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Movement for foreign nationals, visa holders, at risk afghans. fourth, we will work to secure their safe passage. this morning, i met with the foreign ministers of all the g 7 countries, united kingdom, france, germany, canada, italy, japan as well as qatar, turkey, the european union and secretary general nato. we we discussed how to work together including by reopening kabul civilian airport as soon as possible and very much appreciate the efforts in particular. this will enable the small numb...

Used to manipulate the previous president who did want to get out, donald trump but also which stick in the mind of people who know anything about afghanistan that was sort of a modernist pieces. here it is. these images -- i dont know if we can pull them up. of afghanistan before the taliban which took over in the 1990s. this modern country with movie theaters and women not covered. that kind of idea, do you think, is what fooled america into thinking the part of afghanistan that was cosmopolit...

May choose to depart. we have no illusion that any of this will be easy or rapid. this will be an entirely different phase from the evacuation that just concluded. it will take time to work through a new set of challenges, but we will stay at it. john bass, our former ambassador to afghanistan who returned to kabul two weeks ago to help lead our evacuation efforts at the airport will spearhead our ongoing work across the state department to help american citizens and permanent residents, citizen...

>> right, i dont know. i dont know. how would you imagine this war would end? its messy. its tragic. but it was going to end more or less this way, different event, god willing the suicide bombing wouldnt have happened, maybe more people would have gotten out. but the fact is this was bound to end in a messy, sad, tragic way, because we were going to leave. whether last year, this year, right now, next year, five years from now, we were going to leave. the taliban was going to still be there. is...

Have happened. and maybe more people would have gotten out. maybe not. but the fact is that this was bound to and in a messy, sad, tragic way, because we were going to leave. we were going to leave whether it was last year, this year, right now, next year, five years from now. we were going to leave. the taliban was still going to be there. isis-k was still going to be there. and afghanistan was still going to be afghanistan. we gave it the illusion of a secular democracy. but not the actuality ...

Much for your time. let me bring you the latest line for washington. the news agency reported that us officials have said today they are concerned that further attacks could occur at kabul airport following those two twin blasts suspected by suicide bombers. as they are making their assessment in the pentagon, their assessment in the pentagon, the white house, clearly the concern evident that there could be further attacks after what has happened in the last couple of hours. lets bring on the as...

[ applause ] >> now that you are dead, lets live a little. >> i suppose there is a fantasy or escape element to it where they are in a magical place where there is a character named janet who knows every fact about the universe. >> janet, i am finished with clean up and i am ready to fly. how do i start? >> pop in a lunch pack. >> people puking on roller coasters. >> but there was always a weird looming threat. >> oh. what the -- >> kept it from pure escapism. >> is that giant terrifying lady bu...

Joe biden had been dealing with that. this is basically a failed mission. often you have people have bad investments and relationships. in both cases people stay in them. double down on bad investment or staying in bad relationship because coming to grips that it is not working is really tough. it is messy and painful and it feels terrible. what has happened here is the reason we have been in afghanistan for 20 years, been leaving in 2002 or 2003 or something like that. it is precisely that. thi...

States is pushing ahead to recognize as the legitimate government of afghanistan and all that aid, that foreign aid money you talked about will go to al qaeda in afghanistan and the taliban. it is extraordinary. thats the kind of thing you wont hear about when foreign journalists are gone because the taliban is putting on this illusion. its a show, theatrical performance for the world to see where they havent shut down the news stations yet. if you look at the reporting thats coming out journali...

LONDON: Boris Johnson has said it is an “illusion” to think Britain alone could have prevented the collapse of Afghanistan after the US withdrew its forces.As MPs returned to Westminster for an...