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Foreign terrorist organization. we should recognize the panzir valley as the capitol of afghanistan and empower or allies on the ground. we should take bagram fair force base and connected to it the panzir valley and let it be an evacuation route for those left behind and we should bleed the taliban dry by allowing afghans who hate these bastards the capability to fight back. if well do that, we will be safer. if we abandon afghanistan more, another 9-11 is coming your way. >> sean: senator grah...

"high—profile" members of is—k, the islamic state group in khorasan. this evening we have received images from the location where it is reported that the drone strike hit. the pictures, taken by an afghan media agency, ariana news afghanistan, appear show the aftermath of the us air strike in afghanistans nangahar province that the us says resulted in the deaths of "two high profile" targets. the strike took place following the attack at kabul airport on thursday which is reported to have ki...

There. the pentagon would tell you now that they are fully able to, and plan to keep carrying out strikes against terrorists that for now at least they do have thousands troops on the ground. they do have apache helicopters. they have got other forces in the region. but of course, the capabilities have been diminished with these troops pulling out. with intelligence assets and officials pulling out. so this is going to be a major test while the u.s. is still, technically, in the country. of that...

The people in the region and make sure we are ready to respond. administrator griswald, you and i have spoken extensively about this. we were together yesterday. we spoke to the governors of louisiana and alabama and mississippi to ask what they need from us before the storm arrived. and ive already signed an emergency declaration for louisiana to make sure theyre ready for the surgery responsibilities and capability to deal with whatever comes their way, our way, but it is their way. you know, ...

I dont think any service anywhere in the world, whatever you do, is in vain. >> jon: theres been the suggestion that the united states has lost the trust of maybe some of its allies around the world in the hasty way this evacuation was conducted. you say there was another point, loss of trust in the u.s. government and military leadership by our armed forces personnel. >> i think there absolutely is. i mean, look at the efforts that are going on by former special operations personnel. theyre org...

Feeling about the impact of this strike on isis-k in aftghanista? have you degraded them in any fashion? can you explain that, or if theyre high profile, have you deferred, degraded? what is your conclusion about what the impact of this strike actually has been? >> they have two -- they have two high-profile planners or facilitators. one planner, one facilitator, no longer on their roll. they have lost some capability to plan and to conduct missions. but, barbara, make no mistake, nobody is writ...

As well as killing scores of afghan civilians. u.s. military forces conducted an over the horizon counter terrorism operation today against an isis-k planner. the unmanned air strike occurred in the nan duhar province of afghanistan. initial indications is that we killed the target. we know of no civilian casualties. and here the military says they have found that isis-k planner and carried out a drone strike from over the horizon to kill that isis-k planner. the administration had said all alon...

Doesnt indicate if they were senior operatives or in command of anything. we are told here at cnn that at least one of them was involved in planning potential future attacks against the airport, so the threat there is very concerning. one of the big questions, of course, did the strike have permanent impact on the isis organization in afghanistan. hears what the press secretary, john kirby, had to say. >> one planner, one facilitator no longer on the muster roll. so theyve lost some capability t...

Think undersells it. this is going to be an open question of how and what the taliban require in order to get folks out. they made some initial statements saying they will not, you know, forbid anyone from leaving, that folks are free to go, but we will see if thats something they intend to uphold or if thats more, you know, just propaganda and pr. >> jon: the suggestion has been made that perhaps we should reopen bagram airfield, which is north of kabul. its huge. it offers a lot of capability....

President bidens deadline of august 31st, which is fast approaching on tuesday. earlier at the pentagon, john kirby described who u.s. forces killed. >> they have two -- they have two high-profile planner -- one planner and one facilitator that are no longer on their role. they have lost some capability to plan -- make no mistake, nobodys writing this off saying well, we got them, so we dont have to worry about isis-k anymore, not the case. >> kirby refused to name who exactly the u.s. military ...