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To get in there. let s reset. it is sunday, august 15th.h. i m ali velshi. as you can see, we are following breaking news out of afghanistan where the taliban is on the brink of taking over the entire country. the group is closing in on the capital city of kabul. thisf map just in the last six hours is out of date. the dark orange areas are areas now controlled by taliban.ll they are closing in on the last major city they do not control, that is kabul. after capturing a series of cities all over the country amid the u.s. withdrawal of troops. let s look live at kabul right now. minutes ago we saw smoke in the air. but there are a series of helicopters movinge between th green zonemo that houses embasso and the airplane. those areas and the road between them are still under american control. and there is american air spoerpt, whichri you will see i ....
0 going in and out of the country. if that were to happen, big if. then the u.s. military, who are there, they will work to defense any u.s. americans who are there and to keep the airport open so they can get the americans out safely. also, though, it s important to point out, you know, there were about 1,000, less than 1,000 u.s. troops who were already there. only about a1,000, not really full 1,000 have made their way in. that total of 5,000. they are not there yet. yeah. the current plach is according to defense officials is to continue to flow those people in. but this is all happening so in quickly, you have to wonder in the next 48, 72 hours f they are not in there, are they going to have time to get all of them in. a looking at pictures, with helicopter evacuations from the green zoneli to the airport, th are looking to get this place cleared out faster than it would probably take those extra troops to get in there. let s reset. it is sunday, august 15th.h. i m ali vel ....