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The desperation of the situation enough. the threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. we would not be saying that if we were not genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that isjust unimaginable. the reason the timing of this is so significant is because that window of evacuated beeping is really closing. us troops are due to be leaving on tuesday, but the reality is that evacuations are going to to wrap up much sooner. really we are in at the last couple of hours of the evacuation process because the us need a few days to get their operations out. british officials a...

And of course u.s. troops are in a very exposed position in kabul airport in the middle of a major city, very hard to defend that area. it would have been much easier if they had still held on to bagram air base, which is far outside of kabul, easier to defend, with more air strips to operate. but of course that was given up pretty early on in the evacuation process. so it's a pretty dicey situation. i think overall the fact that u.s. forces have managed to get out more than 80,000 people, mostly afghans but also some u.s. citizens, i think is certainly one small bit of good news in an otherwi...

>> right. these guys are all friends, they know each other. the only explanation for the ability of isis -- >> all on, the vice president is taking another question about afghanistan. i will talk to you on the back end. >> the protection of women and children and there is no question that any of us are paying attention, are concerned about the issue in afghanistan. we have said before and i will say again that we are going to do what we are able to do in terms of the evacuation process. in addition to that, what we are able to do politically and diplomatic secure and commute to work on the pro...

Vietnam, donated a million doses of covid vaccine, was asked about women's rights in afghanistan very vegas answer, e answer, very broad answer here is what she said moments ago. >> what will the organization do to support women who have not permitted to leaf afghanistan. >> we have said before and i will say again that we are going to do what we are able to do in terms of the evacuation process, but, in addition to that we are able to do politically and diplomatically to secure and to continue to work on the protection of women and children in that region, including working with our allies. a...

Out to 500 americans to whom they have contacts. one reason it's hard to pin down a number, we heard from the state department yesterday, the u.s. doesn't track american citizens when they're overseas. it's entirely up to americans to register with the state department when they arrive -- when they arrive and leave, if that doesn't happen, you can imagine how it's hard to get a good idea of what the specific number is. that said, you have the white house pointing to the largest evacuation effort in history. not a single american casualty so far. what they're pointing to is really the incredibl...