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Capitals around the country. should we expect this after 20 years, after $2 trillion, after 2,444 americans died and another couple ten thousands injured, should we have expected this? no, we should not have but all along, we knew there was extraordinary corruption within that country. we knew the support for the government was weak, but a total disappearance of the government and ghani fleeing and the government disappearing? no, the president should not have expected that, but that is what hap...

Stories. day one of reporting now in the islamic emirate of afghanistan. you can see a lot has changed. the dress code what im wearing, behind metal ban fighters manning a check point. theyre all over the city now. theyre here they say to make sure that there isnt a power vacuum, there isnt chaos and anarchy. i will say here in the center of the city, it does feel relatively calm, eerie, scary, but relatively calm. at the airport, though, as you mentioned, those harrowing images tell a different...

War. not that afghans dont accept that it was their duty and responsibility to defend their own country. but so much frustration about the way this was all handled, the chaotic, hasty method of withdrawal, the fact that more sort of concrete concessions werent extracted from the taliban before agreeing to a complete withdrawal. one woman called it rage and heartbreak, she says. thats what is consuming her now, jake, rage and heartbreak. >> with the worst yet to come in all likelihood, because, a...

To kabul, he was asked if the u.s. would recognize the taliban as a legitimate government of afghanistan. what he said is that any government that the u.s. would recognize would have to uphold u.s. values, right. human rights, the rights of women and also not harbor terrorists. but he didnt say that the u.s. has definitively made a decision on this. and i think it is important to note that the u.s. special representative to afghanistan who has been the top negotiator with the taliban is still in...

Welcome to "meet the press daily." president joe biden is cutting short his vacation. the presidents remarks are scheduled for 3:45 p.m. eastern time and it comes as pressure is mounting on him about the full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. the u.s. has been standing by the withdrawal. the president of afghanistan thread the country and the taliban took full control yesterday including occupying the presidential palace and even as the situation became increasingly desperate and chaotic. t...

In the coming days. i dont know if they can wait that long. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. hi there, i am stephanie ruhle. monday, august 16th. we start with breaking news out of afghanistan for the so-called forever war coming to a messy, chaotic, heartbreaking end. sunday, the taliban seized the capital of kabul, effectively taking control of the country, making headlines around the world. after nearly 20 years of trying to hold afghanistan tog...

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Showing the desperation of people trying to get out. in the us, the secretary of state anthony blinken was speaking to nbc�*s meet the press programme earlier today. he gave the latest on his governments position. in the us, the secretary of state anthony blinken we can do right by the people who stood with us in afghanistan all these years, including afghans who worked for the embassy, worked for our military. we have a massive effort under way to bring afghans at risk out of the country, if ...

So now we are seeing those consequence. this is certainly not something that the president predicted at all. he, in fact, said back in july this would not happen. he said there would not be a repeat of the type of scenes we saw in saigon where americans had to be airlifted off the embassy rooftop. and while we are not necessarily seeing embassy officials airlifted off the rooftop, we are certainly seeing a chaotic, if not chaotic, intense scramble to get them out of the country. the state depart...