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Regrets that the uk wasnt able to get out all of those who wanted to leave. emotional things being said by conservative politicians who have served in afghanistan, one talked about his anger and shame that people had been left behind and today, the chief of the defence forces, sir nick carter, said its brought a tear to his eyes that some of the friends he had worked late in afghanistan had not cut out either. over the coming days, it is going to be time for reflection and time to look back on a...

Emotional things being said by conservative politicians who have served in afghanistan, one talked about his anger and shame that people had been left behind and today, the chief of the defence forces, sir nick carter, said its brought a tear to his eyes that some of the friends he had worked late in afghanistan had not cut out either. 0ver afghanistan had not cut out either. over the coming days, it is going to be time for reflection and time to look back on achievements and challenges that uk ...

Point in the process because you go through the taliban first, then you go through the u.s. personnel. what do you make of that process? >> well, youre exactly right and we have to assume that the promise has been compromised and that, you know, ill filtration has taken place, planned or coincidental. we saw the vigil of the 600, 700 people in the c-130s, the first flights coming out of afghanistan. we have to assume that infiltration took place because of what you said, counterfeits or the tali...

Retrograde processes. they did have responsibility for those prisons and the bases at which the prisons were located and, of course, as the taliban advanced, we didnt see the level of resistance by the afghans to hold some territory. some bases. and unfortunately those were baifss that the afghans didnt hold. all of those responsibilities were turned over in accordance with the retrograde plan back from april. >> in essence the release of these prisoners like we saw in iraq when prisoners were r...

>> it was really challenging to get out. and they are going through all of the processes of office. and at least one time with my wife and family was really, really hard. and it was crazy. it was nearly impossible for me to get with the two children to go through those crowds. but he helped me to get out of there and we went through one of the gates, and we went through that crowd and we got closer to

How the bleep could something like this happen. is this america? i began sobbing. officers came over to console me. >> i know the officers involved in this and many have been wrestling with the aftermath, both physically and psychologically. and i know there are folks who are very much wary of being perceived as political actors. how did this lawsuit come about and why did the seven officers decide to join the suit? >> to be clear, these officers are just regular folks. they are long timers on t...

Being perceived as political actors. how did this lawsuit come about and why did the seven officers decide to join the suit? >> look, first, these officers are regular folk, you know. they are long timers on this capitol police force. they are not fly by nights, you know, a couple have over 30 years of service, some are military veterans, some are parents, come have a diverse set of backgrounds. so they are stalwarts at doing their jobs just like lieutenant byrd said and is. but these individual...

For the legal processes to work. it is slow and its a grind. there are prosecutions. they waited for political processes to work. and those are slow as well, but if you believe some of the politicos, there was no insurrection at all. so really frankly, chris, they are fed up. they are fed up with having sacrificed, having stood on that line and not being appreciated, they are fed up with the notion that this could all happen again because the story, the narrative is being subverted before their ...

Killed and i2 marines. and it is that interface between when you hand over the civilian or the taliban side to the military part of the infrastructure where you have the real potential problems for all of the disaster that we saw happening today. it should been preventable checks alongside the route to kabul city to the airport. but there are lots of ways things can go wrong in afghanistan either through people or processes not being correct. what processes not being correct. what does this mean...

Ive seen a real -- i dont know what the words to describe whats going on down there and some people have been managed to get in and then once theyre inside they feel safe but they still have to go through a processing period that could take a week and some people that got through require all the necessary documents and the processes took a week and get on a plane and fly out. so the backlog of people once they pass the gate, just a backlog of people that they could not process. there are thousan...