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can i just say this one quick thought? you said the narco gangster state we could deal with that very quickly, but if you had a simple non prohibition attitude towards. inaudible in the west, you could cut that immediately. inaudible we are struggling to hear you a little bit. i am hoping the picture and sound will settle down, so we can hearfrom you again in a moment. mina, in terms of the concerns about proxy conflicts within afghanistan, regional powers, neighbours looking into the country and thinking that they could use the chaos to their own advantage, how big a concern is that? it is a very big concern, but ijust want to go back to the point about russia and china. russia and china decided to keep their embassies open. russia and china have already continued talks with the taliban, but so has the united states in terms of continuing talks with the taliban.
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