This is CBS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor Afghanistan. The Biden

administration's decision to leave Afghanistan in August of 21 doesn't mean

Afghanistan left America or the memories of the Afghanistan

conflict 2001 till 2021 so far. However a new article in the New York Times

discussing the war and how it was conducted during the time of the American presence is significant in what it tells us about then, what it tells us about now and also the future of entering into counterinsurgency

warfare with symmetrical warfare units.

That means the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Navy, and the US Air Force.

Bill Rajo, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy joins me because his

journals, long-word journal, kept the chronology and the analysis of this whole

conflict from the beginning the attack on New York and Washington until now and

continuing because the elements that drew America in

Afghanistan are still present and arguably more potent than ever.

A very good evening to you, thank you. We go to the profile in the New York Times, a worthy reporting job, massive.

This particular place is Matthew Alkins and he introduces us to a man named Abdul Razik.

There's a photograph of him.

He's a young man.

His hometown is Spin Boldak and he's identified as the mastermind

mastermind of what can only be regarded as cutthroats.

Who was to your understanding Abdul Rosic?

Had you heard his name before this article? Good evening to you Bill. Good evening. and a chokzai he is a member of that's the his last name that's his clan it's a

clan that is on the outs with the Norse i clan in southern afghanistan and the Norzai clan in southern Afghanistan and the Norzai is where the Taliban traditionally

are.

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