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Political courage. the basic cushion in some respects leaves a lot to be desired with respect to scores of thousands of half began interpreters. colleagues who fought along side and aided american forces. getting those out, those people out, 20,000 plus could have been done much earlier. on the issue of whether or not biden should have continued to deploy thousands of american combat forces in afghanistan, i think the answer is absolutely not. this was a trillion dollar social designs experiment...

Protect these thousands of afghan citizens who served as interpreters for the u.s., who served as support personnel for u.s. troops there and for u.s. agencies, media organizations. we have seen efforts, this week, by president biden to order an escalation, essentially, in the pace of those evacuation efforts. but i think the wide consensus is that those efforts are, still, not enough. and theyre still too slow, even with them being speeded up this week. do you share that view? >> i share the co...

Civilian situation? >> many are choosing to flee. many are choosing to flee, michael. even though the taliban now say that they are chastened and disciplined and that they will let women work and girls go to school, there are many afghans who just dont believe that they have a future under taliban rule. the united nations secretary-general says that 1,000 civilians were killed in the last month in wanton acts of killing, especially if southern provinces by the taliban as they advanced and took t...

Military but still have not received visas to travel. >> it is our turn to be helped. we helped them, you know. we saved their lives. we were the people who communicate with two cultures. otherwise without interpreters they did nothing. >> reporter: so now you are abandoned and scared? >> yes. >> and as taliban fighters hoist their flags in kandahar and other major cities, a refugee crisis looming. women are fleeing homes with their children, some settling for now in had this park in kabul. we a...

Camp david at least until wednesday. jon? >> jon: kevin corke from the white house, kevin, thank you. >> uh-huh. >> jon: a second group of u.s. marines arriing in kabul to assist with evacuation of american citizens and afghan interpreters. this as we learn our military is preparing for the possibility of closing the u.s. embassy there for good. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more on that. lucas? >> good evening, jon. lets break down the 5,000 number. 3,000 u.s. marines and soldiers ...

Underway. obviously, this isnt something that was predicted but perhaps the speed of it is a bit of a surprise. >> when i was a platoon commander in 2012, the taliban had a maxim. they would say you have the watches but we have the time. we could win battles for the next century in afghanistan against the taliban, and still lose the war because counterinsurgency does not a military solution, it requires political leadership and only the afghans can do that. what the americans must do right now i...

Interpreters and drivers and cooks and others who worked for the united states for years and who are now perhaps most threatened by the taliban takeover? give afghans asylum. because im sorry. its over. we cannot win that war. but that doesnt mean we should abandon the afghan people. look at you! getting back to normal. or at least your 2021 version of what normal should be. and no matter what that is, walgreens is here to help you do it your way. with delivery in as little as one hour.

Clarissas report that the reality does not seem to match it. they fear at the hand of the taliban, those who worked with u.s. security forces, interpreters, i met one who currently is trying to evacuate his family, and hopefully get to kabul, because he fears taliban reprisal. so there are many groups of people in afghanistan who fear they will not be safe under stall la ban rule. kim. >> thanks, cyril vanier in london. still ahead, how it could impact the rights of women and children. ill spe...

Battalions mission, still very much on the front line. he says his employment was unfairly terminated by a private sector contractor after third battalion fourth marines left the country for good. his fate and that of so many others now in the hands of the biden administration. >> our message to those women and men is clear, there is a home for you in the united states. >> reporter: the u.s. state department did create a new path for afghan interpreters to reach the u.s., one thats advertised as...

Earlier this week. i said is the deadline to withdraw still august 31st in he said that timeline is still intact. officials i have spoken to it the u.s. military says the plan is to put these troops on the ground, get the americans and also afghan interpreters and their families who helped america over the last 20 years in this war to get them out of the country as soon as possible and meet that deadline. at love people are dubious because as we saw here in washington, d.c., you put troops anywh...