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And no decision like that is easy. it wasnt going to be that we were going to leave afghanistan and everything was going to be fine and all ends would be met, so we were going to have to pay the cost for getting out, and i think the hope is that we can accrue those benefits, both the united states and our allies and partners, and indeed the world. ~ ., allies and partners, and indeed the world. ~ . , ., allies and partners, and indeed the world. ~ . i. ., ,, allies and partners, and indeed the w...

Internal intelligence dhooment isis and al-qaeda plan to begin pressuring u.s. forces to leave before the presidents afound in august 31st deadline by launching attacks on the airport hoping to hasten the u.s. exit and make it look like they u.s. to leave under fire. when the u.s. left bagram they also left a prison filled with 4800 taliban. 1,000 isis k and 500 al-qaeda. those terrorists have since been freed. some are hunting those who collaborated with the americans. i received a video of wha...

Hamid karzai international airport, and we are running that now. >> the danger outside the airport highlighted after an afghan sniper fire that u.s. and german troops,refight today. it is not clear who fired the shot. u.s. troops responded. >> the threat is real. it is acute. it is persistent. it is something we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal. the fighters on the ground have a wide variety of capabilities that they are using to defend the airfield against a potential terrorist att...

Answers. president biden said he was unaware of any americans who havent been able to get to the kabul airport, when in fact, there are dozens of cases that have come to the surface, and that is probably only a small fraction of those who would like to get there. then there was this conflicting exchange, the presidents assessment of the situation versus that of his pentagon spokesman. listen. >> lets put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with a...

Can you explain why theres no national interest in afghanistan? why did we have troops there for 20 years if theres no national interest? >> we had a significant in being afghanistan to our national security 20 years ago. you heard the president talk about this. the goal was to defeat al qaeda and prevent al qaeda from launching attacks. we did that and a whole heck of a lot more over 20 years. just progress in afghanistan. the president decided it was time to end this conflict and there was rea...

National interest in afghanistan? why did we have troops there for 20 years if theres -- >> we had a significant interest in being in afghanistan to our national security 20 years ago. you heard the president talk about this. the goal was to defeat, decimate al-quaida and also to prevent al-quaida from launching attacks from the homeland on afghanistan. we did that and we did a heck of a lot more over 20 years to include helping with social, political and economic and just progress in afghanista...

0 . the pullout has been a whole different story. >> a special thank you to all o our guests that have joined us in our amazing reporters with their first-hand stories covering afghanistan over that decades. >> the best in the business. >> continuing coverage on the fox news channel. the story with martha mac callum start right now. >> what annout standing middle east team we have and the coverage over the years brings something to this story that i dont think youll find anywhere else. good afte...

Insurgency. they consistently occupied territory in afghanistan. that consistently was launching attacks. every year there was an offensive launched by the taliban that put americans in harms way and that our strategy -- and again, ill own it myself as part of this 20-year enterprise. the strategy for exiting afghanistan was always that we are going to build and train up this very significant and large afghan national security force so that theyre able to deal with that threat of an insurgency a...

Savor your summer with lincoln. may come as a surprise, but you and i, all of us, likely use space technology 20 to 30 times between the time we get up and have breakfast. its digital maps, its bank transactions, stock trade, cell phone calls, were all depending on it. but russia, china, other countries are launching attacks in space designed to damage or destroy u.s. satellites and interfere with the technology they rely on. so, space force, the newest branch of the u.s. military, is now figh...

As a frame allied commander of nato, that wasnt an american mission it was a nato mission, i had 150,000 troops under my command. we maintain the ability to prevent al-qaeda from launching attacks from what previously had been an ungoverned space. the president has made the assessment that the afghans have the capability to defend themselves at this point. whether thats true or not is an open question. in this point. whether thats true or not is an open question.- not is an open question. in you...