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The deadline? >> yes. every american who wants to leave will be able to get out before the deadline. these evacuations are substantially advanced and theyre now going to transition into diplomatic channels. it still has leverage over the taliban even when we complete our military withdrawal. 90% of foreign reserves for afghanistan are inus bank and 70% is funded by international donors. they need our assistance to run that country and certainly to be able to run that airport. so we retained some...

Military that contingency is in place, they could do it but i dont see this president taking that bold step. >> they say, though, just real quickly before i let you go. >> yeah. >> we heard as well from congressmen molten and myer who took that trip to afghanistan, look, this -- if you were to try to make good on getting everyone out, youre going way past the 31st and the taliban they do -- look i know you dont like it, but they need their cooperation in this and they lose it after the 31st. wha...

>> sec. of state psaki: our focus right now is on doing everything we can to get the remaining american citizens who want to depart out of the country. to get our afghan partners out of the country. this is not a preferred relationship or a situation that we would have designed if we had started from scratch. i think that is very clear. right now we need to coordinate, that is our focus next couple days. >> you said you think we will have a great deal of leverage over the taliban after we leave....

At the g7 meeting earlier this week on the leverage the west might use against afghanistans new rulers. but, after 20 years on the ground, what influence can western nations actually have, now that theyre gone. heres caroline hawley. the taliban triumphant inside the presidential palace when they took kabuljust 12 days ago. its leaders are sanctioned as terrorists, but they are in charge of afghanistan now and calling the shots. as the taliban advance through the country, western leaders had war...

That it is what it is, that the united states will have to continue to coordinate, work with, respect, not trust but do everything else with a group that, you know, terrorist group? >> well, i agree. its inevitable. it exactly what we should do. i wouldnt use the word respect but id say deal with because look, theyre the power on the ground. they will have control over highways, roads, police, all that kind of thing and the united states also had a lot of leverage. the taliban is in a difficult ...

Is going on in afghanistan, especially from the skies. i dont think that american air panel it should disappear because that is the kind of leverage that willie allow the administration with statements from washington, but to let that taliban know if we see human rights abuses or terrorist groups starting to use the country as a safe haven, we will take action. >> trace: you used the word leverage, brett and it is interesting because jen psaki was asked about leverage, here is her response. >> o...

Talks that led to the deal struck in doha last year. it paved the way for the us to withdraw from afghanistan without being attacked, and the taliban promised in return not to harbour terrorists as they had during their last rule. education for girls is another key demand of the west, along with wider human rights, issues that wont particularly concern beijing. the difficulty with using economic leverage is that it only works if the target of your leverage has no other options. and in this case,...

Sir, can you hear us? youre on the air. >> ive got you now. thanks. i think it is pretty sad, very discouraged at events that transpired recently, particularly yesterday with the loss of life. i think that we could have done something quite different. the so-called deal that was negotiated with the taliban when we know they are unlikely to keep their word and as part of that, we apparently gave up our leverage, we decided to pull out of bagram, the on-site field provide air support for afghan tr...

Mandate is being reviewed in september. and this is the time to call on the secretary general to invoke the leadership of the u.n. to -- to ensure that it is going to be well resourced because afghanistan is not only facing a -- a -- a political crisis, a governance crisis. but a humanitarian catastrophe and for that, the role of the u.n. is absolutely going to be critical. in terms of money and how important that is for the taliban. the leverage that the u.s. still has is a diplomacy and recogn...

Terrorists and making them pay. but what does that look like now, what kind of leverage will the us still have after withdrawing from afghanistan?— have after withdrawing from afghanistan? have after withdrawing from afu hanistan? ~ ., ., afghanistan? well, we were told that at a national — afghanistan? well, we were told that at a national security _ afghanistan? well, we were told that at a national security meeting - afghanistan? well, we were told that at a national security meeting this...