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>> this is a massively well coordinated attack that is nothing short of a declaration of war on this country. >> and then another issue is im also in the military. im in the navy reserves. so im not sure at the moment, but am i going to be called up to fight or not? am i going to have to help protect our country? >> the rescue workers said we need stretcher bearers so i just ran and picked up a stretcher and headed further inside the security perimeter. i found myself looking at the door that le...

>> the rescue workers said we need stretcher bearers so i just ran and picked up a stretcher and headed further inside the security perimeter. i found myself looking at the door that led down the corridor to shellys office. and there was smoke coming out and it was still burning and everything. you know, i stayed and i didnt have a choice. i knew that if she was in there and she was alive, she was expecting me to come get her. >> we gathered people at work, colonels, majors, specialists. we pull...

>> well, im not surprised that isis, which seems to be behind these attacks is continuing to try to breach the security perimeter and kill people. and im also not surprised that the u.s. has developed ways of countering these threats. im not surprised that they worked. the military is very, very good at that kind of thing. what is interesting to me, though, is where the intelligence came from. i mean, its possible that theres actually a sort of live relationship between taliban commanders, talib...

Thats the amount of money dedicated to afghanistan. so officials, i want to be clear on this, too, officials are clear they dont trust the taliban but they think their interests in some case are aligned and thats the north star going forward. its a difficult situation, and when u.s. troops actually leave on the ground, that will be one of the first tests. so far as we heard from generals like general mckenzie, theyre clearly working with the taliban on the security perimeter, the perimeter of th...

We are dependent on the taliban. this insurgent group we have been fighting in afghanistan for two decades for our security on the ground. the u.s. military has established this very unusual working relationship with taliban commanders who are now running the city of kabul. they said you need to do more to protect the airport from our joint enemy of isis as we pull out. they have asked the taliban to expand the security perimeter away from the gates of kabul airport to give a little more breathi...

Vetted to make sure they were actually prioritized as people who helped america? >> well, there is certainly a lot there. first of all, to the first part of your question, the reason people are coming out who did nothing to help the united states while others are stuck there is because this wasnt an orderly withdrawal. rachel: right. >> we collapsed our security perimeter before we took the protective steps that should have been taken first. and this was part of a conditional withdrawal that had...

Servicemembers, as well as any civilians that may be on the last few flights to depart the airport. that will undoubtably be the priority. it has been president biden�*s priority throughout the withdrawal. he made it clear that was the number one thing he was concerned about the safety of us servicemembers. so why would expect that remain the priority until all of those servicemembers are on aeroplanes departing the airport. aeroplanes departing the airort. ., ., ~ aeroplanes departing the air...

Four airport gates, so what worries you most for our u.s. service members in the lead-up to tuesdays withdrawal date? how best can americans who have to work alongside the taliban as they try to process these evacuees, that is the situation under which that terrible tragedy took place with the suicide bomber two days ago. how do we prevent further attacks? can we trust the taliban with american security in this moment? >> i cant be an armchair tactician and explain or give guidance to how americ...

Us servicemembers, as well as any civilians that may be on the last few flights to depart the airport. that will undoubtedly be the priority. its been president biden�*s priority throughout the withdrawal. he made it clear that was the number one thing he was concerned about — was the safety of us servicemembers. so i would expect that remain the priority until all of those servicemembers are on aeroplanes departing the airport. took us through how the practicalities of how that works, getti...

At least the 31st as being in their interests. at the least we have a temporary alignment of interests with the taliban. they appear to be doing their best to maintain some type of security perimeter, but as ben pointed out, that is not what theyre good at we have all seen in the chaos of the crowds, it is hardly surprising that there was a gap that will be exploitable from what is in the perspective of isis-k for a very lucrative target. many times there is a retaliation of some sort. if we hav...