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Military vehicles over there. according to the taliban, afghan forces here surrendered three weeks ago when their food ran out leaving weapons, ammunition and more. when the americans were here, were you and your men attacking this base a lot? >> translator: yes. many times we attacked this base when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds. the americans had their helicopters, tanks on the ground. we resisted very well. >> reporter: now they roam through whats left of the tactica...

Fact that both presidential nominees had as part of their promises a withdrawal from afghanistan. its not a fundamentally unpopular thing. the danger at least on this front is the image is coming back from afghanistan, and the -- what clarissa ward put on the air, the empty american bases ransacked now, the fate of afghan women and girls, violence against afghans who helped america. and the white house knows this. they know that theyve got a bunch of really difficult news cycles ahead. >> and th...

In china, now they are threatening to blow up our military and naval bases, lecturing our secretary of state on human rights? they let him get away with that? hes not allowing china to talk about reunification with taiwan in less than a year after causing a worldwide pandemic? without a doubt, joe bidens weak make america last putting us at risk at home and abroad and it gets worse. in afghanistan, total humiliation. instead of following through with president trumps gradual drawdown of u.s. for...

Trucks donated to the afghan army that the afghan army was using in their positions and bases. we saw entire streets in the district of andar fluttering with white taliban flags. i cant tell you what a surreal sight that is to see. this is a group up until just a few months ago was an underground insurgency and now it holds a vast amount of territory on the ground. because thats happened so quickly, you do have to ask the question about how quickly could kabul fall. i think the estimates are, ac...

Should have said is yes, we intend to leave. we will pull our forces out but well set conditions for a successful transition with the afghan government and the afghan security forces. and that would have -- no date. likely sometime next year should have been the response the probed on it. say that would give him time to provide the adequate support the government needed in terms of contractor support. it would have given us time to coordinate the bases that we need in the region, not back in the...

To understand is that with the taliban offensive, will come al qaeda 3.0 that will follow it home just as when president obama pulled out of iraq too quickly and too soon that led to the ride of isis, call fate and attacks across the west once again. al qaeda, according to the intelligence community, intends to do the same. my heart is breaking. every veteran i know is sick to their stomach. we know these attacks will follow us home and eventually were going to have to go back except this time i...

Under the control of the taliban. and they took us to see some bases that once belonged to the u.s. and are now very much under their control along with whatever they found there, humvees, weaponry, ammunition. we also while we were there though, pamela, got to really have a glimpse into what life is like under the taliban as that appears to be what afghanistans future now looks like. this is what remains of the u.s. presence in much of afghanistan. the hollowed-out skeletons of sprawling milita...

President has made some serious miscalculations where he hasnt fully appreciated the consequences of his decision in april when he announced a withdrawal. what were seeing is an ill-conceived hastey withdrawal thats turned into an embarrassing retreat. and thats the simple fact of it. its not something that president biden intended to happen but the reality is simply this. when we announced that withdrawal, that meant that the united states military had to close seven military bases and remove t...

There are some commercial flights there. but the pentagon also says look, its aware that it may have to come in and operate in an airlift role as part of this. so there could be aircraft moving people. thats not part of the plans at this point, that is, to get the civilians out. the american citizens out. but it certainly could become part of this plan as the pentagon watches the situation deteriorate and deteriorate quickly. >> how organized is the removal of afghans who have worked closely wit...

Much harder to come by, trying to take care of trauma, heart attacks, things like that. its difficult because you have to find hospital beds and they become increasingly difficult to find. so, you know, hospitals getting full. this is the same conversation we were having last year. bending the curve so the hospitals dont get full, and you can continue to take care of patients who have nothing to do with covid. they may be vaccinated, they have nothing to do with covid. but when hospitals become ...