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Alicia: congressman, if we cant even figure out whos on these six planes, what exactly can the united states do at this point to get those sivs out? >> well, those sources hes referring to are the taliban because, as has been stated, we dont have anybody on the ground anymore. theyve taken out all of our assets, all of our intelligence assets, and we dont have military members on the ground anymore, so now were relying on the taliban and the government to get our people out. of course theyre goi...

Some leverage, but aid - money only goes so far, and it is true that the i humanitarian situation - in afghanistan at the moment is very, very dire. i think the threat of hunger for a big chunk of the - population is really upon us. lots of un agencies have been warning about the shortage . of food, basic food staples in afghanistan, so there i is the possibility of leverage, i but, for instance, what the uk government has promised to give afghanistan is, - will only cover a fraction of afghan n...

Afghanistan or across other areas of the region. they have the leverage. the taliban has the leverage and beyond that, we know for a fact that theyre in close communication with china, with iran, with russia, with others that want to go in there and, 1, give the united states of america a greater black eye in this incident but, 2, be able to extract whatever they want from the region of afghanistan. jason: yeah, one to have few natural resources in afghanistan is a big copper mine but the chines...

Secretary jen psaki said they found the leverage. lets roll the tape. >> the united nations security council sent a clear message that the international community expects the taliban to move forward on freedom of travel and freedom to leave. >> we have tremendous leverage over the taliban including access to the global marketplace. thats not a small piece of leverage. reporter: is that the leverage the taliban understands? joey? >> no, not at all. they know of a hundred u.s. citizens because tha...

Against them may be a hint of what they face in the new old afghanistan. dan johnson, bbc news. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the afghan capital kabul and has the latest on that visit by the pakistani intelligence chief. well, turning first to this visit of the pakistani intelligence services, the isi, certainly pakistan has been fielding requests to help with the evacuation of foreign nationals and those eligible to leave the country but havent been able to do so, so that is likely t...

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Which for decades really, almost since it was founded, has needed doctors, nurses and other staff from other parts of the world, and they have greatly enriched the nhs and provided great service and skills. the general medical council, the main regulator, has to look at the qualifications and verify that they are suitable and that the qualifications match up whats required in the uk. then there are issues of language and of further trials, which could be a little bit complicated, but i think, br...

In the new old afghanistan. dan johnson, bbc news. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the afghan capital kabul, and has the latest on that visit by the pakistani intelligence chief. turning first to this visit of the head of the pakistani intelligence services, the isi, certainly pakistan has been requesting to help with the evacuation of remaining foreign nationals and those afghans who are eligible to leave the country that havent yet been able to do so. so, that is likely to have formed...

Our embassy wont down, we went dark. we have no eyes and ears in country. and we cant see russia, china, and iran. this is a major national security threat. i warned the administration for months to get the americans out, but also establish this isr capability, which we have none now. now, were left in this very desperate situation, a very bad foreign policy of having to negotiate with the taliban, which i always skeptical of having to do, and yeah, we do have frozen assets. thats the only lever...

University from the music -- you know, theyre musicians, out of the country, had visas, and our own u.s. government would not open the gate to let them in. now theyve returned, and now theyre in talibans enslavement. we know they marry off young women as young as 12, many times 14 years old. its a very sick culture. and they treat women like property. i worry about the women left behind as well. >> chris: let me pick up on this because administration officials continue to say that they believe t...