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Bright, intelligent lad - who actually genuinely wanted to do better for his country. the british government says no—ones life should be put at risk because of their support for the uks efforts in afghanistan and that its working around the clock to relocate as many eligible afghans as possible. so are other countries. but these are the last days of the effort, and many who want to leave are set to left behind. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. one of the key reasons president biden wants to ...

Anyone was hurt on killed. >> this splinter group of isis, worn enemies of the taliban, what more can you tell us about this particular terror group isis-k. >> well, craig, as you mentioned their a splinter group of isis. when isis made all of those gains in iraq and syria, they want widen their footprint. so they move into afghanistan around 2014-2015. and immediately got into a fight with the taliban.

Our team here until we get the americans out. people will be afraid to come to the airport now while this violence is going on. the taliban is responsible for whoever perpetrated the acts, whether its a splinter group of the taliban, theres rogue elements of the taliban and many different factions, whether its isis-k or al-quaida or one of its a fail why its. the taliban said as part of the deal that they would provide security to the airport and obviously they failed at that. we have an opportu...

Understand. the splinter group is responsible for them, sworn enemies of the taliban again. why would they be trying to stop the evacuation process or slow it or hinder it in any way. >> again, if isis is behind this and it would make sense -- and this is the threat there has been in the last week, that they would try to carry out something like this. specifically this gate where americans are going through. that would point towards this. lets look at who the terror

Based in afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the attacks. the splinter group is also an enemy of the taliban. president biden addressed the attacks a short time ago. >> to those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> and as i note that the state department has now updated the number of dead to 13 and flags have been lowered outside of the white house. we should no...

0 >> all right, david, thank you. we have a bit more breaking news to add to this, the pentagon spokesman saying we can confirm the explosion at a gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casuacasualties. another explosion a short distance from the abbey gate also took place. our breaking news coverage continues now with craig melvin. good thursday morning. craig melvin here. we continue to follow breaking news in afghanistan. explosion outside of ...

0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. >> my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but "andrea mitchell reports" does start right now. ...

Case, a former diplomat, of course, now working for the cia. so it was intelligence official to taliban leader. more of an equal status there. one thing i thought was very striking in the presidents speech today. they have been saying, at the state department, the white house, the justification is the mission was accomplished. the original mission was to make sure that afghanistan could never again become a haven for terrorists. but the rationale for getting out by august 31st is that there is a...

Official to taliban leader, its more of an equal status there, when were talking about security issues, one thing that i thought was very striking, in the president speech today, is that theyve been saying, the state department, the white house, that the justification is that the mission has been accomplished, the original mission after 9/11, was to make sure that afghanistan could never again become a haven for terrorists, but the rationale, forgetting out by august 31st, is that there is a rea...

For being with us. thank— dont leave anyone behind. thanks for being with us. thank you, - dont leave anyone behind. thanks for being with us. thank you, sir. i one of the key reasons president biden wants to stick to this 31 august is because of his concern of a terrorist attacks. and one of the groups identified by his national security team has been named isis—k. so who are they, and what sort of threat they carry? we know that since 2015 this isis splinter group mostly existed in the eas...