#Afghanistan:The left behind & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD
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🗓️ 1 August 2023
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#Afghanistan:The left behind & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/biden-blame-chaotic-afghanistan
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| 0:32.4 | I read from the news out West Salt Lake City. Prior to August 2021, |
| 0:38.3 | there were approximately 6,000 members of the Afghanistan Attorney General's Office |
| 0:43.1 | who helped put together criminal cases against members of the Taliban on charges of murder, |
| 0:47.6 | terrorism, assault, and kidnapping. Most of those prosecutors and staff members were trained |
| 0:53.6 | by prosecutors from the United States and allied nations, but the Taliban were gained control of |
| 0:59.1 | the country with the fall of Kabul in August of 21. More than 3,800 prosecutors and key staff |
| 1:05.3 | members in their families were unable to flee the country and are in hiding. I welcome Bill |
| 1:11.8 | Rajo, senior fellow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, because this is a specific |
| 1:17.5 | example of the horror that we've known about ever since, which is that the Taliban |
| 1:24.0 | is holding hostages for money. Bill, a very good evening to you. This report goes on to say |
| 1:30.4 | certain number, about two dozen have been tortured and killed by the Taliban, but the larger number |
| 1:37.9 | is not at this point at risk of dying. Why? This is the logic. This group prosecutors for |
| 1:45.7 | prosecutors wants to raise $15 million. Bill, to your knowledge, are we paying ransom to the Taliban |
| 1:51.8 | to get people out? Who? Who are at risk? Good evening, John. Yes, um, ransom has been paid |
| 1:59.7 | to the Taliban to get people at risk. This was happening at the time of the withdrawal. |
| 2:04.8 | Often it was happening at the very low levels where the Taliban, to pay Taliban fighters, |
| 2:13.8 | or low level commanders to get them class checkpoints to get them out of the country. |
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