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Somebody nobody understand what your problem, and how dangerous it is. nobody. >> reporter: it is us. >> us. >> reporter: outside the airport, there's utter desperation, afghans pushing and pleading to get in. and board a flight away from taliban rule. they don't believe the taliban which promised to be different that women will have rights, a free press and a general amnesty for translators who helped the u.s. military. men like tom which is what u.s. troops called him. we've been following his story for months. he went on combat missions and helped american troops find and kill taliban fight...

Turning some people around and at times using gun fire, whips and sticks and sharp objects to disburse the crowds outside of the airport, but americans are getting out, including those on a plane that left, or that landed in dulles in d.c. area this morning. one contractor spoke with nbc news about what he experienced. >> you feel like maybe it is the alamo, and the last stand, and that is it, and you don't have any other support elements there. it is time to leave, and time to go. it is not sustainable anymore so that the kinds of work that civilian contractors are doing over there, doing the...

How long will we keep that air bridge there? we don't have answers to any of that. >> there are no answers to that. i also want to ask you something we've been talking with other veterans about, the moral injury of this. >> yeah. >> i think talking to a lot of veterans, they look back on their service, and when they find value in it, it isn't necessarily in the policy that took them to afghanistan. but they are so proud of the fact that they served alongside their brothers and sisters in arms, and for veterans like your self that includes your afghan allies who went on so many dangerous combat...

New american security. as someone who served multiple combat missions in afghanistan, your reaction to what is happening right now? >> first of all, thank you so much for having me and elevating and lifting up the voices of afghan and those who have served. like many veterans, i've been in touch with a lot of my friends i served there, at different times and different services as well as in many capacities that were there, i think there's a lot of intellectual understanding of what's going on, but big visceral feelings and emotions, questioning of why we did what we did. is the world in a bett...

That as our resources and capabilities in the region dwindled because of the drawdown and we were ordered to draw down by the end of august and we were nothing but honest about the speed with which we had to do that because speed is safety. we wanted to make sure we did this quickly. and it's not just about boots on the ground. the drawdown is about capabilities and resources in the region as we wrapped up our advice and assist in combat missions in afghanistan. which meant we had fewer airplanes, fewer strike capability in the region as we continued to draw down. we were transparent about the...