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Skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel -- excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolsteringr force that night. it was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a om low-tech rocket-propelled a grenade. but somehow, that gigantic chinook heli...

That they would look into the abyss, the administration and say, whoa, this could be really ugly. lets not do that perhaps after all. and then it was the withdrawal of the contractors who kept the afghan air force going. you know well, your husband is a special forces officer who served with afghan commandos. they will go to the fight. they just have to get there. and as the afghan helicopters and fixed wing aircraft readiness eroded, they no longer could provide the kind of reinforcements, rege...

Into kuwait. we have european and u.s. contractors to get out of the city. it will be a dangerous time. four miles from the embassy compound which i have been in a bunch out at the kabul airport. a dangerous situation. >> going to be some of the most important real estate in coming weeks to keep an eye on. general, a lot of americans are wondering why the afghan government or troops are not fighting. i had a chance to pose that question to former afghan ambassador to the u.s. she said they want ...

Defenses around kabul itself, the government can pull back, depend on these afghan commandos who know how to fight and have been fighting, but thats going to be a losing game in the long term. you cant sustain that, so i think unfortunately the outlook is quite bleak at this point. >> and ann, youve been a part of this washington post team breaking a lot of news on this ground in the last couple of days and months. lets talk about kabul and the state department and white house are saying, were n...

The government. and the talibans attempts to discredit cnn reporting of the institution of more than two dozen afghan commandos who had surrendered has been rejected. the u.s. state department has weighed in describing the horrific actions as an atrocious act and cnn confirmed with five eyewitnesses that the master took place. and the biden administration has launched operation frsallies ree to relocate thousands of a begans who helped the u.s. military. not known where they will go, but the whi...

Listen to what he said here. >> its unbelievable how that society changed from the brutality of the and now all of a sudden, sadly, im afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. >> is this a mistake? >> i think it is. >> generally yesterday we saw this video come out of forces executing, surrendering afghan commandos in a part of that country where the is quickly taking over. your thoughts about all of this as we see this unfold? >> the fact that president bush made that...

An emboldened taliban launched offensives across the country. the militants have gone to great lengths to show theyre accepting the surrender of afghan troops, but the pr effort is -- >> a week before the massacre, this video was taken of afghan special forces in the same district attempting a clearing operation. when that mission proved unsuccessful, the unit was called. >> translator: the taliban said when foreigners leave krrg theyll stop fighting and make peace. how long will they continue k...

The lives of their families. nbcs richard engel has been embedded with a group of afghan commandos. the sort of elite anti-taliban fighting force left there. theyre fighting without u.s. support. he filed an incredible report from afghanistan about the kinds of actions theyre engaging in to fight the taliban, to stop a full taliban takeover of that country but weve got on the home front afghan veterans in congress trying to make sure 2459 afghan helpers get out and needs to happen fast. well loo...

They have clearly lost the element of surprise so now its a straight-up fight. wherever you can find it. they finally made it. this was their target. no idea what could be waiting inside. they look through the mosques windows but the taliban are gone. they escaped? >> escaped. taliban escape. yes. >> the taliban havent gone far. the commandos kill three of them in hiding and an afghan air strike kills three more. >> very good and successful for us. >> reporter: is it enough? the taliban are maki...

On the front line: a night with Afghan commandos