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So we ended up going to war to crush al qaeda, okay, and then we wanted to degrade, i think the exact wording from the national security team back in 2001 was that we wanted to degrade the military capability of the taliban. thats how it started off. then the taliban got conflated with al qaeda and we started fighting al qaeda, and then it was our enemy for the last 20 years. at the same time we are nation building. at the same time we are shifting focus to another war in the region that is drai...

Take them out of the normal processing line and put them in a different location so that we can have some isolation and have a little bit of extra time to make sure that everybody is safe and secure as possible. lita, thats a big be end or a little map description. its a lot more complicated than that. we refined this process over the last ten days. as you can well imagine, if we wind up in situations that were backed up with evacuees at certain locations, if the screening process is too exorbit...

Responders i have spoken to in the past, it is difficult when you see the type of water and how quickly were able to get it last night, for them to have enough resources on hand. you have to maintain and budget for those types of vehicles, have people trained to be able to drive them when you talk about humvees, more so high axle vehicles. it is difficult to kind of keep those resources always on hand when we talk about 100 and 200 year type events that bill is talking about. on the other hand, ...

Nature of things, how they change sides and move around. we did not quite get that. so we ended up going to war to crush al qaeda, okay, and then we wanted to degrade, i think the exact wording from the national security team back in 2001 was that we wanted to degrade the military capability of the taliban. thats how it started off. then the taliban got conflated with al qaeda, and we started fighting al qaeda, and then it was our enemy for the last 20 years. at the same time, we are nation buil...

They have the right to be in the government. but future government, the next government will be announced, all these afghans will be selected as for their merit. all those afghans who have the ability and capacity and capability to work according to their profession also they will be in the government. government, especially at the top posts. what about women in the top post positions? are you considering... women also i cannot say that they will be at the top. if they are not at the top, maybe ...

Panshir valley. in this region should give up —— panshirvalley. but in this region should give up —— panshir valley. but after bennison�*s previous foreign minister said an overnight attack on panshir valley was driven back resulting in the death of a number of taliban fighters, some think the bbc was unable to confirm. most people in this valley are from the to zeek ethnic group and are demanding an exclusive government in kabul. the taliban said it is committed to that in some form. ...

>> the siv program is obviously not designed to accommodate what we just did in evacuating over 100,000 people. perhaps this program should be looked at going forward. it is designed to be a slow process, secretary blinken and the state department worked hard early on to shorten the timeline it takes to work your way through that process. but for the type of operation we just conducted, i think we need a different type of capability. >> reporter: general milley, i wanted to ask you about sundays...

Maybe once or twice a year before congress give these very brief statements. in contrast, the generals, the presidents would stand up in public all the time and give a very different account, give a very positive account that things were always moving in the right direction. so this was well known by the intelligence agencies. but they were sort of constrained by they dont talk in public very much. >> when i asked a former commanding general about the idea that the afghan military fell apart and...

And as such al qaeda already has regained their safe haven. why? they can operate freely and set up their training areas and do whatever they want. no longer clandestinely, they can do it in the open shielded by the fact and knowledge that the taliban is running the country. isis and al qaeda both, julie, as a result of the taliban opening up all detention centers have gained hundreds if not thousands of fighters to explode their ranks and make them a more dangerous organization. to the point es...

Had a strategy tied for fifth fax to the strategy and the proper way to go about it is to look at the facts and have a strategy based on the facts. it strategy based on the facts. if you withdraw as indeed the united states has now from a theatre, if i can put it that way where are great concerns about threats to us national security which have been dealt with, if he withdrawn full you do lose the purchase of those threats, dont you?— threats, dont you? theres clearly some _ threats, dont you?...