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They solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. they did this because for the thousands of state department and u.s. employees that served in afghanistan in the past 20 years, this evacuation operation was very personal. many worked hand and hand for years with afghan partners. many of whom became trusted friends. we also lost cherished members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. we'll never forget them. helping americans, our foreign partners that have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than just a high stakes ...

Were intercepted as they were fired towards kabul international airport, as the us evacuation operation is drawing to a close. it comes as british ministers prepare to take part in international meetings aimed at defining a joint approach to the taliban in afghanistan. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will hold talks with his counterparts from the g7 — as well as nato and qatar. mikey kay, a former raf helicopter pilot officer who worked in national security and aviation for 20 years and undertook two tours of afghanistan, explained what the security impact of the western withdrawal migh...

Repeatedly making 55,000 phone calls, sending 33,000 e-mails since august 14th. they solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. they did this because this evacuation operation was very personal. many worked hand in hand for years with afghan partners. many of whom became trust friends. we also lost church members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. we'll never forget them. helping americans, our foreign partners who have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than just a high stakes assignment for our team.

♪ u.s. forces are racing to complete their evacuation operation before tomorrow's deadline. and under the threat of a new terror attack on the airport in kabul. this as we saw five rockets fired overnight at the airport. they were, though, intercepted by a defensive system that the u.s. has there. let's talk about this now with sebastian younger a journalist a co-director of the oscar nominated documentary which chronicles the deployment of platoon of soldiers. sebastian, thank you so much for joining us again. i wonder how you are looking at these new developments, these rocket attacks on...

Country are only the ones that no longer want to leave, or the ones that want to leave, add a largely out now and understand that the evacuation of afghans is largely complete also so are you now solely concentrating on just getting complete also so are you now solely concentrating onjust getting us troops out and equipment? total 122,000 were evacuated, 5400 americans. we continue to have the capability evacuate and fly out those until the very end but as we talk about active we will continue to work with the department of state on that and continue evacuation and military operations. of that...