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That base in 2018. however, isis-k maintained capabilities to attack in kabul. and weve seen several major attacks by isis-k, primarily against the hazara shia community. this is a minority community in afghanistan. but yes, they unfortunately remain very capable of conducting these -- um -- major suicide bombings in kabul. >> yeah. theyve done some horrendous attacks over the years. im curious your thought on, you know, what -- what are terror groups, the taliban, al qaeda, isis, but others too...

>> good morning, shannon. 20 years ago the taliban-controlled afghanistan and during that time, al qaeda was allowed to use the country for its base and training camps and of course the planning and execution of 9/11. well, now that the u.s. is leaving afghanistan behind and back in the power and control of the taliban, many are growing we concerned that the taliban, despite promising under the withdrawal agreement with the u.s. that it would never let terror groups base operations out of afghan...

Fighting between the united states and these terror groups. >> so when you say groups plural and you had referenced the taliban as a terror group, by the way, leon panetta did, as well. the united states is negotiated with the taliban and without formally recognizing them essentially doing so in practice with how were working with them and phil mattingly asked the white house press secretary today if the white house working with the taliban was, you know, the best of bad options or the only opti...

True, we dont know if its true yet, to give a list to the taliban, for goodness sake of the targets of people that we want to go by checklist, it is absolutely stunning, you cannot find anybody thats reasonable to say that was the best laid plan. >> shannon: joel, you live in the region and now what were hearing is concerned, growing concern, about this being a jumping off place, a breeding ground for other terror groups. weve seen what isis-k is believed to have done with killing 13 of our serv...

Mission. we will continue the evacuation. also develop operational plans to strike isis-k assets, leadership, and facilities. we will respond with force and precision at our time, a place we choose, and a moment of our choosing. >> shannon: thats exactly what americans want to hear today that some of these going to pay for whats happened to our service members over there. but theres questions tonight about how we trust groups now like isis-k. and weve got a lot of different strengths and were go...

Out of afghanistan within the next couple of days? the human intelligence is all but gone. how reliant can we be on making sure a vacuum is not created where terror groups are able to continue to wreak havoc in the region without the human intelligence on the ground that we need especially from our own intelligence agencies like the cia. >> look, the different forms of intelligence, i think its clear that human intelligence, as you point out, will be the most difficult form to continue when we d...

Intelligence, for eyes on the ground, afghan assets, a lot of those people have probably if they certainly if they were able to, have gotten out of the country. >> left. if theyre lucky. right? if theyre among the lucky ones or went to ground internally. that was an extremely dangerous job in a place as afghanistan. afghanistan has had terror groups. they are targeting people who cooperate and work with the u.s. military and the government. now the taliban runs the country. and many folks who wo...

Syria and iraq seven years ago. isis-k comprised some veteran jihadists from sear and elsewhere has lost man power but still has a presence in eastern afghanistan and has formed cells in kabul. in total, a cording to a u.n. report, theyre believed to have beb 1500 and 2200 fighters in afghanistan. >> a lot of these are former taliban who slapped on the isis patch to make them the biggest, baddest guys on the block. >> reporter: but kisis-k is nowa scorn enemy of the taliban. >> the taliban are f...

All of that adds up to negligence, oral planning and recklessness. it is not incompetence, thats not the right word to be used. jillian: president biden found revenge against these attacks but do you think these terror groups are taking what he said seriously given what has transpired the last couple weeks? >> not only are terrorist groups not taking them seriously, im not taking him seriously, i dont think any american watching that embarrassing humiliating press conference are taking him serio...

Are some of the fighters going to leave the taliban when they have to become a normal so called government and they then join isis-k? what you find in countries like this with the off shoots and the various terror groups competing for recruits that the more extreme ones wont be in government so the u.s. is hoping to use the leverage to keep the airports open to get the sivs and americans and afghani vac aouys out after august 31st. >> kennedy. >> jennifer, first great reporting. i know this is y...