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Afghans had been killed and over 4 million wounded. 5 million had fled the country as refugees. altogether, one quarter of the afghan population was displaced by the war. and the fighting still continued. the mujahideen and the communist regime in couple were locked in stalemate —— kabul. in1991, a in 1991, a failed coup in

Just days before kabul fell. >> reporter: with u.s. forces out of the country and the taliban potentially in control, do you think that will make it easier for you to expand? >> translator: yes, this exists in our plan. instead of currently operating, we have turned to recruiting only to utilize the opportunity and to do our recruitment. but when the foreigners and people of the world leave afghanistan, we can restart our operations. >> think the next time you see that cat, hell be in shadow? re...

It. look, i have flown into bagram. it is a long way to kabul. there is a lot of territory when you are driving along that road. what that territory means is every time you get in a car, you might get hit by an rpg. you might get hit by something else that the taliban or somebody else, some rogue taliban element or isis-k has thrown at you. every scenario people come up with. well, the taliban took the country over. where are you going to put that thing? so every scenario people come up with inc...

The women, they have to kiss my feet. its heartbreaking and i cant leave them behind. i have 19 kids in my house and two of them are disabled. i feed them. i take care of them. i cant leave this country. chris, i cant leave. i cant leave these families. they were there with us. they worked just like i did. and i cant leave them behind. >> now, sarah is joining us from the phone in kabul. sarah, do i still have you? >> yes, sir. hello, chris. >> hi. now, we were talking before we came back out of...

Mudd. and retired army hlieutenant colonel daniel daicvis who serv two combat toured in afghanistan and is now a senior fellow with defense priorities. welcome to both of you. good to have you. >> thanks. >> a momentous occasion, to be sure. what it means is what we will discuss. so, phil, let me start with you. what does the day mean? and can president biden say to america tomorrow, we can keep you just as safe here at home without being in afghanistan? >> no, he cant say that. but i have also ...

Counterterror official phil mudd, and retired army lieutenant colonel daniel davis, who served two combat tours in afghanistan and is now a senior fellow with defense priorities. welcome to both of you. good to have you. >> thanks. >> momentous occasion, to be sure. what it means is what we will discuss. so phil, let me start with you. what does the day mean, and can president biden say to america tomorrow, we can keep you just as safe here at home without being in afghanistan? >> no, he cant sa...

Not with their parents. >> with thousands of civilians still in need of help many the last two hours, the terror threat by the pentagon from isis-k is very real. it remains active. the u.s. defense shot down as many as five rockets fired at kabuls airport yesterday. the u.s. carried out a drone strike against the suspected isis-k suicide bomber vehicle in a residential neighborhood. it caused subsequent explosions. ten people were killed. five of them were children. the youngest, two years old. ...

Tony blinken? >> lets look at the clock on the wall. kabul is eight and a half hours ahead of east coast of the united states. when you look at the clock, its just turned midnight there. its now august 31st in kabul, afghanistan. the day of the deadline that president biden says for all u.s. troops to be out of the country. they have not made any announcements here in washington about what the status of those u.s. troops are. we want to be very careful. i think people can well understand that th...

Recognition before. there points of leverage and enormous amount of the afghan state budget in recent years come from international aid and aid from the united states and others. thats one obvious pressure point even with the u.s. military gone from afghanistan. but it seems to me that the lesson learned may not be the one that people in washington want it to be, but can be that we wait it out a super power and were back in control, and all those triumphant claims of having defeated us, look who...

Security. who have so far not publicly necessarily conducted revenge attacks many were concerned about inside of kabul. it may have been happening outside of the public view on a larger scale. so the taliban presenting a sort of more acceptable face in the international community. the critics suggesting its purely a short term measure to get the airport running, a degree of international recognition or diplomatic channels existing with them because they need international aid and their bank acco...