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Don? >> thank you very much for that, alex, appreciate it. joining me now, cnns john harwood and general mark hertling. general, i appreciate your remarks and the way you handled the coverage of the remains of the servicemen returning here. >> thanks, don, thats kind. >> it was riveting, and a great way that you paid tribute to those service members. john, im going to start with you. the u.s. is officially out of afghanistan. were told there are still between 100 and 200 americans who needed t...

Even get through that process. who should have been through that process, and warn people. the women lawyers, the judges, the teachers, others who have been prominent. judges who have put taliban in jail. theyve got documentation of. these avery been going door to door, there is plenty of evidence that they have not lived up to any of these commitments, outside of kabul and their relationship at the kabul airport. >> in terms of that airport, obviously, kabul is not the only airport in the count...

Mean at this stage? what do you think will be their _ mean at this stage? what do you think will be their biggest - think will be their biggest challenge in governing now? the need to aain local challenge in governing now? the need to gain local legitimacy, _ challenge in governing now? the need to gain local legitimacy, made - challenge in governing now? the need to gain local legitimacy, made do - to gain local legitimacy, made do not trust them and they need international partners and also th...

And pride in that and great admiration for the people there and resilience and determination and the youth and the things youve created for the country but there is a lot of shame as well. shame that we have not delivered what we said we would do and we have not kept our commitment as we said we would keep our commitment not to abandon the afghan people and to defend human rights and freedoms that they had gained. in rights and freedoms that they had aained. . , ., , rights and freedoms that the...

Into speculating one way or another. we dont see a military role here in helping these last individuals getting out, and obviously our job is to provide the president options, but i dont foresee that thats an option right now that is going to be needed. again, were focused on making sure we meet our commitment to them. the other thing, john, id like to add is just remember, 6,000 americans did get out safely. and 123,000 other people, mostly afghans, vast majority are afghans. so we did meet a m...

Officials are keenly aware that that is something that is agreed upon by a majority of americans. theres no question about it. both candidates in the 2020 presidential election race held that position of withdrawing from afghanistan. and i think that more than anything else was the message that the president wanted to get out through this speech, kind of get past everybodys micro focus on the last 16 days and focus bigger picture on what getting america out of afghanistan for the first time in 2...

Scenario the way it is going last week. today the president outlined how to extract the remaining 1 or 200 individuals from the united states who are still in afghanistan. >> and for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we remain committed to get them out if they want to come out. the taliban has made public commitments, broadcast on television, and radio across afghanistan on safe passage for anyone wanting to leave including those who worked alongside americans. we dont take them b...

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke to Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over the phone on Sunday and discussed the importance of the international community

Helps secure those interests, including the safe return of a u.s. citizen held hostage in the region since early last year, and bring greater stability to the country and region and protects the gains of the past two decades, we will do it. but we will not do it on the basis of trust or faith. every step we take will be based not on want the taliban government says but does to live up to its commitments. the taliban seeks international legitimacy and support. our message is any legitimacy and su...

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