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Country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution. but this is very high risk. >> this is very high risk. the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. isis-k. from the president, isis affiliate in afghanistan. every day we are on the ground is another day we know that isis-k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. which is exactly what happened. for -- for a -- a week now. up to and including yesterday with those remarks from secretary of state antony blinken. up to a...

For several days we saw it manifest itself here in the last few hours. >> thousands were released from jails across afghanistan by the taliban in recent weeks since the taliban takeover in kabul. the secretary of state warned it was a high risk threat. >> we're operating in a high risk environment in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very really possibility of an isis-k attack. >> and isis-k isn't the only terror threat. the taliban named the leader of the hokani network, a with a $5 million u.s. bounty on his head and the hokanis have strong tied to al qaeda. >> as you...

Complicit. we can't trust these guys, they lie through their teeth. they enabled 9/11, they have killed and wounded, some catastrophic, including allies. they killed 66,000 afghan security forces and civilians. ho can we take their word on just about anything? >> sandra: general, i want your thoughts on the change that we learned of, just a couple hours since the pentagon come out and said that these deaths resulted from a single attack, one suicide bomber, rather than two attacks as we learned during the chaos yesterday? >> yeah, that's pretty significant. one suicide bomber was able to do th...

Of u.s. officials warning the public. warning explicitly over and over again in recent days that an isis-k attack at the airport targeting u.s. personnel, targeting civilians just like we saw today. that it was not only a threat but that it was a severe threat and an increasingly likely one? >> look. isis has demonstrated, over and again, that it's masterfully opportunistic, especially when it comes to vacuums of power. in fact, some of the chatter that i had been looking at just before the attack talked about how isis was poised to launch attacks specifically because two of its enemies are ou...

Know this wasn't your question, to get it in. the president did direct the secretary of state to continue diplomatic efforts with international partners to secure third country nationals and afghans with visa to leave after the u.s. military presence ends. part of that is having coordinated approach and engagement with the taliban. in order to continue to evacuate any american citizen who was not prepared to leave, who wants to leave, third country nationals and afghans with visa, we need to coordinate with the taliban. that does not translate into presence on the ground. we are pulling our pr...