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here in the uk, this advert posted to the labour party s official twitter account is receiving cross party criticism. it suggests the prime minister doesn t believe adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison. so far the labour party have stood by the ad. with me is our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. david just tell us a bit more about this controversy. this controversy. obviously, local elections coming this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month - this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month andj this controversy. obviously, local- elections coming next month and this labour advert they have put rishi sunak, prime minister, front and centre and talk about the fact that under the conservative government under the conservative government under 60% of those idols who convicted of sexually assaulting children have not gone to jail. ....
And that is deeply annoying. and it seems to be that the afghan military was not being consulted either as to what could a withdrawal mean for them and how it would be carried out. and what we had was this agreement between the americans and the taliban that the americans would withdraw their troops and equipment as swiftly as possible. and there was, i think, the military, the us military nato, a lot of diplomats were all hoping for a more staggered withdrawal, perhaps over three months or six months or a year even. but what was the result of president biden s decision was a very quick, hasty withdrawal, which, of course, created panic in afghanistan, strengthened the taliban and allowed them to sweep through the country and telling the government soldiers that they should leave or be ....
Administration refuses to take responsibility for what occurred. and even as recently as three weeks ago, you had the secretary of defence, lloyd austin, saying he has no regrets at all for how the withdrawal went and that no one had been held accountable or had taken any responsibility or face any severe repercussions for those consequences. well, when you when you speak to anyone from the biden administration, they say that they are proud that they were able to evacuate over 100,000 people in the chaos that followed at kabul airport when when the taliban reached when the taliban reached the gates of the capital and then entered the city. no, i mean, i had seen some of the best of american leadership on the ground at hamid karzai international airport. i went there with a colleague of mine, unauthorised to better understand that situation. and what the men and women on the ground did was incredible. it was heroic, and it makes me so deeply proud. but the fact that they were put ....
Now, let s discuss the us withdrawal from afghanistan , who could forget the chaotic pull out and those scenes at kabul airport in august 2021 , which resulted in the taliban takeover of the country. well now, the us presidentjoe biden s administration has blamed the way in which the withdrawal panned out , on his predecessor, donald trump. a 12 page summary of the report says mr biden was severely constrained by mr trump s decisions , including a 2020 deal with the taliban to end the war.mr trump responded that the white house was playing a disinformation game . i have been speaking to writer and journalist ahmed rashid and former us member of congress, peter meijer. firstly, ahmed rashid was reminiscing the sudden us withdrawal in 2021. it has been there had been a long negotiation in qatar between the taliban and the americans. and what was going to be made very clear was that the afghan government of the day, led by president ashraf ghani, did not have any role to play in it. ....