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This episode contains strong language.\nBrig. Gen. Khoshal Sadat, a former Afghan deputy minister for security, has held some of the highest ranks in the Afghan security forces and government. \n\nFrom the moment Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, the United States has put much of the blame of Afghan security forces \u2014 a force that President Biden said gave up without a fight.\n\n\u201cThe reality is that we\u2019re not cowards,\u201d said General Sadat. \u201cWe did not lay our arms, we would not lay our arms based on military pressure.\u201d\n\nWe speak to General Sadat about growing up under the Taliban, his career in the military and the future of Afghanistan. \n\nGuest: Brig. Gen. Khoshal Sadat, a former Afghan deputy minister for security.