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Pete Hegseth: “The Taliban may have run into Pakistan, but they're…”

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Published | Video Starts at 36:09

Part of our sales pitch was showing some of those images like this is what Afghanistan used to be. This is what Afghanistan could be. And. But that's not what Afghanistan is right now. And The Taliban may have run into Pakistan, but they're re-establishing underground and they're the real power base. But yeah, that was. Most folks don't know Afghanistan was, Was thriving at least and open for Westerners not that long ago. Yeah, it's incredible. (36:09–36:16)

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Asserts that the Taliban is re-establishing underground and remains the real power base in Afghanistan.

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