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Recognize the taliban, if we go back to the 1990s, pakistan, the u.a.e. were very quick to recognize them. there were three countries total that would recognize them. slowly that came over the coming years before 9/11. you have countries like qatar that are going to feel they have some kind of influence over the taliban at the moment. theyve posted that leadership for them. you could have countries like pakistan that feel they got some kind of influence over the taliban. i think youre going to s...

0 jaw-dropping developments. >> thank you, dan. appreciate it. we are nearing the top of the hour right here on msnbc as we continue to watch these live pictures coming from the city of kabul. a city that is right now encircled by the taliban. by some reports, the taliban have been spotted within the streets of the city. there are reports that negotiations are taking place within the presidential palace there in the capital city. its not clear if ashraf ghani who is taking part of those negotiat...

0 latest on the situation. thank you. the fall of kabul appears to be imminent is the headline. >> were sure courtney will be with us throughout the day, as well as our steam of correspondents to follow the latest. thanks for watching msnbc reports, "velshi" starts right now. im ali velshi, were departing from our normal format for the news out of afghanistan where the taliban is closing in on kabul. the biggest city in the country. it does appear to be surrounded. this map is the latest we ha...

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20-year military presence in that country than these horrifying scenes were seeing on our tv screens? how is that country tragically falling right back into the talibans hands only days ahead of our complete withdrawal? anything other than evidence of what a failure that entire war has been for us and for them? look, im not a doctor, but my guiding principle when it comes to foreign policy is first do no harm. dropping bombs and kicking in doors for 20 years hasnt worked. diplomacy gets a bad na...

Certainly raise it in the security briefing that members of congress will be getting in a couple of weeks time. embassy security is core to the marine corps mission. i have the utmost confidence that the marines are going to be able to do that mission for as long as the president directs them to. the larger concern here is can we maintain stability in kabul for long enough to broker a power-sharing agreement with the taliban that provides the leverage necessary for the united states to have a hu...

Marine corps mission, i have the utmost confidence that the marines are going to be able to do that mission for as long as the president directs them to. the larger concern here is can we maintain stability in couple long enough to maintain and broker a power sharing agreement, that provides the leverage necessary for there to be a diplomatic footprint in the country so that we can sustain some of the hard won gains we made in economic development, protecting the rights of women and girls, and c...

Seriously? imagine any other race, people talking like that. its nuts, actually.ut but again, members of congress are talking that way. or even take one. >> thats how we win or have to try to win in the census numbers. because the population growth has been in the cities and in the suburbs of among minorities, thats what gives us leverage. >> got that? democrats win when we have fewer white people in the country and thats why they are still abutting the new census numbers. she just said that out...

What do you say about the decision to pull out so quickly, and what do you say to your own government? >> see, the pullout isnt the problem. the pullout, i guess it was time. they should have done it, right? a few thousand troops cannot defend the whole country. theyre not superheroes. they could have pressured us, be it the government, be it the taliban, they could have pressured them into not abusing citizens, especially afghan women. but they didnt do that. thats what makes me sad that people...

Against other terrorist groups around the world. when you have american diplomats saying mother may i to a terrorist group to please come back to the table, you wont be welcomed at european cocktail parties in international community and the club and please dont touch her embassy, you know what? if president trump wanted out, the left loves to point to that, he would be sending in the b-52s because he knows what the taliban and understands his leverage and strength and bombs on four heads. thats...