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Event for afghan people to start with. the consequences of summary execution, women and girls being forced into near slavery conditions, it's a sad event. we are out. we now can easily protect and hold the kabul international airport. we have very strong security around the u.s. embassy. there's a backup brigade of the 82nd airborne, compared to elsewhere. what we're doing now is trying to downsize the u.s. presence, contractors, people with ngos, non governmental organizations, embassy staffers. we will probably try and get it down to a couple hundred people. to maintain some figment of engag...

Airport. a backup brigade of the 82nd will go into the middle to stand by, and other troops, air force and army will be processing afghan refugees coming out of the country. simultaneously, the staff of the embassy, which was over 4,000 people, will be dramatically reduced. but, you know, brian, i'm telling you, the longest four miles in the world in the coming 30 days will be the distance from the u.s. embassy kabul to kabul international airport. this is a very tricky and dangerous situation. >> reminiscent of the airport road back in the bad old days in baghdad, in fact. yamiche alcindor, h...