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It's acute. it is persistent. and it is something we're focused on with every tool in our arsenal. commanders on the ground have a wide variety of capabilities they're using to defend the air field against a potential terrorist attack. we're working hard with our intelligence community to try to isolate and determine where an attack might come from. it is something that we are placing paramount priority on stopping or disrupting and, we'll do everything we can as long as we're on the ground to keep that from happening but we are taking it absolutely deadly seriously. >> the u.s. is talking, co...

They're wondering whether they have a week of this. success america's own enemy. more failure, people panic and try to beat a deadline. it's lose lose either way. awful scenes. >> indeed. we know you'll keep watching it for us. nick peyton walsh from qatar. thank you so much. let's dig deeper with josh rogan. ak column nist with the washington post. josh, we appreciate you spending part of your weekend with us. let's start with the detail from nick peyton walsh it was an al qaeda affiliated wanted terrorist who knocked on the palace door in kabul and said to the associates of the former pres...

The past week. it has been filled with agony to witness this. i hate to ask you, but is there still hope? >> alex, i'm going to tell you, the whole terrifying prospect is history often repeats itself. we are hoping it wouldn't repeat itself, but the truth of the matter is afghanistan has been handed over to a terrorist organization, the hakani network. the taliban are fundamentalists that haven't necessarily all been labeled as terrorist, but the hakani network has. they're in charge of kabul at the movement. let's not sugar coat this. the taliban are considered teddy bears compared to the hak...

That have been made by the united states in blood and treasure to rid afghanistan of terror. >> absolutely, boris. 2,442 americans killed in action in afghanistan and they were there to defeat al qaeda and defeat kade da from getting them. to hear that and that the hakani network is controlling many things gives you pause and tells you what they have in store for zblus does not portend to a great picture. colonel sedgwick leighton, appreciate your time. appreciate you. >> you bet, boris. any time. >> of course. the taliban takeover is frightening for many reasons and especially for women. up...

The pakistani security state. we have reporting just last night that the hakani network which is a designated foreign terrorist organization led by terrorists has been placed in charge of security in kabul. in other words, there are terrorists in charge of policing the streets of kabul under the taliban government right now. so that just puts the lie that the taliban are going to fight the terrorists or they're going to disassociate themselves or that kabul will become a place where we don't have a terrorist threat or that al qaeda is gone because on the ground as nick peyton walsh reported, t...