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May well be the end of the mission in afghanistan, but certainly a feeling here that it has not been completed, there is still work to do in the coming weeks and months. i think the fact that it was really symbolised by the uk ambassador to afghanistan getting off the plane. we got off the plane alone, there was a brief handshake with his boss. 0n the tarmac he spoke saying that in the past couple of weeks at the airport had been intense and extraordinary. you may remember he relocated from the ...

Blocked in washington either by the imf or the american l administration or in europe. so there i think there is the real leverage l of the west to force i the taliban to be more inclusive in their governmentj and to respect human rights, hopefully. jeffrey, what is the appetite amongst the american public for taking in afghans who helped them and the allies? we know thatjoe biden has said they are going to have to be screened, they are going to have to be vetted. they wont necessarily, these re...

My dad in early 2001 started a special forces and my brother and my sister, the entire family. we hired afghan judges to put taliban behind the bars. right now were bailing on them. we hired interpreters and contractors and there are thousands. as of last night, i received six greencard holders requesting immediate support and i have a list of 475 people total. so, i just never imagined this would happen and whats happening is crisis. >> that is a tremendous burden on you. you received the six v...

And now, theres so many different individuals that are threatened because of the taliban. >> so, do you feel that america has abandoned the afghan people? >> we -- well, you know, we -- we went in there. we gave -- we gave em hope. we gave em freedom. we tried to. and -- and then, we did an exit plan that we didnt have. i dont know what happened. you know, there needs to be a humanitarian exit plan helping the -- the women, the children. there goes their freedom. women wanting -- girls wanting t...

Come home, they should still be alive but bad policy from this administration. from my perspective to ship this to donald trump is so sad. lets make sure that we realize what joe biden did to create this disaster. why are we taking afghans who we havent vetted out of the country to the tens of thousands but we still have americans on the ground, we still have afghan interpreters who helped americans still on the ground, behind enemy lines. this morning on "fox & friends" pete hegseth who is text...

This. they have a radical deep stater leading this effort for dhs the quality of the vetting has gone through the floor. rachel: of course. this is why we had such, that is why we had such a backlog of interpreters all year, pete hegseth has been trying to shine light on this to expedite it. the state department says it takes time. all of sudden it doesnt take time. why, ken, i dont have enough time yet, why havent they been placed to other countries where we wait for them to be properly vetted ...

They are going to have to be screened, they are going to have to be vetted. they wont necessarily, these refugees, be allowed straight into the us if thats where they want to end up. i think it is a pretty spotty record in the past in these kind of circumstances. in principle, support for people, particularly interpreters, and lets be clear, interpreters dontjust interpret pashto into english, they help people understand cultural, culture. they help people find contacts. i mean, i have worked wi...

Because, i mean, youve spoken to the president, youve interviewed him in the past, and he was -- and the administration was warned by so many, especially in their own party, so many members of congress saying we need a plan, we need to make this commitment to get our allies out, those interpreters, their families, for so long. and i wonder specifically what the lesson is in that given that many, it appears, may not make it out. >> thats absolutely right. we needed to be pulling those people out ...

Usual to prevent these families from being targeted. can you tell us how serious the threat is to them from the taliban and other groups? >> alicia, very serious. youve had hundreds of constituents of mine reach out saying their cousin, their uncle is being threatened, theyre concerned. and many still havent been able to be evacuated. we need to make sure we continue to push for the evacuation of our allies, of interpreters, of vulnerable afghans and american citizens and their families after th...

Congress members across both parties, say this is bipartisan issue, they are our allies who we owe them, like the interpreters, they saved lives of american american -- many american troops, we can call for continuation of extracttion missions with support with other entities and after u.s. forces withdraw. and we can increase the capacity for processing afghan evacuees and refugees on u.s. territory and third country, i have family members who were processed in guam under operation new life. th...