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The most troubling thing for me is this is part of our plan, part of our withdrawal plan to partner with this organization we have been fighting for 20 years with a massive history of violence, of being involved in large-scale drug trades with oppression and reprisal killings and so on. trace: you still have people trying to get out of afghanistan post august 31st. what do you do. what are your options? >> great question. i dont think we are going to stop what is happening behind the scenes for ...

Come out and others and this is the transition process that was always delayed and not pushed by other american presidents. this is a courageous decision and clearly very difficult in this transition process. >> i want to read you an excerpt from "the washington post." the killings clearly mark a pivotal moment in the biden presidency, and an episode that is likely to be part of his legacy. biden keeps a tally of u.s. service members that died in iraq and afghanistan on a card in his breast pock...

Kabul. gunmen in two suicide bombers targeted thousands of people waiting near hamid karzai international airport yesterday, they were hoping to escape the new taliban rule. the first blast came just outside the airport gates and was followed by another explosion at a nearby hotel where would be evacuees were waiting. u.s. officials say gunmen opened fire on those gathered near the airport. isis-k the islamic state terror groups afghanistan affiliate has claimed responsibility for the killings. ...

Demonstrated when we took out some of bin laden in pakistan, and others elsewhere, all of those were taken out without the results of any troops on the results of any troops on the ground. our reconnaissance ability to strike direct targets anywhere in the world when a threat arises, we have that capacity and we have done it and we are going to continue to do it. having troops on the ground or having troops withdrawn, takes the target of their back. now we wont have any more of these kind of kil...

Vowed retribution. "the washington post" reports on the significance of yesterdays attack for president biden. quote. the killings clearly marked a pivotal moment in bidens presidency and an episode that is likely to be part of his legacy. biden keeps a tally of u.s. service members who have died in iraq and afghanistan on a card in his breast pocket, and now for the first time that tally will include some who lost their lives on his watch. in addition to the strategic security and humanitarian ...

From out in the provinces. and the fact that theyre not actually made for -- theyre not trained for crowd control. they are not trained to deal with -- a lot of them have never dealt with journalists. a lot of them have never dealt with media. so thats, i think, one of the factors that played into it, too. >> marcus. foreign correspondent, photojournalist for "the los angeles times." live in kabul tonight. while we have been talking to you, sir, we have been able to show some of your recent work...

>> marcus yam, foreign correspondent, live in kabul tonight. while weve been talking weve been able to show some of your recent works, some of your photos including the aftermath of some of these incredibly bloody attacks. take care, stay safe, i know youre planning on staying there as long as you can. thank you for your work. thank you for joining us tonight. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> all right. as weve been talking about the group that claimed responsibility for todays attack, isis-k, ...

Got to relook at the security information and the outer perimeter not relying on the taliban certainly to do that. by the way, the network that has close ties to the al qaeda. its the worst of the worst that operates inside of afghanistan and we know it well. theyre responsible for most of the mass killings that take place in the capital city of kabul to throughout the 20 years that we have been there. >> bret: its a web between al qaeda and taliban, and we have seen it all over the years. in ge...

Murders in central london is critically ill in hospital — after police found him with serious injuries on a canal boat. officers believe the wounds suffered by lee peacock, who�*s a9, were self—inflicted. the bodies of sharon pickles and clinton ashmore were discovered at separate addresses in westminster last week. detectives think their killings are linked. people who bought food at three supermarkets in west london last night are being told to throw it away — after a man was arrested ...

In afghanistan and the big—picture threats in the country, i spoke to bruce hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the council on foreign relations. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, isis has had a presence in afghanistan for some years now. the good news is since 2018-2019, the years now. the good news is since 2018—2019, the pace of attacks has dropped by about 80%, the bad news is between january and april this year, they staged three times as many attacks as o...