Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. And today im on the shores of Italys 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 its 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, isnt 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. Its been 20 years. Thats what the polls say. The p
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And today im on The shores of Italys 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 its done, how does america see itself and its global role . Well, my guest 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. Isnt that a source of profound relief to The American people . 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 its been 20 years. Thats what The polls say. Yeah, but. The polls say that The American public had had enough. But not n
The taliban claim they ve captured the final afghan province not yet under their control. they released a video on social media showing their flag being raised at the governor s compound in panjshir province. the leader of the local resistance fighters has accused the west of allowing the taliban to advance. the families of the 298 people who died when a malaysian airliner was shot down over rebel held eastern ukraine are testifying at a murder trial in the netherlands. three russians and one ukrainian national are accused of downing flight mh-i7, in 2014. a court in belarus has given lengthy prison sentences to two key opposition figures who lead protests against president lukashenko last year. judges found maria kolyesnikova and maxeem znak guilty of extremism and plotting to seize power. the us and the uk have condemned the sentencing.
The deal with the taliban, released thousands of taliban fighter prisoners, and he was the one who put that deadline on the table. well, the deal was as follows: conditions based. if the taliban worked in good faith with the afghan government to form an inclusive government under the constitution of afghanistan and they did not try to take the country over militarily we were going to leave the beginning of next year. neither one of those conditions were accepted or followed, but here s what i would say they changed every other trump policy, because they had the right to do so they had the right to change this one if it wanted to but the actual deal. but hang on a minute, because you matter, you are one of donald trump s closest confidants. are you acknowledging that donald trump got this horribly wrong? no, i think he made a mistake of negotiating with the taliban without the afghan government. i would ve done it differently. and releasing those 5,000 fighters? well, it s not so