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But you have to ask, did the u.s. intelligence community have any firm understanding of what could happen on the ground, just days ago their prediction was that kabul would fall in 90 days, then that was moved to 30 of days, and then just 72 hours and as we see now there are taliban fighters across the afghan capital. arthel: and now as youre reporting they released prisoners, thousands of them. do you anticipate any trouble with these evacuations? >> reporter: certainly concern for the american...

What has been disconcerting to see is there hasnt been that will, that political leadership, the military leadership, and the ability to push back on the taliban as theyve advanced because quite frankly, the afghan forces have all the advantages they need. theyve got more troops. theyve got more equipment. theyve not an air force. >> they do not have the will, however. thousands of afghan translators, meanwhile, who worked with u.s. forces may soon get a temporary new home in qatar. a source tel...

Biden administration is working to finalize the deal, it would see the translators and their families sent to dough that are while they navigate the cumbersome visa process to eventually move to the u.s. if qatar agrees up to 8,000 afghans could be sent to the country. >> cyril van yair join us with more. >> reporter: if that deal goes through it will be a lifeline for 8,000 afghans not just the interpreters who worked with u.s. forces but also their immediate family. they would be sent to qatar...

About getting engaged much sooner than that, actually, in december of 2019, and we talked about it and we thought, okay, fine, so well get started or ge get cracking on the visa process. it might take us about a year, thats fine. by the end of 2020 well be together, and life will be good, and so on. so in august of 2020, we were able to reunite, so thats when we had the proposal, i got the ring, and even then i still had this hope, hopefully, by the end of the year well manage to be able to be t...

Yard. all our materials burned by them. >> they burned your house? >> yeah. they burned my house. >> reporter: now, there are about 20,000 afghan interpreters who applied for these special immigrant visas to the united states. the 200 of those and their families members arriving today are in the final stages of that application process. so, all that they have to do here at ft. lee is to go through medical screenings and then they will be relocated to cities across the united states. but there ar...

People. when those folks are arrested, we see those car break-ins go down significantly. >> maybe so, but critics argue the same people are always arrested. they want to hire 400 more officers and beef up control patrolaround tourist areas pay y are relying on highly visible ambassadors to answer questions and provide a sense of safety for locals and tourists alike. most of the city attractions are open but some experts say it could be 2024 by the time the tourist industry fully rebounds and by ...

Abdulla, my staffer was part of. president clinton told the translators to get across the river, run away from saddam. if you can gets the turkey, well fly you here. he flew them to guam where they were for months while we figured out the visa process. i would support president biden if he chose to do that. well do everything we can to pass this bill, but we cant leave these guys behind. we have to take them too. >> senator, "the wall street journal" broke an exclusive story tonight. they said -...

If you can get to turkey, well fly you here. he flew them to guam where they were for months while we figured out the visa process. i would support president biden if he chose to do that. well do everything we can to pass this bill, but we cant leave these guys behind. we have to take them too. >> senator, "the wall street journal" broke an exclusive story tonight. they said -- ill read at you the lede. the u.s. military is preparing to house as many 35,000 afghan interpreters and their families...

That said, the u.s. immigration system being what it is, the process for getting all the way through that visa process can take a very, very long time. and even though the biden administration has sped it up since they have been in office, still its time that those u.s. allies dont have as the taliban takes over more and more and more of afghanistan, as the risk gets more and more grave and present. in the past the u.s. has successfully been able to help allies and refugees from previous wars by...

Allow them to start new lives in the united states. the country for which they sacrificed so much, the country that promised to keep them safe if they provided that help, and the country that now owes them the chance to start anew here. because of what they did for our soldiers. that said, the u.s. immigration system being what it is, the process for getting all the way through that visa process can take a very, very long time. and even though the biden administration has sped it up since they h...