April 18, 2021 | On GPS: An exclusive interview with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, days after Biden announces a final U.S. troop withdrawal

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 18 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Airdate April 18, 2021: After the Biden administration said this week it's pulling out of Afghanistan, Fareed has an exclusive interview with the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, on what the U.S. withdrawal means for his country and its citizens. Then, former Trump national security advisor Gen. H.R. McMaster critiques the Biden decision on Afghanistan, citing the potential chaos the Taliban can unleash, while former Obama national security advisor Tom Donilon applauds the decision and tells Fareed why the withdrawal is in the interest of the U.S. and the world. Lastly, will the world do anything about the violence in Myanmar? Fareed talks to CNN's chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward who just returned from the country. GUESTS: Ashraf Ghani, H.R. McMaster, Thomas Donilon, Clarissa Ward To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:03.8	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.2	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:11.0	Today on the show,
0:14.0	after nearly 20 years and 25 hundred U.S. lives lost,
0:21.0	America's war in Afghanistan finally has an expiration date.
0:26.0	It's time to end America's longest war.
0:31.0	But what happens after the U.S. and NATO troops pull out?
0:36.0	After all of that blood and treasure,
0:39.0	will Afghanistan return to Taliban control?
0:44.0	Will it become a terrorist haven once again?
0:48.0	I'll have an exclusive interview with the President of Afghanistan,
0:51.0	Ashraf Ghani,
0:52.0	and then I will talk to two former national security advisors,
0:56.0	Tom Donnellan and HR McMaster.
1:02.0	I'll also ask them about Russia,
1:04.0	as its military drills and masses on its border with Ukraine.
1:08.0	Are they preparing for another invasion?
1:14.0	Also, is Myanmar the new Syria?
1:18.0	The UN Human Rights Chief says
1:21.0	it may get just as bad.
1:24.0	The U.S. Award has logged many days in Syria
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