Evening Edition: How The Taliban's Strategy Worked

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The Taliban held their first press conference since taking over Afghanistan saying they will not harbor any group or individual targeting other countries and they will protect women's rights within 'the framework of Islam'. But many Afghans are fearful the Taliban will return to their brutal ruling ways. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, about what was the Taliban's strategy that led to such a swift take over of the country and what is next for the Afghan people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.4	Tuesday, August 17th, 2021. I'm Trey Inks. The Taliban held a press conference today, answering
0:29.4	questions about the Islamic system, Afghanistan will now be under.
0:33.0	Well, how much leverage does the Taliban have at the negotiating table today?
0:36.0	The negotiating table is on fire in the backyard and we don't have anything to put the fire out.
0:42.0	It's not about leverage. It was always about... and we don't have anything to put the fire out.
0:42.6	It's not about leverage.
0:44.2	It was always about winning for the Taliban.
0:46.6	So while we're playing for a tie,
0:49.0	the Taliban is playing the win.
0:50.8	This is the Fox News rundown, evening edition. the wind
0:53.0	this is the Fox News rundown evening addition
0:57.0	a limited number of US military flights from Kabul have resumed as
1:02.0	evacuations continue the situation at Kabul's
1:04.4	airport appears to have gotten far better, though reports indicate hundreds are
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