, anywhere on afghanistan. Soil the over this you get on the little some of them minimum raisal if that would be the wish. Mr. Mccarthy question. Got the one that says this is this of somebody for one which is still get a and hell be nipple supplies on the face for me to create a new list and they come from. I mean, you got the budget, then i will go for just what it was not supposed to me. I use this video was filmed in 2015. The numbers have only grown since then. Ive got this down is nelda undisputed world leader. Production failed acreage has now expanded to rival the size of some european countries. Afghanistan confidently holds 1st place in harrowing production. That lead is growing every year by 2009. The Corruption Index in africa, edison is still the lowest or the next to lois. How did the african economy survive through opium, through drug trade. They were attempts to change that. They never succeeded. And the people in charge were very, very corrupt pharaoh and kills and feeds at the same time. To day one, F Gunny Intent is directly linked to Opium Production in a country ravaged by war, trading in the Opium Puppy ended derivatives has pretty much become the only source of income for afghanistan. Rural poll, well giving international drug rings. Another way to generate huge profits. Well, i went to lush guard guy, which is the capital of hellman province. And thats where most of the hair when poppy is grown. And i very naive, lee went to meet with a poppy farmer. And i said to him, instead of poppy, why dont you grow things with 2 growing seasons, onions, tomatoes, pomegranate. And he said with frustration, you know, the americans told me in 2001 that if i told them where the arabs where i could grow all the poppy i wanted. And now you come and tell me i cant grow poppy. So i came back and i told john kerry, who was my boss at the time, this is a real problem. We have to do something about heroin bobby cultivation. And he said why . I said, because its 93 percent of the Worlds Poppy Heroine poppy. And he said right, and it all goes to iran and russia, and we dont care if their heroin addicts and so we never did anything. Ah, toby, its produced in afghanistan, us shipped all over the world through well established smuggling channels around the globe. Afghanistans Opium Industry kills hundreds of thousands of people. Every the explosive growth in Opium Production is one of the main byproducts of the us presence in afghanistan. And arguably, americas only real legacy after leaving the country. No substantial infrastructure has been built in 20 years. Scorched is all that the of god, these have left when you sign, you see if you go there, i mean to go to black. Usually goes to prove these to mean you choose been done in you get to is we will go to the gus just and she took me ask you to come to go to conduct that a little boy. If you have to put just on the that should be good. So what do you need done . Voice cur, americans of black. You will probably begin you at the top, but i would get them now, but it is all that you did with your permission to be off on monday. But the only real way to judge the 20 years of american presence in afghanistan is by looking at the abandoned military bases. No industrial or social facilities were ever built in those years. In fact, throughout this time, if again its done continues to benefit from the soviet Legacy Side up on the status of the work at the other side that you can put your money that you or somebody can be that are. So we as a, as a very duty showing you this much better, but nobody can pick the channels to choose what the rules are particular for each song or youre going to go pretty know what it can do that ah, indeed tough gonna stand still benefits from infrastructure that the soviet union built with moscow support. 150 major facilities were constructed thousands of kilometers of mountain road, the salon tunnel, connecting the northern and central region, as well as dams, oil. Dep owes factories, hospitals, and schools. Not to mention an Irrigation System installed by soviet specialists, that helped defeat hunger. Ah, a Cousin School which was loyal of all that as an option. And jason, what i learned from colonial is co capital. Most policies you have an additional port eastwood. I mean, you can work with dora, i thought i said you guys can share with you page on your, for the last only. Can you go, go ahead. Im on the list and i look at what he was completely out of here. And lets just keep the label when you process the leash, Itll Vision me as soon as i got them, i get an extra fancy guest and i will look for it. When it was 3 semesters goes to 0 to measure it goes fast. Which increase your mr. Mission to service studies, a map of his homeland woven into an oriental carpet. He knows every province, City And Village bookish luck like the back of his hand and a general shape like age. After the nudge below, government was overthrown. In the spring of 992 jello was one of many high ranking up gun officials who were forced to flee. The country was repeated for the majority of the promotion. And i mean, this is what happened and it was never an indication that any but initially show the source of whats initial and from the 1st of all net Network Minus of money. So that my see me initial talk about with the us yesterday. The didnt you ship here, we dont push then you just for the, for the mean i dont for the was, it doesnt look to see my adverse going about another one that im going to, im going to do that pretty much with the mother goes up surgical progress and that, and them doing that, you know, but yes, i was going for several decades. Their homeland has no, no peace and no more people than ever trying to flee the country. Responsive with origin which i dont know the thumbs engine. Its not on against you to the through the origin which is through the but the case through him, private based on you winners and when and when the soviets invaded in 1979. We get into some of that history because its very important. The us working with the moon. And the reason why the Moon Dean Hate is the pro soviet government was because the pro soviet government was allowing women to get educated was supporting Land Reform and supporting industrialization and modernization. There was a reactionary backward islamic extremists, elements of the moon, whether ones the United States, put it and overthrew the more progressive pro sylvia government. That was giving women rights. And so for the United States now to be the moaning, the fate of women, theres a little bit of hypocrisy. Theyre given us. History of us involved with my own daughters are going to school left in some they go to school right now. They go to shop, they go to pay the to school because she, we are talked by doors, extremist elements, terrorists who dont want us educated. We must ad charges of to send or school children to school or go to school. Never give up on that. I would, im short majors off campus would give me today marks the 20th anniversary of the 911. 00 attack. Were going to take a look at america. Terror, industrial complex. The the news let me. Oh oh i oh, this Yoga Center and couple was established in 2017 dozens of afghan women attended here every day. Hong kathy, well educated with strong leadership skills and business pro s. There are very few people like her enough ganawes done. Every day she makes her way to the studio where she is greeted by waiting. Yogurt enthusiasts. Let us get to that Hall At the header city. The city behind these walls does a very different deaf canister. Well, then i got on the lawn. I kept getting moto tried to check pushes, she doesnt want to stand level so he can, he can use the despite all the precautions, she started receiving phone threats that each glass stack. How about the media, meet chap, fate on the pitch him. I had some sort of command on the positive each on math, but now with the taliban backend. Oh, we cant reveal her face ah white flags with the black shonda. Now fly over every State Building not just Income Bowl but in every major city. And every checkpoint the taliban brought their convictions and symbols. New rules are now in place. Womens faces on advertising posters incapable have been painted over Beauty Cell and boarded up. Women are obliged to wear the bercher. As a result, both Demand And Price have increased 10. 00 times since the tele been arrived. And this is just the beginning. I believe in the strictest interpretation of serial law. They were b amputating peoples arms. They were hanging people. They were certainly almost imprisoning women when they were in control. It was a very, very backward society. Will it be that bad . Now . We dont know for sure, but a certainly the plight of women in afghanistan is not something that im very optimistic about me in the 1990 s. The taliban imposed the harshest restrictions on women female afghanistan. It could be stoned to death. But failing to worry about john in public, they will submit to leave their homes without a male relative. Women were denied both and education and careers and even medical care. All these rules were enforced by the religious belief. Now theyre totally been claimed that they have changed and will let women be educated, have a job, serve, and even hold government positions. These claims lack credibility are often contradicted by the fact oh yes, we are in this moment to the very, very difficult spot. This immense violence is this immense unger in our country. Theres back to fill 2 of the sun and there was the presence of the international community in america for, for 20 years. Natal boys and girls must now attend separate classes. Women are banned from all sports without full Face And Body covering while female soldiers fear for their life. Totally ban. Say that despite showreel law, african womens rights will be protected. I dont rely or put my faith in the taliban. I know for Rick History and the fears that many people in afghanistan have, but we have to we have to hope its not clear yet that the taliban will be worse than Egypt Or Saudi arabia or israel, or 50 countries that the United States openly arms and supports and funds and trains. So if were going to get the u. S. Government to talk about human rights, thats the 1st step. Theres a whole world out there. The 1st step is to stop arming the worst human rights abusers on earth, because its so clear and easy. More than 2000000 afghans have fled to other countries as refugees. People started leaving in large numbers a few years ago when the americans were still there. They left because theyd abandoned all hope of seeing peace restored to their homeland. And after the taliban, the number of people wanting to flee has increased dramatically. They include not only women, but journalists, public figures, interpreters, and anyone else who worked with foreigners and helped to build a brighter future for afghanistan over the last 20 years. Mm. But well educated people werent, you know, the ones trying to leave ferrying life under the taliban. Ordinary folks from the provinces had to abandon their homes to. They tried to save their families from the atrocities of law. In the sunsets over a Refugee Camp of the outskirts of missouri, saudis the day has passed just like every previous day. Its been a struggle for survival me describes herself as a spokesperson for the Refugee Camp. As 30 families, mostly ethnic. It was backs sada model. Madame, listen, a party of us. None of us thought it. Im at the good that all that on a shout. A james. Shes not bonus. Jag, this is a sal mail. My name is jeremy of mid doesnt go home is done up on in some way. Im away dont above the co pay out of that. I didnt call them at all you to say that about that whole number, but thats all i rags blown in the Wind Fabric bleached by the scorching sun. A Happ Hazard Array of impromptu huts that sprouted in the middle of the desert. People who abandoned their homes and applause had been gardens of now lived in these squalid conditions for a year. I knew still going to guide me. Yeah. I mean, you have a good luck. Im. Youre going to be the mother that youd be good. I will need to move the colors at that beta from you can get my new stick you more, i Number Moment over the bodies, our with it at all. And then they got their mom you had in the you got to do that kind of some of them however you want them to let me get them. I dont know. Maybe the muscular megan. Yeah. Oh my god, im all done and ive already push it. Done and now during my daughter join mama telling me did again im to comes in the actual like what i can if im in the notes that comes in, they get me get into you make out, let them know on a show much is damaging the engine was going on, i got all the, what about i dont i, michelle chevry. My thing that i can always im, you know, women shut the whole, they dont know what the job for them. I dont want to go monday, monday and im going and even here the refugee is worry about their children. Even among those who regard themselves as a literate, theres a strong awareness that a good education is critical for that countrys future. Might of the way im on a Thinking Obama as this is not the set. Its for jaylen does not it more im going to look at what the son of the Brother Piano gets his in this one, the son of worth. Nothing. Mister mana, after 20 years enough, get us done. America has clearly failed to eliminate any of the problems. Those who wanted to make money from a war on afghanistan made buckets and buckets of money, the big weapons dealers, the war contractors, the reconstruction, the mercenary contracting firms that do all the Cooking And Cleaning and, and work that the troops dont do anymore. They made buckets and buckets of money and the politicians whose campaigns are funded with what we call in the as the world bribery. But in the United States, we call it contributions. They got money into their campaigns and got elected. So if that was a goal, it was a big success. I think that president Bidens Position that he has no regrets is disingenuous. Its meant for public consumption. Certainly the americans didnt know what to do long term. We just threw money at the problem and that never works. You know, theres an old saying at the ca, that you cant buy an african warlord, but you can certainly rent, and that is not a long term strategy. So here we are 20 years and 3. 00 trillion dollars later we have literally nothing to show for it. Over 20 years, its roughly 750000 troops from several countries served enough canister on more than 3500 western coalition. Soldiers were killed, americans suffered the most casualties among all foreign contingency. At the same time, by some estimates, the african national army police lost more than 65000 troops. The total number of civilian deaths is impossible to estimate. But at numbers in the hundreds of thousands, this Blood Buff has brought neither peace to afghanistan, nor succeeded in defeating terrorism. Now were going to have not only the vietnam syndrome, but the afghanistan syndrome and a little bit of the iraq syndrome. But the visuals are so reminiscent of the visual just people trying to escape from the helicopters from the roofs of the embassy. You know, the United States hopefully is going to learn some lesson. Ah, some i was, i was junior thats a few weeks ago. So i was up with. But it was the mismatch of wisdom when okay, size my to so i mean i can finish the, not just the result you would get. Then you would just a little ha, actually sure. What is it showing us . The curve goes, im not the more you know, some of you know, we put out initially the Bite And Administration plans to in the 20 Year War by 91120th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack and us history to which they responded with the longest ever military campaign, but they failed to make a graceful exit. Their withdraw was more like a hasty retreat at 5 and certainly expected to crumble so quickly. So he was unprepared to things happen just almost over night, save saying 3 months it and theyre taking 3 minutes before this lapse. The main goal is to strong terrorism and i was it achieved . Yes. And no. Ok to essentially no longer exists. Good for us, but diane exists isis which came out of arcadia. There are certainly other terrorist groups that are worse than Al Qaeda because syria here in the United States is arming and financing the nist of france. Thats an Al Qaeda. How do you explain that to the american people, that this is the same group, or at least an offshoot of the group that murdered 3000 americans on one day. And now were sending them weapons and money the. Ah, the ah reports of injuries in france says rallies against Coven Restriction turned violent. The police are responding with tear gas, pepper spray, and Stun Grenade changes, head months and 25. 00 days on which is americas legacy. Their stores and sabotaged equipment. A country bought a ruined Steel Control of the tyler by exactly 20