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Than 100,000 people for safe evacuation. pentagon now reaching out to the taliban for help keeping america safe until they leave. here is nic robertson. >> reporter: yes, the taliban have said the u.s. is an occupying force and a puppet government, a government that was just overthrown of afghanistan. absolutely the taliban want to see the united states leave. so their promise to the united states had been to protect u.s. forces, that their forces would not attack u.s. forces during the drawdown process. and it is something that they have been proud of until this moment that they have been abl...

Reaching out to the taliban to tell them what's expected to protect the u.s. and that it's in the interest of the taliban for them to continue to protect the u.s. because they want the u.s. out. explain that. >> yes. the taliban have said the u.s. is an occupying force that's propped up a puppet government that's just over thrown afghanistan. they want them out as soon as possible and they're trying to stop any afghans that want to leave and take those last flights out. absolutely the taliban want to see the united states leave and their promise to the united states have been to protect u.s. f...

0 >> officials believe isis-k was behind the attacks, but they're still working to confirm that. the state department had been warning for days of a terror attack at the airport. we have reporters standing by. let's start with barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about these military members who were killed and what we're expected to hear from the pentagon? >> in just a very short while we are expecting to hear from general frank mckenzie, the head of the u.s. central command which oversees military operations in the gulf, the middle east, afghanistan. we expect to hear from him. i s...

The latest in afghanistan. >> what we do here. and planning for these sorts of contingencies is not unusual. in fact, it's quite common. and one of the reasons why we have been able to react as quickly as we did in just the last day or so is because we had plenty of contingency planning in the works and in fact, a lot of it complete, because we were, and as i've said many times from the podium, watching consistently the security situation on the ground. so, i can give you a brief update, a few additional details since yesterday. now, as i do this, i think you can understand that i'm not going ...

But dialogue is extremely important, and we can't rely more on the instrument of war but the diplomatic instrument now. >> and let's listen in, because the pentagon briefing is beginning with john kirby. let's listen in. >> and to rekt as quickly as we have within the day or so, because we had plenty of contingency planning in the works, and in fact, a lot of it complete. because we were and as i have said many times from the podium watching consistently the security situation on the ground. >> so, i can give you a few brief updated details from yesterday. now, as i do this, i think that you c...