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There are some commercial flights there. but the pentagon also says look, its aware that it may have to come in and operate in an airlift role as part of this. so there could be aircraft moving people. thats not part of the plans at this point, that is, to get the civilians out. the american citizens out. but it certainly could become part of this plan as the pentagon watches the situation deteriorate and deteriorate quickly. >> how organized is the removal of afghans who have worked closely wit...

Another century winning every battle but still lose the war. this president is telling the american people a hard truth, that counter-insurgency cannot succeed without a political solution and the afghans must build that political solution. >> i need your action, somebody who has been on the ground and the developments over the last few hours. how significant symbolically and strategically is the fall of kandahar? >> kandahar is the second city of afghanistan and adds to the roster of provincial...

The uk is deploying 600 troops to help relocate nationals, staff and interpreters. at one british politician and former soldier is clear as to who is to blame for the current turmoil. these are decisions we made to ten, 15 years ago. of not talking to the taliban. at most critically, imposing western solutions on a country that was not ready for it, by any means. now we are departing, as i say, and leaving the country to what we will see as a massive humanitarian disaster. peace talks are still ...

Sending the troops there which you have described in very general terms, and i know that you dont want to get into the secondary, a secondary effect that you are having by sending the troops there into kabul which is sending a message to the taliban. these troops are here, dont want to attack us, but we are here to carry out the mission, and at the same time saying that we are here to support the government of kabul, and dont attack kabul. >> are you suggesting that there is a, that theres a con...

Putting the president of the united states out there and the secretary of state out there to say we have 60 to 90 days and i talk to former senior intelligence official who said if the taliban havent taken over by the 20th anniversary of 9/11 he would be extremely surprised. nobody predicted this. if they did, they didnt share it with the american people and theyre suffering from the sense that they havent leveled with the public or our allies. katie kay, i want to bring you in. this is one of o...

Command. but as for the 3,000 troops to go into assist with the withdraw, it will very possible that they stay longer than the end of the month, so not clear on their time line for withdrawal. and because of the situation there are more troops in the region ready to stand by. first 1,000 in qatar that will help with the processing of visas for the afghan interpreters and their families trying to get out of the country and if the situation t deteriorates much further, more could be brought in if ...

The state departments reduction of personnel, and this is time line that we are focused on. if we need to adjust left or right, we will do that, but we are always going to be looking at the security conditions. >> thanks, john. with the airplane lifting that is going on, are you planning to get, make the airlift available for the hundreds or thousands of people at the u.s. embassy in kabul, and as many as 18,000 interpreters and can you give us an order of magnitude of the airlift mission? >> i ...

On the ground? i am curious. there is a deep level of concern for the interpreters who helped us years and years. a lot of those people are still there. we have compared this to the fall of saigon to lifting the helicopters coming out of saigon. those images were horrific. in a day or two days or three days, when the taliban is in full control of kabul and other cities, what then? happens to the human rights? who goes in and does anything for the people who helped us for all of those years? >> w...

Sflrpt anderson, the key point the pentagon was making is its now time to essentially make sure that u.s. embassy staff there can get out as part of the a partial drawdown of the embassy staff and serve another purpose in securing hamid karzai international airport, which is effectively the international gateway in and out of the country, especially now with the surge of the taliban. they will also be there to assist in the secure withdrawal and removal of afghan interpreters whove helped the u....

Going to support an indefinite military presence. i think theres an important question and debate about when kind of small force could, you know, look at our counter terrorism interests. i think the reality is that even with those 3500 troops in afghanistan the situation was deteriorating, it just wasnt deteriorating this fast. when it comes to our credibility, i think there is an important debate to be had about whether an indefinite u.s. presence would have made a positive difference and would...