ok, peter galbraith. if you accept as chef a condom, posit say that the taliban doesn't have the mfc dash off gone. it has to missy, did the afghan government have judy missy? well, that is the question that and that i think the lack of legitimacy explains why the whole how can government mit, mit, a military collapsed and in a matter. a of days, us ross connie was in office as a result of 2 consecutive massively fraudulent elections by his predecessor harmon cars. i one obtained a 2nd term as a result of a massively fraudulent election. and they, the trouble was that when you come into office by having cropped power, brokers put you in power. it makes you, it makes it almost impossible to deal with the problem in afghanistan, which was massive corruption. and you can see this in the, in the military where soldiers weren't paid, where they weren't resupplied, where afghans felt that the, the institutions didn't serve them. you know, when the roads were built to allow for subsistence farmers to, to be mark

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peter galbraith is a former deputy un envoy to afghanistan. he joins us now from us state of vermont. good to have you with us. when you look at the situation, after all the effort, all the money that had gone in over the last 20 years, it seems almost as though there is very little current need to show for it, where did it all go? that is a great question, and ijust watched the rapid collapse of these major cities in afghanistan, with disbelief and horror, and sorrow for the afghans with whom i have worked over this period of time. at the root of the problem, it is with the afghan political leaders and military leaders who were interested in power but not doing anything once they were in office. in a series of fraudulent presidential elections, they were then put in by power brokers who were then stealing the country, just massive corruption. it is also the fault of the united states and its allies that poured into afghanistan much more money that could be used, that built roads all over the country that were supposed to bring goods to market

peter galbraith is a former us ambassador and the former assistant secretary general of the united nations in afghanistan and hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. august the 31st, what is likely to be going on now in terms of the planning to get those final us qualified people to leave afghanistan?— us qualified people to leave aft hanistan? , . , afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation _ afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation also _ afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation also involving i afghanistan? there is an extensive| military operation also involving us diplomats, which are trying to contact people, get them to the airports. that said, it is quite clear that not everybody is going to get out, not every us citizen is going to get out, not everybody who worked for the us government and not everybody who is at risk. and the reasons are varied, but it is difficult to get access to the airport, difficult to reach people. and there is not enough time. aha, and there is not enough time. a whole list of governments are sayin

i'm joined now by peter galbraith, the united nations former deputy envoy to afghanistan. he's speaking to us from vermont. thank you very much, ambassador, for joining us here in the programme. your reaction to what you have been seeing unfold over the last, i suppose, weak and then 24 hours? i have watched it with disbelief, horror, and sorrow. they could not be a greater failure horror, and sorrow. they could not be a greaterfailure by horror, and sorrow. they could not be a greater failure by the horror, and sorrow. they could not be a greaterfailure by the united states and its coalition partners, that after 20 years, nearly $1 trillion, thousands of lives, that the whole place, the afghan government and military collapses in a matter of days, it's really stunning and of course have great feeling for the afghans with whom i worked, many were conscientious, certainly for the afghans who worked for the united nations. incidentally, we of the people being brought out of who works with the government, the batteries, but that is on the totality of the people, the un missio