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Beginning. >> i am happy because i am safe here with my family. but im still unhappy because i left some of my family back there. >> ikbal and his family are now being processed at fort lee in virginia before they move on. they are applying for a special immigrant visa. and its been a complicated road for them. former commanders have had to go to bat for him. it is hard to imagine anyone who is more deserving. he started interpreting for american troops when he was just a teenager and was fighti...

Decision -- tactical decisions on the advice of the military and commanders on the ground and the timeline that they needed to wind down our presence. hence here we are. it was his timeline though. its not the talibans timeline. >> so he moved up the timeline to august 31. >> he needed 120 days. we abided by the advice of the military. jeff? >> jen, can you clarify whether the united states has an agreement with the taliban to allow more americans and afghans to leave the country. >> i will say ...

That is with the relying on. and its going to take a long time to get the airport up to speed. they need those overland routes, but what were learning tonight from the ngos. the veterans that were talking to and the colleagues were talking to the refugee groups. theyre telling people right now to shelter in place, because theres no evidence yet that the taliban are going to let people pass. people are being told to go to safe houses, many of which have been financed in the past by american aid g...

Another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice, the real choice. i was not going to extend this forever war. i was not extending a forever exit. the decision to end the military lift operation at kabul airport was based on unanimous recommendation of my civilian and military advisers. the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and all the service chiefs and the commanders in the field. their recommends dags was that t...

President has broken his promise. he made a couple of times to keep u.s. troops on the ground until every last american was out. we are waiting the words from the president later this afternoon, john. >> john: looks like you had some pretty good sources there, jackie, sandra. >> sandra: lets bring in former national security adviser mike pence, keith kellogg joins us right now, thank you for talking to the viewers throughout this period the fall of afghanistan to the taliban and now the conclusi...

And, by the way, that was a decision that was backed up unanimously by every one of his civilian and military advisers including the commanders on the ground, including his entire military leadership and his secretary of state. everyone stood behind that decision because they believed not only was there going to be increasing risk to force, which is to say the likelihood that more american marines could die the longer that we stayed. but there was increasing risk to mission as well because the u...

U.s. military plane took off. >> im here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, third country nationals, and vulnerable afghans. the last c-17 lifted off from hamid karzai international airport on august 30th this afternoon at 3:29 p.m. >> historic. historic. the plane carrying the last two u.s. officials to step off afghan soil, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul, in charge of the affairs, ross wilson. and gen...

Including children and babies. 1144 allied service members, including from nato member states. 444 eight workers, and 72 journalists. the number of civilian deaths could be much larger, but that is the official number. 47,245. you can call the 20-year war americas longest war, only if youre willing to overlook the nearly 300 years of war waged against the people who were found on this continent, when the europeans arrived. americas genocidal war against native tribes it not officially end until ...

Grouping here of people who are very sick. i want to draw your attention to a particularly serious looking woman with a young boy. he has some kind of bandages with blood on them on his lap. and these people are basically appealing to pakistan for immediate medical attention. some people have been allowed through to go to hospitals. but basically what pakistan is saying now is we have norman 1 million afghan refugees and we simply cant cope with any more. clarissa ward, cnn, at the border crossi...

To extend the deadline for another week or two because of the presence of those 100 to 200 americans. instead hes going to try to get them out by other means. here is the presidents statement yesterday. it was the recommendation of joint chiefs and the commanders to end our airlift mission as planned. the mission to end was the best way to protect the lives of troops and secure the prospects of civilian departures and those who want to leave afghanistan in the weeks and months ahead. obviously t...