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Over-land routes allowing for continued departure for those that want to leave and deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of afghanistan. the taliban has made public commitments, broadcast on television and radio across afghanistan on safe passage for anyone wanting to leave including those that worked alongside americans. we don't take them by their word alone but by their actions. we have leverage to make sure the commitments are met. let me be clear. leaving august 31 is not due to an arbitrary deadline. it was designed to save american lives. my predecessor, the former president, si...

Decision -- tactical decisions on the advice of the military and commanders on the ground and the timeline that they needed to wind down our presence. hence here we are. it was his timeline though. it's not the taliban's timeline. >> so he moved up the timeline to august 31. >> he needed 120 days. we abided by the advice of the military. jeff? >> jen, can you clarify whether the united states has an agreement with the taliban to allow more americans and afghans to leave the country. >> i will say it's not just our expectation but the expectation of 100 countries around the world. the u.n. secu...

Commander-in-chief about our now completed role in afghanistan and whether we actual ply completed the role, whether all americans that wanted out got out. that's not the case. they didn't. and those that are left could be targets of the taliban. fast-moving developments. let's go to jennifer griffin on the implications of this huge day. jennifer? >> neil, the last plane carrying u.s. troops took off from kabul at 3:29 p.m. eastern yesterday. a minute before midnight local. president biden's august 31 deadline. the top general overseeing the operation admitted some americans and afghans were l...

Government would hold on for a period of time beyond military draw down turned out not to be accurate. but i still instructed our national security team to prepare for every eventuality, even that one. that is what we did. so we were ready when the afghan security forces after two decades of fighting for their country and losing thousands of their own, did not hold on as long as anyone expected. we were ready when they, the people of afghanistan watched their own government collapse and the president flee amid the corruption of malfeasance. handing over the country to their enemy, the taliban....

Kabul at 3:29 eastern 1 minute before midnight on the august 31 deadline. the top general overseeing the operation admitted some americans were left behind. >> there is a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we didn't get everybody out we wanted to. if we stayed another 10 days we wouldn't have gotten everybody out and still people disappointed with that. >> major general chris donahue of the 82nd airborne, the last american soldier to leave afghanistan after nearly 20 years. the photo now iconic as the last. donahue was at the pentagon on 9/11 and dealt a force in afghanistan a d...