Those sort of things. so i think it is plausible that they do have a vision for a kind of more liberal regime. whether, you know, whether they actually have the authority across the country. you have got to remember, afghanistan is a tribal nation and the remit, you know, the sources of power are quite localised. and so local tribal elders and chiefs will affiliate with the taliban. so it isn t a centralised authority, so they need to work with all these different power centres. whether they can keep a lid on all of that is a completely open question i think at this stage. particularly when, as we have seen, is k were quite capable of carrying out that attack also, they have said, at the airport. isis k is only, there is reckoned only to be about 3000 fighters in is k and it is quite localised, the support of isis within afghanistan. and, as you say, they have fought, the taliban have fought a war with isis. they have been fighting
You know, the sources of power are quite localised. and so local tribal elders and chiefs will affiliate with the taliban. so it isn t a centralised authority, so they need to work with all these different power centres. whether they can keep a lid on all of that is a completely open question i think at this stage. particularly when, as we have seen, is k were quite capable of carrying out that attack also, they have said, at the airport. isis k is only, there is reckoned only to be about 3000 fighters in is k and it is quite localised, the support of isis within afghanistan. and, as you say, they have fought, the taliban have fought a war with isis. they have been fighting isis since isis first emerged in afghanistan. they are formally enemies, as we said. marc, we know that these flights to get people out are coming to an end. borisjohnson, for his part, has said he will do everything
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Biden s military generals advised against this move, they wanted to keep a force in the country to help stabilise eight so they were unhappy anyway but the execution is what is getting the criticism now. why did the administration seem so unprepared? why was the draw down so fast? why had they not anticipated the speed of the taliban takeover? intelligence officials had predicted the withdrawal of the us would cause the withdrawal of the us would cause the government to collapse but not so quickly, and they also thought it could result in a division of power, different power centres in the country, not a full taliban takeover. so there are concerned about security, whether terror attacks will be more likely, unfavourable comparisons being made to the us exit from saigon. the biden administration defends itself by saying it s hand was forced by
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