The Pentagon has confirmed an explosion has occurred outside Kabul airport. The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, John Kirby says casualties are unclear at the moment. 

General Jack Keane is a retired 4 star general and chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and he joined Anton on the show along with Paul Rogers, Emeritus professor of Peace Studies at Bradford...

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