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Forward. they will make their own determinations. >> thank you. the taliban right now focusing on the mission right now are not living up to their commitments. people are being stopped trying to get into the airport. im talk about women, sivs, others, afghans. people with papers and being stopped outside the airport now. there are total bottlenecks. some people have private planes watsing for them with landing rights but cant get into the airport as well as beyond the sivs there are lawyers, jud...

Currently being controlled by the u.s. military, is then going to be in the hands of the taliban. and officials have made clear throughout the day there is no clear plan for what is happening to that airport after this. whether or not regional powers try to help do air traffic control, what thats going to look like after that. so i do think its going to be a lot harder for the u.s. to actually get americans out once this deadline has passed. and i think the white house realizes that. and thats w...

Seeing the rights of all afghans, especially women and girls are upholds then well do it. the nature of that engagement and the nature of any relationship depends entirely on the actions and contact of the taliban. if a future government upholds the basic right of the afghan people. if it maybes good on its commitments to ensure that afghanistan cannot be used as a launching bad for terrorist attacks directed against us in our allies and partners and in the first instance if it makes good on the...

Detailed plans to continue services to facilitate the departures, even after the military airlift ends, although he couldnt say what type of diplomatic presence they would keepin of diplomatic presence they would keep in kabul. he said the taliban had committed to continuing safe passage for those part of the evacuation effort. the taliban have said they would prevent afghans from leaving and i asked about that. a state department official said that was open to interpretation, but they had commi...

Saying there are as many as 1500, but he thinks its lower. >> from this list of approximately 1,000, we believe the number of americans actively seeking assistance to leave afghanistan is lower, likely significantly lower. >> blinken also addressing the likelihood that some americans and thousands of afghan allies wont make it out in time. >> let me be crystal clear about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining citizen to decide they want to leave to do so. along many afghan...

Strong self-interest in acting with responsibility going forward. but they will make their own determinations. >> thank you. the taliban right now focusing on the mission right now are not living up to their commitments. people are being stopped from trying to get to the airport, im talking about women, sivs, others, afghans, people with papers and being stopped outside the airport now. total bottle necks, which rise to the level of what the president said were a contingencies if the taliban is ...

Of doing it democratic. there is... what kind of russia i do represent, it is sovereign russia. russia, which is trying to defend its own interests and it will continue to strengthen sovereignty because it is most important to do in this world. we protect the interests of our people, and we protect our economy and our sovereignty. no mention of freedom or democracy in that answer, but a big mention of protecting your interests and sovereignty. just as we end this interview, i want to reflect ver...

The world to make clear to the taliban, the international expectations that people will continue to be able to leave the country after the military evacuation effort ends. we certainly have points of incentive and points of leverage with a future afghan government to help make sure that that happens. i can tell you again from my perspective, from the presidents perspective, this effort does not end on august 31. it will continue for as long as it takes to help get people out of afghanistan that ...

0 >> it does not. >> lprs also been qucontacted? >> yep. >> what about siv applicants? can we get numbers? >> its okay. >> since this whole thing began theres been a lot of criticism of the administration over how its handled. theres been a lot of push back about the hand that you were dealt by the previous administration in terms of the deal with the taliban and terms of the siv program and the broader refugee program. you have been in office for almost eight months. its been five months since ...

0 these are known passport holders. >> okay. but have -- have lprs also been contacted? >> yes. >> and what about siv applicants, people who are -- were in contact -- >> will we get -- >> im sorry. >> i dont expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began theres been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and theres been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you ...