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>> to the contrary, my officers men and women ran into the building from around the world to help americans. >> yes or no. can you do it with me. yes or no? >> just want to clarify. you didnt block anybody. state didnt block anybody? >> no. >> we were there to help americans get out. >> how many afghans not meeting the qualifications of siv have been brought to the united states prior to -- i want to know how many afghan citizens came to the united states and have not met the qualifications for ...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the sp entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban if they want to see any support and that include, it starts with freedom of travel. we have been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. were working on that every day. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. secretary we requested such a classifi...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, youre correct. there are f...

To intelligence. i think the intelligence failed on 9/11, and weve really cleaned up our act in many ways. i think intelligence gathering abroad has been a key aspect of that. and i think the american public has done a reasonably good job at adjusting to all of this. you know, one thing that we said on 9/11 was that if we let them let us change the way we live, they win, and despite all these security checks we have everywhere, i think, you know, the american public is pretty resilient, and weve...

Their system is overstressed on a good day plus two crises at the same time. >> bill: 122,000 out of kabul. 5% were considered americans holding passports. another 7% had the special immigration visa, siv. another roughly what, quick math, 15,000 lets say. not more than that. so the remaining number that came out of kabul are people who were lucky enough to crowd on board a plane that was departing at a time they were there, sir. last comment on that. >> absolutely. what you see the department d...

No one left behind? it was an outright lie. >> right. well, i believe that individual like many others are stuck in that special immigrant visa processing. the d.o.d. inspector general a couple of years ago talked about the extreme processing times and some of the issues that they were having with that program and so the biden administration knew this as they were withdrawing and putting individuals into the visa processing, they knew they werent going to get everyone out. very troubling that th...

Get our troops out safely, to get our aid where there is out and get the afghans out. thats why its only proper that the foreign secretary was asked questions this afternoon, questions he failed to answer. even failing to explain why the afghan guard from the british embassy was turned away by bureaucratic paperwork from the uk when they were at the airport, trying to get to safety. presumably, there are security _ trying to get to safety. presumably, there are security checks _ trying to get to...

Security forces and american security forces space in a way. >> i knew you were at the airport in the days leading up to the explosion. you took pictures at the abbey gate where the attack happened. were showing some of them. can you just describe the scene and the security there before the blast? >> i mean, the scene is like any other scene. you know, refugees were going in. it was very calm, somewhat orderly. everybody was hopeful. you know, everybody was happy to be there. were calmly, patien...

You took pictures at the abbey gate where the attack happened. were showing some of them. can you just describe the scene and security there before the blast? >> i mean, the scene is like any other scene. you know, refugees were going in. it was very calm, very orderly. everybody was hopeful. you know, everybody was happy to be there. were calmly, patiently waiting to get a turn. you know, in terms of security it was kind of all over the place. i mean, like, nobody was checking anybody or doing ...

Justine Fleischner ist auf den Spuren der Taliban-Ausrüstung. Im Interview erklärt sie, wie das funktioniert, warum die Übernahme von Macht und Kriegsgerät durch die Taliban vorhersehbar war – und ob sie deutsche Waffen gefunden hat.