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Yogita limaye is in kabulfor us and explained what some of are the every day challenges are facing people in afghanistan. it was difficult even before august the 15th, we have seen ourselves tens of thousands of people displaced because of the fighting, who had lost theirjobs, homes, members of theirfamily, staying in open places with just a bamboo stick dug into the ground, pieces of cloth strung between them as shelter, no access to basic food, medicines, sanitation. the un says 18 million people are in urgent need of life—saving support, that was the situation prior to august the 15th. it...

We have break news about the suicide attack in afghanistan that left 13 u.s. members dead. oren liebermann joins us now from the pentagon. once again, oren, this raises questions about the chaotic nature of the u.s. withdrawal and the repercussions thereof. >> reporter: absolutely, john. the latest revelations underscore how the final takes of the withdrawal were and how quickly the situation was deteriorating and how quickly afghanistan could be used as a base by terror organizations like al qaeda or isis-k to reconstitute their organizations. so on august 15th, as the taliban was essentially...

The palace empty and leaving nothing but chaos ahead. >> she's an amazing person. she's her refugee in her own embassy. she's in this embassy and she kept it open. she's still flying the flag. she refused to fly it is taliban flag. the taliban is sending her invitation for zoom calls and she's ignoring them. come to our zoom. and the biden administration won't deal with her. her husband was the chief of staff in the palace. and so, some sense that his exit would spur the moment. it seems from her that it was probably a lot more premeditated and her husband reported to her in realtime in the da...

Dozens of other provinces. now let's look at the month of july. that's when the taliban-controlled the vast majority of the country and were headed straight for kabul. we still controlled kabul, we w controlled the i international airport at this time, we had time to get everybody out and our military equipment, and h or allies, and our families and the green cardholders as the taliban was closing in. they didn't see that coming because the whole world saw it. biden and his generals, they closed bagram airbase in the dead of night, and so by august, yeah, august 15th, it was over. they had con...

One -- the red part is where the taliban had control of the country. not really that much, enough to be concerned about. they had begun their offense of a real a little earlier. now let's take a look at the month of june and see what that looks like. now they're taking over bigger portions and taking control of dozens of other provinces. now let's look at the month of july. that's when the taliban-controlled the vast majority of the country and were headed straight for kabul. we still controlled kabul, we controlled the international airport at this time, we had time to get everybody out and o...