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Seeing here, this skillset developed almost over a generation and in afghanistans context by the taliban as well. i would say in theory therefore the taliban should know what they are looking for. we know that their security perimeter has not been effective. >> thank you so much for breaking all of that down. lets bring in cnn national security analyst julia kayhemp very helpful to have you. help us out with some of the criticism that the biden administration has been getting for relying on th...

Right now on getting to august 31st and maintaining security at the airport. i think fair to say they are looking at what they could potentially do from the air with special forces. but getting the intelligence, the precise intelligence to target isis may be very difficult in the coming days. so theyre focused on getting to the august 31st deadline and pressing the taliban to improve security even in these final days. the top u.s. military commander talked about what they want the taliban to do....

Closes. trey join us from doha, qutar. >> my head went to the airport and waited for 6 hours. after that i heard the news of the blast and went to 3 hospitals. >> families of those injured and killed in the blast spent hours searching for loved ones. a day after the suicide bomber targeted the airport people are still going there to flee afghanistan. the taliban is expanding its security perimeter to avoid attacks u.s. officials believe are likely. the large crowds from days prior did not gather...

Theyre trying to get the taliban to tighten up security. have a listen. >> we reached out to the taliban. we told them, you need to continue to push out the security perimeter. weve identified some roads we would like for them to close. they have identified they will be willing to close those roads because we assessed the threat of a suicide-borne vehicle threat is high right now. were going to reduce the possibility of one of those vehicles getting close. so were actually moving aggressively to...

From a small vehicle to a large vehicle, theyre working all those options. >> reporter: the 5,000 combat troops at the airport have strike aircraft, drones, helicopters and gunships watching over them from the air. but mckenzie acknowledges that he has to rely on taliban checkpoints to keeic bombers away from the airport. >> weve reached out to the taliban. we have told them we need to continue to push out the security perimeter. weve identified some roads that we would like for them to close, t...

Afghans were killed. more than 150 others wounded. at least 13 u.s. service members also died in the attack. an isis affiliate has claimed responsibility for the carnage and the pentagon is warning another attack could happen. >> we have reached out to the taliban. weve told them you -- you need to continue to push out the security perimeter. weve identified some roads that we would like for them to close. they have identified that they will be willing to close those roads because we assessed th...

Asked to push out the security perimeter to keith a bigger secure area but mckenzie said not all of these taliban fighters can conduct the security checks. the final investigation have to be done by u.s. forces and face to face which introduces an inherent risk to any non-combat operation and certainly one of this size. >> we knew in the last 24 hours there was a heightened threat. buses were lined up outside the airport. not letting anyone in. the biden administration was publicly talking about...

Left there when the time line is up. >> it will be precarious as the numbers dwindle, right? the last line out will be the remaining people there. there is bagram that is not right there in kabul, its in the out skirts, but that can be using potentially again. they could move back their secure portion of it for some sort of an extraction or they could actually move to different, you know, countries in the region where they have a greater security perimeter and better presence. so it would not be...

Can happen to them and their families if they were to stay in kabul or other parts of afghanistan. the taliban todays trying to distance itself from what happened this morning at the airport in kabul. two blasts killing one to a dozen of afghan civilians and 13 american service members. they say the americans were in control of the area around the airport but when it comes down to it, the united states has relied heavily on the taliban to create a security perimeter outside of kabul airport. its...

Reacted? you said you introduced a little probably more standoff at this point, but what are other measures youre taken to increase security after the attack? >> sure. i believe that process is ongoing, but i do not have visibility on it. my visibility is fully forward against the day to day practical threat we face. there are other people probably that can answer that question for you. im just not that person, alex. in terms of practical things were doing, again, weve reached out to the taliban...