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>> translator: they are talented people. they should not leave this country. they should work in their own specialist areas. they should not go to other countries, to those western countries. >> reporter: one question the biden administration hasnt answered, how many americans are left in afghanistan. the white house promised to evacuate every u.s. citizen who wants out, but the pentagon refusing to say how many that is. >> i dont think theres a perfect number that we know with certainty of all ...

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Obviously these are chaotic situations, any time a country is falling apart or a government collapses its a difficult situation. but it does seem like theres a track record to the u.s. not living up to its promises to the people that helped them. >> this president and his administration have made clear were going to have a special priority for afghans who work as allied interpreters, prominent advocates for the rights of women and girls, journalists, those who face risk of taliban reprisal. they...

The president did say, however, he asked the pentagon and state department to continue plans to extend the stay if needed but strongly suggested this would not be the preferred option. one reason hes concerned what the isis affiliate might do. >> another day on the ground is a day we know theyre seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. additionally, thus far the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. but it...

One chapter in a 20-year story. given the reconstitution of the taliban and other bad actors it might not even be the final one. joining us to talk about it all past, president and future editor of foreign affairs magazine, the latest edition to answer question who won the war on terror. its an interesting issue you put out here. the war on terror was central to u.s. policy since 9/11. how do you think history is going to see the u.s. involvement in afghanistan in terms of what was actually achi...

Difficult, this basically needs to be coordinated with the taliban. there has been constant communication with representatives of taliban commanders, but theyve now made it clear they want the u.s. out by the end of the month and moving that time line even a little bit may be incredibly difficult. a worst-case scenario a fire fight and exchange of fire and the situation rapidly deteriorates. itll be very difficult if the biden administration decides it needs anymore time. the goal is the end of ...

Withdraw otherwise youre just doing it for optics. so is our military safer? is the world safer? is our enemy debilitated? and if thats nut the case, we shouldnt move out of there. if our people arent safer we shouldnt move out there. and i dont think think that metric is going to be met. >> the president was asked if he could guarantee every american will be out of there. how confident are you every american will be out by the deadline? >> were talking about a country whose deadline is the grav...

About eight years after the war in afghanistan had started. and even then we were struggling to define what our basic objectives were and what our basic metrics were. and there were times you could look at the numbers of say girls or women in school or the numbers of new ngos serving in kabul and you could see indicators of success. but we never really addressed the government, the corruption you mentioned. we never really had a good handle on just how many troops there actually were, how many a...

Four flights landed in dulles outside d.c. the pentagon has only days left before it winds down the effort in kabul. with 5,800 troops on the ground and an august 31st deadline to get them out the pentagon knows the last 48 hours are critaleral. the focus how to get out thousands of troops who have made it possible to move tens of thousands of people. >> so the president mentioned contingency plans possibly to adjust the timetable. is there any detail on that? >> no, president biden srnt offer a...