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Faces and the world food program is warning of resource shortages in the coming weeks. meanwhile in the panjshir valley, fighting continues as taliban tries to retake held by resistance fighters. the taliban made some gains into their territory but were pushed back. now the taliban is expected to announce a new government next week, the big question is how much they will be willing to engage with the international community. mike. mike: great question, trey yingst live in doha. texas congressman...

Airplanes at sharif airport. six airplanes with american citizens on them as i speak, also with these interpreters, and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now. the state has cleared these flights, and the taliban will not let them leave the airport. so im sorry, the answer to your question is zero. thats my concern is they are going to demand more and more, whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of afghanistan. >> chris: let me pick up on this because i didnt know ...

And that includes many months of the agreement that was said because i wanted to get out. i wish that we never went in there, the biggest mistake that we made in the history of our country. >> we couldve left with safety, we couldve taken everybody with us, all of the great american citizens and people that helps us, whether its interpreters or others. and we would not have had a rush because the taliban was notco going anywhere, we have them totally under control, and the movement, we had very ...

Flown out so the state department could brag about the massive amount of numbers that they heard the secretary of defense for a few days ago. if we are not doing any screening as anybody whos ever experienced process like this could tell from the work on the ground. i want to point and call peoples attention to is we lost 13 u.s. troops right now because of this horrible operation. they were pushed into the crowd because of the culture coming from the top ranks of the biden administration that w...

This culture from top-down that made the priority opening up our aircraft and getting as many afghans regardless who they were onto these airplanes and flown out so the state department can brag about the massive amounts of numbers and you heard the secretary of defense do that, not doing any screening. what i want to call peoples attention to his we lost 13 us troops because of this operation, they were pushed out into the crowd because of the culture coming from the top ranks of the biden admi...

Does the taliban, have they identified you, do they know you worked with the united states, do they know that your wife was married to you, and you helped the u.s.? >> yes, they actually know each and every one of us. interpreters that worked with the u.s. troops in afghanistan they helped them, they served the u.s. army, we are now left behind in afghanistan and they all know each and every one of us, and as i heard, they are now trying to go door by door and look for those people, and they are...

Were understanding, began removing people in the early spring, cognizant of our time frame to get out by the end of the august and he was just wondering aloud why we werent doing the same. do you know whether we were? you know, whether that was a problem early on, that military leaders, maybe yourself, wondered about? >> absolutely, neil. as a matter of fact, early in the spring, senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and i and a handful of other senators went to the white house to speak to the...

And even biden admitted today that the reason they didnt kill any soldiers and we havent lost soldiers in many, many months because of the agreement that we set, because i wanted to get out. i wish we never went in. the biggest mistake we made in the history of our country was going into the middle east, i call it quicksand, and we went into the middle east, and we shouldnt have been there, we blew it to pieces, and now we are leaving, and because of what they are doing, we are leaving in disgra...

Grassroots veterans groups who have stood up to leave no one behind because this administration left behind and thereby house the mainstream media are perfectly fine to turn the page. >> that used to be the american principal and value that we leave no man behind, uber tasks with going out to find the birds all when you are serving in afghanistan. how are you feeling now that you are watching people who worked with you in afghanistan, interpreters, sids of the left behind in addition to hundreds...

Newsletter a couple of days ago that ron mcclain, the white house chief of staff sent around because i was making the argument that three weeks ago i was very critical of the biden administration on this, they had only gotten a couple thousands people out, now 125,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan. this is the largest, fastest evacuation of people ever. now, a lot of our friends are still not out and the proof of whether this is really a success will depend on what happens in the d...