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Sacrifice the back end of the -- of all the modes to make sure that were clear at kabul international. thats what were doing now. >> lets go to the phones. stephen lucy? >> question, there are reports about the threats that isis made. i know you wont talk about specific threats. can you talk about how the mult is communicate wk the sal ban regarding the threats? you are tell the taliban its their responsibility to keep isis away from the airport? and what happens if isis decides to embarrass the...

You know, its just kind of ridiculous, right? >> sketchy. it really is. what we have is at least the taliban and im not saying that when the sal ban has stated emphatically that we will stay out of the way and the united states will be able to proceed with its evacuation and theyre not going to facilitate but theyre not going to get in the middle of it. we have seen evidence that they are getting in the middle of it and trying to disrupt it. but were going to one of our enemies and were saying c...

Taliban. so momentum appears to be, strategic momentum appears to be sort of with the sal ban. theres a possibility of a complete taliban takeover or a possibility of any number of other scenarios. i dont think the end game is yet written. >> chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, with a sobering message, the taliban appearing to gain strategic momentum in the battle of control over afghanistan. this as the pentagon says the u.s. withdrawal is 95% finished and will be completed by august 31s...

A deadly day for american forces in pakistan. three u.s. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb went off near the afghan border. american officials calling the attack a vicious terrorist bombing. reza sayah is live in islamabad for us this morning, barbara starr is at the pentagon. lets start with reza in islamabad. these soldiers were in pakistan to train soldiers and take on the sal ban. do we specifically know they were being targeted? >> reporter: make no mistake, the pakistani taliban he...