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Wolf, in honest y, i heard stories of them beaten by the taliban, having to go two or three times, being harassed at the check points, fearful for their lives. there are people, interpreters, allies that are still there. were going to have to continue the mission to rescue them. putting our troops there in harms way where we saw we lost 13 service members, i have been reading about the family, incredible grief, we cant do that. we cant have more of our service members in that kind of harms way. ...

The gates and then there was reporting that we were shutting down all evacuation operations in the course of the day. my point is thats not true. were not shutting down evacuation operations. were going until the end. were still in charge of the airport and were still in charge of security at the airport and what has-- what was true a few days ago is still true today, the taliban have check points around the airport in a loose perimeter, if you will, but they are not manning gates. they are not ...

Eerily prophetic. so this commander said he will do an interview with us here at a hotel in kabul. he said it is no problem for him to get through check points and come right into the capital. to prove his point, he let us film his arrival into the city. he is an isis-k commander from the heart of the terrorist groups operations. he agreed to talk on the condition that we disguise his identity. in a kabul hotel, he told us hes had up to 600 men under his command. among them indians, pakistan and...

Point in the process because you go through the taliban first, then you go through the u.s. personnel. what do you make of that process? >> well, youre exactly right and we have to assume that the promise has been compromised and that, you know, ill filtration has taken place, planned or coincidental. we saw the vigil of the 600, 700 people in the c-130s, the first flights coming out of afghanistan. we have to assume that infiltration took place because of what you said, counterfeits or the tali...

Sorry, i didnt mean to step on you. these folks that went up there the check points with guys like jason and me and others, they would go through a check point and be beaten. their wife would be beaten, their children, and they are talking to the shepherds while they are moving. you know, they are beating. and you could hear it, and you know, we would just encourage them. you have to press, you have though go, and the courage belongs to the afghan people who ensured that and made that journey an...

The taliban for our own security, for our own ability to extract our people. >> and not only dependent, in some cases it seems giving information to the taliban such as were concerned or we have information about a vehicle born explosive device, perhaps, so look at cars more. i mean, it is strange bedfellows to say the least. >> yeah. well, we were enemies last week and last week we were sharing intelligence and were giving them list of americans who need to come through the check points. it is ...

>> what information is very important right now is at the ground level to ensure that as people approach check points, that the taliban check point leaders have and understand who is coming. what documentation theyre supposed to have. that is really important to us to ensure that people are not in areas and that people are there for periods of time. if commanders on the ground continue to coordinate, how do we continue to increase that throughput to get on as fast as we can. that is very safe to...

Defense and u.s. servicemen. and one would only assume or hope as well theyre making sure to pat everybody down because our experience when we went through those check points and reporting outside of the airport is that the taliban was primarily concerned honestly with looking at peoples documentation rather than trying to make sure they didnt have any weaponry on them. all of this emerging as we learn more about what exactly happened yesterday. >> reporter: a devastating scene of pure horror. c...

It seems like if the taliban were in charge of security they shouldnt of let those people through in that horrific attack. >> well, remember kabul is not exactly switzerland. when people get through the check points. these are not tsa check points. its a chaotic street scene. you know people can get through. its not a tight line around the airport. in terms of the relationship between taliban and isis-k its very complicated. one hand theyre rivals. isis-k dont think taliban are extreme enough. o...

For "politico" laura selig man. president obama and other officials warned about the possibility of this type of terrorist attack. im curious, obviously the threat was serious, what kind of measures were taken to prevent it and could they have potentially had more success in doing so? >> well, certainly they had a clear warning that some kind of attack was coming over the last week, over the last few days especially and to the point where they even warned lawmakers in calls on wednesday and thur...