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they didn't dig in depth on this. think about three simple things. bagram was the center of air support for the afghan government which is what kept the taliban in check. when we ended our air opations and withdrew from bagram we removed a big block to the taliban rushing through the country. second of all, it was the center for intelligence collection. you remove that place that was really essential to that and you will have a diminution of the amount of intelligence you get. morale. when we abandoned bagram we did so overnight without letting a single afghan know we were leaving. what do you think that did to morale among the afghan fighting forces and afghan government? the previous administration had an agreement. that agreement was already being violated by the taliban. the three times during president trump's last year in office the department of defense inspector general said the taliban and al qaeda were working hand in glove in
concern is growing in afghanistan as the taliban continues to take ground from afghan fighting forces across the country. politico reporting there are now internal discussions underway about possibly evacuating the u.s. embassy in kabul. all of this happening, of course, in the vacuum of the u.s. pullout after a 20-year war. we get our report again tonight from nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella in kabul. >> reporter: tonight the taliban with prisoners are free after they said they overwhelmed the jail holding the insurgents and flung open the gates. this after a devastating setback in the north for afghan officials.
as we said earlier, concern is growing in the capital of afghanistan tonight as the taliban continues to take ground from afghan fighting forces across the country. politico reporting there are now internal discussions underway about possible evacuating the u.s. embassy in cavill, all of this happening of course, in the vacuum of the u.s. pull out after a 20-year war. we get our report again tonight from and d.c. news foreign correspondent and come by eta in kabul. >> tonight, the taliban claims hundreds of prisoners -- after they say they overwhelmed the jail holding the insurgents and flood flew open the gates. this after a devastating setback in the north for afghan officials. hundreds of afghan soldiers under siege of the esper at the airport surrendered. taliban video shows vehicles
to us as elite forces saying, since speaking last night about quote, these are some of the not talking to the national finest afghan fighting forces. media. she didn't waste much time today they made a major contribution to security there. in tearing into the media. a pentagon source says there is >> thank you for that. i will be a co-moderator of an a level of cooperation between these units and u.s. military forces in that area. upcoming debate between he says at a minimum, knowing what units are doing when and christine o'donnell and chris where so you don't have friendly coons. join me on october 13. firing mistakings. the debate will air live right here on cnn. n a former senior official says a deadly attack in iran is the units were formed eight being blamed on terrorists. years ago, focusing on stand by for details. afghanistan. he said the cia is recruiting 100-year tribute to titanic. people to blend in to afghan's this time, hopefully, there won't be any icebergs. society and do clandestine well-being. missions but started to do missions over the border in pakistan. he said that area is tribal and afghans can easily cross back and forth over the border in pakistan. >> what is the risk now that they've been exposed? >> just today, the pakistani spokesman said, quote, we don't