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Women are educated and theyve been working. the population is much younger. people have gotten used to a certain level of economic standards of living and activity. will they be able to just shut that all back? remember, the last time they came in it was the end of a 10-year civil war, soviet withdrawal. it was very different. this is -- this is going to be tougher for the taliban. they have no money. they have no expertise. they cant pay government salaries. so i suspect we will see a period of...

A long time, and i have been very sceptical of the notion that we would have leverage on the taliban to change their nature. they are not going to change their nature. i do believe, though, objectively speaking, that the taliban having one perhaps more quickly than they even imagined bit off more than they can chew, that they are having trouble controlling the country. they are facing themselves of threats from iss. there is a run on the banks. the united states has frozen literally all of the c...

And ultimately i think it is clear that the president and his m advisers decided that it is safer for american troops to be out by the 31st and also in order to main tain the leverage over the taliban cooperation and facilitating the safe evacuation. well see if that happens going forward. >> a very big question. jeremy, thank you very much. this morning members of taliban could be seen dhek checking out u.s. military equipment left behind. equipment that the head of u.s. central command has b...

Left not only american citizens in the hundreds but thousands of loyal afghan allies behind. so this is not a mission accomplished moment. this is a mission that must go on and it must continue. i think it is important that we remember that. we may have closed out the chapter where american troops are on the ground. but that war continues. our issues with islamic extremism in the region continues and we need to acknowledge that sad reality. >> the president promised that the mission to get those...

To work with the taliban. as general mckenzie said last night, they have been business-like in their approach with us. not because theyre nice guys, theyre not. but because they have had an interest along with us to make that evacuation mission run smoothly. going forward i think theyll have an interest in responding to our requests because we have an enormous amount of leverage over them. we intend to use that leverage to keep getting people out. >> just on those lines, what is the taliban? are...

With the recommendation, unanimous recommendation of top military brass. >> we continue our mission to get them out. it is just it has shifted from a military mission to a diplomatic mission. we have considerable leverage over the taliban to insure any remaining american citizens will be able to get out. >> this morning national security team has been making the case the attacks on the troops we witnessed would have become more dangerous. well see if the diplomatic and monetary leverage will get...

Leads to desperation, can lead to, potentially, unrest. the country needs stability at the moment and the country needs support. and for stability, the country will need security. most countries agree afghanistan shouldnt become once again a base for terrorism but can western powers cooperate with the taliban in tackling the local islamic state group, isis k, and will that give them influence in kabul? the key leverage that you have is international recognition and aid money. those two levers, a...

To extend the deadline for another week or two because of the presence of those 100 to 200 americans. instead hes going to try to get them out by other means. here is the presidents statement yesterday. it was the recommendation of joint chiefs and the commanders to end our airlift mission as planned. the mission to end was the best way to protect the lives of troops and secure the prospects of civilian departures and those who want to leave afghanistan in the weeks and months ahead. obviously t...

Closer to 100 who remain in afghanistan and want to leave, we are trying to determine exactly how many, we will keep working to help. our commitment to them has no deadline. >> john: we still dont know how many americans are left in afghanistan, jennifer griffin suggesting that many could be infant children born to legal residents when they were here in the united states. how do you get them out? the state department, the white house as we have leverage over the taliban, do we really? >> first a...

Left behind? >> reporter: that is the question looming over this situation. these are folks for whatever reason were not able to get to the airport. so some of them may have been outside kabul, unable to travel through taliban controlled territory, get through the crowds at the airport, get to the tarmac and get evacuated. others may be people who hold u.s. citizenships themselves but have large extended families that are not american citizens who they thought couldnt get on the plane, so that l...