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And they are in this very uncomfortable limbo. state department officials are overwhelmed. i spoke to a state department official trying to sort this out from the embassy and they were expecting people to arrive with packets, with approvals, practically with badges. instead they are getting plane loads full of people who have no documents at all or documents that dont match, or names that dont match, they dont have enough linguists. so each step of this process is a chain. it seemed to have work...

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...

0 >> it does not. >> lprs also been qucontacted? >> yep. >> what about siv applicants? can we get numbers? >> its okay. >> since this whole thing began theres been a lot of criticism of the administration over how its handled. theres been a lot of push back about the hand that you were dealt by the previous administration in terms of the deal with the taliban and terms of the siv program and the broader refugee program. you have been in office for almost eight months. its been five months since ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The lightning-fast changes in Afghanistan are forcing the Biden administration to confront the prospect of a resurgent al-Qaida, the group that attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001,

Convoys into the city means that they simply expose their flanks to any and all terrorist groups. the taliban theyve been working very, very closely with indeed. but that will be exhausted on august the 31st. but the real principal threat is islamic state, isis-k. they are bitter enemies of the taliban. so the taliban has every interest in crushing any attempt by isis-k and earlier on today we had information from commanders on the ground from the taliban commanders on the ground inside kabul th...

Fought two places, over there or over here. and the strategy since 9/11 has actually worked. we have not had another foreign-inspired terrorist attack in the united states in 20 years. we had finally evolved into a policy that was actually working in afghanistan as well. with a very light footprint we were keeping the lid on the barbarians were not in charge of the government. of course it was not a jefferson democracy. its not why we went there in the first place. this is not about nation build...

Kabul on aircraft yesterday. thats another single day high. hundreds of americans were among the evacuees. the administration still wont specify how many americans do remain in country. kaitlyn collins is live at the white house. kaitlyn, first of all, this huge decision by the president, what more do we know about it and what do we expect to hear from him on this when he speaks later today? >> well, he could very well explain his thinking behind this decision. because it does not come as a surp...

Told george stephanopoulos that none of his advisers advised against leaving afghanistan, it is just a live. the fact is, joe biden made the announcement in april of unconditional withdrawal. in may in june, our committee repeatedly was asking the administration for a plan. how are you going to responsibly withdrawal? and they could not give us one. i wrote a letter to the president in july asking for a plant. i still had not gotten a response. and now in august, the taliban takes over. he is no...

Pentagon and the state department for contingency plans. >> reporter: world leaders asked for more time to evacuate. but the president is concerned about potential terrorist attacks and risking the critical cooperation of the taliban. >> every day were on the ground is another day we know that isis-k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. >> reporter: press secretary jen psaki confirming actual evacuations must end before the deadline so t...

Noch konnten die Taliban die Provinz Pandschir nicht erobern. Jetzt erklärt Russlands Botschafter im russischen Staatsfernsehen, man wolle «eine friedliche Lösung finden», ohne Blutvergießen.