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now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. and today i m on the shores of italy s lake como at the ambrosetti forum an annual opportunity for politicians on both sides of the atlantic to gather and talk geopolitics. and this year there is one dominant issue the us led pull out from afghanistan. now that it s done, how does america see itself and its global role? well, my guess is influential american senator lindsey graham, a close confidant of donald trump. is america first now a bipartisan consensus? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. america is sacrificing no more blood and treasure in afghanistan, isn t that a source of profound relief to the american people? er, no. i think most americans are upset that we left our afghan allies behind. i think most americans are upset that we have american citizens behind enemy lines, i think a lot of americans wanted to wash their hands of afghanistan. it s been 20 years. that s w ....
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today i am on the shores of italy s lake como at an annual opportunity for politicians on both sides of the atlantic to gather and talk geopolitics. and this year there is one dominant issue, the us led pull out from afghanistan. now that it s done, how does america see itself? and its global role? well, my guess is influential american senator lindsey graham, a close confidant of donald trump. is america first now a bipartisan consensus? senator lindsey graham, welcome. thank you. america is sacrificing no more blood and treasure in afghanistan, isn t that a source of profound relief to the american people? er, no. i think most americans are upset that we left our afghan allies behind. i think most americans are upset that we left american citizens behind enemy lines, i think a lot of americans wanted to wash their hands of afghanistan. it has been 20 years. that is what the polls say, the american pub ....
president macron has pay tribute describing him as a national treasure. the taliban says its seized panjshir province this was the last part of afghanistan that it didn t control. the panjshir valley has long been a bastion of taliban resistance. and this is significant for a number of reasons. over the years fighters have successfully resisted the soviets in the 80s and the taliban in the 90s. here s what we think is confirmation that that resistance is over. this was posted online by the taliban and appears to show the taliban flag raised outside the building of panjshir s regional governor. and this is a taliban spokesperson. translation: we have captured panjshir with the will of god. - the local elders and religious leaders have been coordinating with us and our operations went ahead with their help. some of those who are still wanting to fight are missing at the moment. we are trying to tell them that if they want to join a normal life they are welcome to. afgha ....
forward on afghanistan s new government. there are satellite images of 6 planes on the ground in northern afghanistan. yesterday a top republican and the house foreign affairs committee mike mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. we have a busy afternoon ahead. we kick it off with trey in qatar. the defense secretary is here to meet with officials. the biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. he will visit kuwait and saudi arabia in the gulf. in a statement over the weekend the pentagon press secretary said secretary austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the united states as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan? there are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. while evacuations can pick up the u.s. military won t be directly involved. the u. ....
dominant issue, the us led pull out from afghanistan. now that it pull out from afghanistan. now thatitis pull out from afghanistan. now that it is done, how does america see itself? and its global role? well, my guess is an influential american lindsey graham, a close confidant of donald trump. is america first now a bipartisan consensus? senator lindsey graham, welcome. america is sacrificing no more blood and treasure in afghanistan, isn t that a source of profound relief to the american people? ma. source of profound relief to the american people? no. i think most the american people? no. i think most americans - the american people? no. i think most americans are l the american people? no. i - think most americans are upset that we left our afghan allies behind and i think most americans are upset that we left american citizens behind enemy lines and a lot of americans wanted to wash their hands of afghanistan. it has been 20 years. hands of afghanistan. it has ....