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The mission is to support the state department reduction in personnel by the end of the month. thats the timeline we are focussed on. if we need to adjust either way, left or right, we will do that. we will always look at the security conditions on the ground. >> with the air lift going on, are you planning to get hundreds of people getting out of the country, thousands? there were thousands of people at the u.s. embassy in kabul and 1800 interpreters looking to get out? >> i cant tell you how m...

Islamist group. number one, and number two, allies all over the world, japan, korea, the middle east, latin america are all asking themselves today are we going to end up like these folks in kabul? maybe highly imperfect and so forth but put their trust in the united states and at the end of the day one fine day the president said contrary to the advice of my military advisers who tell me that with just 2500 troops we can make a go of it, we are leaving. >> trace: mollie, you can respond to that...

Talking about a very number of individuals who put their lives on the line to work directly with british soldiers and in the same way that a british soldier would be targeted if, for example, he walks the streets of kandahar today, these afghan interpreters will have a target on their backs. rehana popal, thank you forjoining us. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a man in chingford in north east london. james markham, who was 45, was stabbed outside his home on monday eve...

This kind of international terrorist organization running afghanistan i think is a bit of a misconception. i dont -- im not privy to the intelligence or what the secretary said about isis or al qaeda reconstituting themselves. but afghanistan has not been for 20 years and people dont anticipate that it will be, a terrorist haven the way there are other places in the world that are terrorist havens, where, by the way, we dont have troops on ground. thats historically been the situation for us. is...

The logistics as much as possible. the next thing we need to do is figure out how were going to move the 44,000 afghan wartime allies and their family members that we assess outside of kabul right now. just before i got on talking you to, i was interviewing a man for our podcast four time allies. were going to call him milad. hes in a city in the province of bagdis. it is 800 kilometers from kabul. the taliban took it yesterday. as he and i were talking, we hear gunfire in the background. he tol...

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Right? theyre listening to political pronouncements whether or not we have previous administrations that propose a time line or say were leaving. from one on we never really established here is our end state. here is where were going to go. and so for 20 years the forces, whether or not it is colonel bashir, are you staying? the interpreters that worked with us. theyre making a calculated decision on a six month, nine month, or annual basis based on what advisor is coming into town and making pr...

The uk, us and otherforeign troops withdrew from afghanistan after 20 years of military operations, but now britain is deploying 600 troops to relocate uk nationals, afghan staff and interpreters. the us is also sending 3,000 soldiers back. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. as with all deployments of our troops into harms way, our commanders have the inherent right of self—defence and any attack on them can and will be met with a forceful and appropriate response. but one britis...

Personnel by the end of the month. and so thats what were focused on. thats the timeline were focused on, and if we need to adjust, either way, left or right, well do that. but were going to always be looking at the security conditions in the ground. >> okay. tara. >> thanks, jon. with the air lift planning thats going on, are you planning to get -- make the air lift available for hundreds of people getting out of the country, thousands? as you know, there were thousands of people based at u.s. ...

Self-defense. that was going to be my question. theres a tactical purpose for sending these troops there, which youve described in very general terms. i know you dont want to get into specifics. but is there a secondary -- a secondary effect that youre having by sending these troops there into kabul, which is sending a message to the taliban, these troops are here, dont attack us, were here to carry out our mission, and at the same time, saying, we are here to support the government of kabul, do...