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Against a is—k planner who is supposed to have been involved in the attack on kabul. to supposed to have been involved in the attack on kabul.— the attack on kabul. to leverage over the horizon _ the attack on kabul. to leverage over the horizon capability - the attack on kabul. to leverage over the horizon capability to - over the horizon capability to conduct counterterrorism operations as needed. we continue to evacuate american citizens and vulnerable afghans out of kabul. there are appr...

Capability to strike and be very responsive to targets. as you know, these targets can be very fleeting -- paul: right. >> -- so that kind of response is a factor. now coming from the middle east, is where were coming from, and thats quite a distance. i mean, theres a lot of wishful thinking in this over the horizon concept that were talking about. the only place where were actually doing that and its really not over the horizon, remember, the four places that president biden targeted saying thi...

Lieutenant downs sent to recruit these folks because they were more radical. theyre the taliban fighters that joined a different group. they were in the low thousands. the ones that president trump didnt kill they were in jail. so the point there is, okay, president biden. youre telling me that this over the horizon capability is your way of handling this. president trump did it with a few thousand troops in afghanistan. show me you can do the same thing with no troops in afghanistan. heres your...

A suicide bombing at kabul airport. the pentagon wrapped up a briefing a few moments ago. watch this. >> i can confirm as more information has come in that two high profile isis targets were killed and one was wounded, and we know of zero civilian casualties. without specifying any future plans, i will say that we will continue to have the ability to defend ourselves and leverage o over the horizon capability to conduct counterterrorism operations as needed. >> cnn pentagon correspondent barbara...

This but, obviously, its not going to be as comprehensive and as responsive as having our own intelligence forces on the ground and our own capability to react to that intelligence right on the ground as well. paul: all right. well have much more with general keane after the break as the rush to evacuate in afghanistan continues. with just three days left are, will thousands of afghan allies and even some americans be left behind, and the u.s. rely on the taliban to assist in getting them out af...

Be able to do is build up their real capability, help them do that for themselves. i think taiwan and japan are on a good path to developing military capabilities that can deter the chinese communist party and the peoples liberation army, right? taiwan has to appear digestible to the peoples lib -- digestible, and i think building up their defense a capabilities are complementary to that. i think what we see in afghanistan is if the u.s. a heads for the exits, it has a profound negative effect o...

0 for the allies being targeted in afghanistan and a safe withdrawal of everybody. leave nobody behind. my heart is troubled in that heart. let not your heart be troubled, laura ingraham is up next. have a great weekend. pray for our family in afghanistan. >> im pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. we start with a fox news alert. we learned a drone strike killed an isis-k planner that was believed to be carrying out future attacks according to the pentagon. also tonight, the state department warn...

>> well, i think the u.s. capabilities that we would have are certainly less. director burns is right. as jim mentioned, there are going to be difficulties in getting the intelligence that we need in order to carry out precision strikes. the over the horizon capability from an intelligence standpoint has been around for a while. its well over 20 years old. it predates 9/11 by a few years. and its more robust form and it was used to great effect in iraqi freedom as well as in nascent form in dese...

Thousands of afghans, as you know, jim, who have been trying to get out of the country, havent been able to get out. they worked alongside u.s. troops, us diplomats, some of them even have green cards to the united states. and president biden said yesterday that his message to those afghans, if they dont get out before august 31st, is that the biden administration will continue to try to get them out of the country. but, of course, thats hinged on two things. specifically the taliban, if theyre ...

Things disposed of in a responsible way as we get closer to the end of the mission. i think people would expect us to do that. >> what is the departments assessment of the capability of isis-k? is there a real concern they can use afghanistan to launch attacks against the united states post august 31st? >> they are a serious terrorist threat. that was brought home to us pretty stark ways yesterday. we take the threat very, very seriously. i dont want to -- im not going to speculate about future ...