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That we have successfully gone here to the united states. the taliban is tracking down the family back home, kidnapping them, and threatening the interpreters here in the united states. either you come back and face taliban justice, or they kill the family members. and that is something that those that have never served just dont understand. it is the psychology. everybody is kind of wringing their hands on how does this army fall so quickly? well, when the narrative is america has abandoned you...

Earthquake. the misery now compounded by a storm headed their way. ♪ the afghan army has collapsed. the central government has fallen. and if nothing changes, the taliban look to be the new rulers afghanistan. the militants wrapped up a blistering advance over the weekend ending the surrender of kabul. ousted president ashraf ghani has fled the country, and video from al jazeera shows heavily armed taliban lounging in the presidential palace, an extraordinary sight. the taliban have called f...

Will this country once again be a center of terrorism, a center of al qaeda? already today thousands of al qaeda and taliban prisoners were freed from jail, today. >> richard engel in kabul watching the withdrawal and the evacuation, stay safe, my friend. thanks very much. joining me now is secretary of state antony blinken. secretary blinken, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> thanks for having me on, chuck. >> what is happening right now in kabul? we have reports that the taliban and ...

It is 28 minutes past the hour. our top story, of course, the race to leave afghanistan as the taliban take over. the military wrap up a blistering advance over major cities over the weekend ending in the surrender of kabul. the ousted president ashram ghani has fled the country. and the taliban fighters are in the palace. the u.s. state department says no u.s. embassy personnel have been evacuated. they were out out by helicopter. that hasnt stopped chaotic scenes like this. cnn cant independen...

How will we handle our allies in taiwan when china comes calling? >> sandra: "the wall street journal" this morning, talking about the afghanistan surrender. he tried to duck responsibility for a calamitous withdrawal. and it says that president bidens statement, washing his hands of afghanistan, deserves to go down as one of the most shameful and history by commander-in-chief at such a moment of american retreat. so while you may not be able to predict what he is about to say, do you believe th...

Readiness of the afghan army we trained. short of staying forever, how is today going to be any different? what about that? thats a big question that has been brought up. the readiness of the afghan army or the willingness of some in the afghan defense forces to even resist the taliban, rather than surrender at the risk of their own lives. how do you see it? >> all day ive seen these comments aimed at the u.s. leadership from day one. arguing that the american people have been lied to. every tim...

While the u.s. scrambled to evacuate the embassy, chaos at kabuls airport as people desperately try to flee the country. and haitis earthquake, a staggering jump in the death toll with search teams yet to arrive in some of the hardest hit regions. as a storm that compounds the disaster takes direct aim at the country. thanks for joining me this hour. for the first time in almost 20 years, the taliban are in near complete control of afghanistan. if nothing changes, it appears theyll be the coun...

Haiti where the death toll is climbing from a devastating earthquake. welcome, everyone. the afghan army has collapsed. the central government has fallen. and if nothing changes, the taliban look to be the new rulers of afghanistan. the militants racked up a blistering advance against major cities over the weekend, ending in the surrender of kabul. ousted president ashraf ghani fled the country, and this video that youre looking at from al jazeera shows heavily armed taliban looking very comfo...

Painful because we have had several million troops serve in iraq and afghanistan. we have had 60,000 u.s. killed and wounded. a lot of them are invested in what they were prepared to sacrifice their life for. but, look, if you back off it, in the last year, the disaster of the growing control of the taliban over the rural countryside -- half of it, then two thirds of the country. then the cities, in large part, the afghan security forces were not defeated in battle. they went over to the other s...

The afghan defense forces to even resist the taliban rather than surrender at the risk of their own lives. kevin how do you see it? >> all day ive seen a lot of these comments, aimed at the u.s. leadership from day one. arguing that the american people have been lied to. are that every time a general said that they thought progress was being made, that somehow that general is lying. i dont believe that. and i say that with some seriousness. ive spent the last decade myself covering the pentagon,...