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I'm andrea mitchell. being grilled by democrats and republicans about the timing of the withdrawal from afghanistan. a large number of afghan allies and some americans left behind. >> mr. secretary, the execution of the u.s. withdrawal was clearly and fatally flawed. this committee expects to receive a full explanation on the administration's decision on afghanistan since coming into august last january. there has to be accountability. >> you know, there's not enough lipstick in the world to put on this pig to make it look any different than it is. >> i don't know how it's possible, if in fact...

You know it. >> that was so affecting richard engle, joining us now from kabul. richard, the u.s. pledges $64 million a day, but the situation is growing so dire there and the humanitarian workers, u.n. workers and other aid groups are on the frontlines now. how is the taliban letting that aid get through? you know there's going to be an outcry in the u.s. if u.s. money is going directly to the taliban. >> reporter: so there's an economic collapse and as you saw in that little clip, there's an emotional collapse. there is a generation of people, that young woman is 20 years old, her entire lif...

Relentlessly. slowly but relentlessly. but then as we pressed and pressed and pressed on them, the response was yes, we'll do it, but they didn't. >> we have seen over a number of year, we have the challenge of elections considered illegitimate by a portion of the country. we had abdullah and ghani against each other. as we analyze and try to understand the rapid collapse, d id the, was there essentially a failure to create an effective decision making capability within the afghanistan government? >> i think there are a number of factors an this is something i hope we all look at going back re...

Unanticipated way in the course of 11 days, as we go back and look, we have to look at the impact that this pervasive corruption had in terms of given the institution the will to fight for the country. >> absolutely. in those final days as the provincial capitals were falling, president ghani refused to acknowledge that there were falling capitals. it was almost like a world in which he was disengaged and then the finance minister resigned and said he was leaving the country for family reason, but it was taken as a symbol of the government on the verge of collapse. then president ghani fled hi...

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