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Meanwhile, the last british flights carrying civilian refugees out of afghanistan are leaving kabul today. this report from graham satchell. the final flights leaving kabul airport. the british effort here is all but done. it has been a mammoth logistical operation. injust two weeks, more than 14,000 people airlifted by the raf to safety in the uk. but the ministry of defence ackknowledges as many as 1,000 former interpreters and other staff will left behind. we are so worried about our future. ...

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The airport? >> we have begun retrograding. >> reporter: can you say anything about the number who have left? >> no, i cannot. >> thats the pentagon acknowledging that the withdrawal process is starting. 5,400 troops there on the ground in kabul, and theyre due to leave by tuesday. so that process is beginning. in the meantime, tens of thousands of afghans desperately trying to get out, including those who worked as interpreters, drivers and other jobs for the u.s. military. a question is loomin...

It can only go one way. >> andrew, is there any reason to believe any evidence supporting that these lists have been used for an illicit purpose, meaning retribution by the taliban? >> there is not. and the issue that the former president brings up of americans being targeted by the taliban is different than afghans being targeted by the taliban. the taliban is much more interested in seeking retribution against those afghans who served indispensable roles as interpreters and translators for the...

Attack and that there were still people trying to get out and they were going to continue the mission. >> absolutely. you have to remember that these soldiers werent just trying to find and save their countrymen and women from afghanistan and get american citizens out, but it was also very deeply important to many soldiers and veterans groups that their partners on the battlefield were brought in, that promises were kept, the special immigrant visas essentially that were promised to interpreters...

Getting an afghan commando and his family out. we got a couple green berets. we painted a picture using our phone apps and we realized getting through the wire, the perimeter, was key, and communicating with people on the inside and help move them and she shepherd them. and we had interpreters for years and guys like jason, talking to interpret everies throughout the night and moving them through sewage canals. i was simply there to help out. >> jason, let me bring you in there. what was involve...

And also interpreters and other staff who have helped the british authorities over the past couple of decades in afghanistan. the mod made it clear that today was going to be the day that the final flights carrying just civilians were going to leave kabul airport heading for the uk. and then, just after 1pm today, we got confirmation from the mod that the final flight for civilians had left. there will be further flights during the course of the weekend but the focus of that will be to get out t...

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With the loss of 13 troops in the kabul bombing. our next guest reminds us we must not forget our duty to pray during these tough times. fox news contributor alveda king joined is now, welcome and thank you for joining us. we just did a headline about harvard university having a chaplain, now pointing a chaplain thats an atheist, we have a terrible news about the troops that have died in afghanistan one of them by the way with the baby due in three weeks, we know right now isis and the taliban h...

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 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 inte...