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Here's John Bachelor.

The Taliban in Kabul, secure, looking for money and income, looking for recognition, looking for legitimacy.

I welcome Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

Recently a conversation about the UN monitoring team looking very closely at the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan

and creating large questions that must be addressed. The quote that especially attracts my attention.

This is the 1267 report on Afghanistan dated 10 July.

The Afghan Taliban have proved unable or unwilling to manage the threat posed by TTP.

That's the Taliban of Pakistan.

The report goes on to note members states describe this as too big a challenge for the Afghan Taliban to manage even if they wanted to.

Bill, a very good evening to you, thank you for this.

We're looking at a complicated statement there,

and I need to take it into parts,

unable or unwilling to manage the threat by TTP.

What is TTP to the Taliban in Afghanistan?

What is the history of these two groups, either working together or at odds.

Good evening to you, Bill.

Good evening, John.

Yes, and thank you for your time.

This is an excellent report.

I always look forward to, I'll call it the monitoring team's reports

These are provide a lot of insight into what's happening in Afghanistan with the Taliban with

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