They have made repeatedly, the president has said it and they continue to make it, they don t believe that having 2,500 troops which is what the president drew down from was something they could sustain past the may 1st deadline with the taliban. they thought what you are seeing now with the taliban in term. security forces, so their decision was withdraw or something the president did not want to do and they are in this place. they knew it was possible, just not this quickly. a conversation on this does not here. cnn s phil mattingly, clarissa ward and others, hanks for those insights. coming up, awaiting a vaccine booster shot. that along with all the latest pandemic newsis still ahead. we wanna buy your car.
Further and they need to be brought n.jim? all right. cnn s orrin lieberman on that situation in afghanistan. we ll get back to you. now to kabul. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground for us there. we heard you describe earlier a feeling of near panic in the capital. that is very worrying. tell us about the deteriorating security situation from your standpoint. well, jim, the situation is going from bad to worse. herat, the country s third largest city fallen to the the taliban. kandahar, the second hartgest city with huge strategic and symbolic relevant appears imminently on the point of collapse. we spoke to a lawmaker there and says it hasn t fallen yet but will. groups of taliban fight verse penetrated the front lines in the western part of city. that they are running around the city center outside the governor s house shooting and creating an environment of chaos, and if that one falls, then you can understand why people are just so petrified
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the situation room. and we begin with the breaking news, the pentagon just announcing that some 3,000 u.s. troops will be deployed to the afghan capital within 48 hours to help americans leave as taliban forces seize more territory. we re covering all angles of the story with cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kabul and cnn seen for white house correspondent phil mattingly over at the white house but first let s start with cnn pentagon correspondent orrin liebman. the situation in afghanistan is clearly deteriorating rapidly. what have you learned about the mission for these 3,000 u.s. troops? the taliban has swept and gained control of 12 provincial capitals with an advance that clearly has momentum as they move forward here. the u.s. is sending in 3,000 additional troops specifically to hamid karzai international airport. that is the international gateway to kabul to secure the
You can think of adlai stevenson forcefully confronting the soviets during the missile crisis or jean kirkpatrick during the reagan administration. a position that certainly matters on the world stage and as a listening post how the rest of the world sees this country. with that in mind i want to get? additional perspective from cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour. christiane, within the u.n. and on the world stage how do you think the united states, its position is standing or changed in the two years that ambassador haley has been there? the entire duration of the trump administration has repositioned the united states on the international stage. from a leader and a supporter of alliances and a nation as a superpower that stands up for the principles, the bedrock principles of the global world order, which it created and led and fostered since the end of world war ii to now where it is not viewed as a leader anymore. it is viewed as a country that wants to pull back from the traditional american leadership roles. so whether it s nikki haley or