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Second half of our time there, as we continued evacuation, the taliban were helpful in establishing outer perimeter security which prevented some attacks. there's a down side. also allowed them to screen people that might otherwise have gotten to the airfield. that's a harsh fact. you have to balance those, force protection of our forces, supported by taliban external presence against the fact that it may prevent people you would like to bring out from being able to get to you unmolested, and that's a difficult balance. i frankly came down i wanted to protect our forces and needed that outer b...

American deaths in over a decade in afghanistan today, all because of biden's horrible plan, and of course, he stayed on vacation. he just pulled the troops out during the fighting season, abandoned bagram airfield, ignore the taliban's rapid advance in april, in may, in june, july, and just apparently hope for the best. now an unknown number of americans are still trapped in afghanistan, behind enemy lines, they are screwed. they still have no idea how many americans are trapped. 's are their families, so are their friends, and so are our allies. and according to a report from ""politico," so...

Fairly consistent story, that there was a complex attack in the area between the baron hotel which is right up against the air base where the evacuation is taking place and built practically against the outer perimeter, and in the area exiting that hotel leading to the abby gate and there is a corridor 2 hun yards long and in that corridor flanked on either side by very tall, concrete blast barriers, afghans have been gathering and they've been gathering there since the fall of kabul, since the evacuation began, and that in this corridor is where we understand this attack took place and the vi...

0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. >> my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but "andrea mitchell reports" does start right now. and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with break...

Overnight. what happened? >> reporter: well, amidst the intelligence reports, brianna, of this real and persistent threat coming both from national security adviser but also the president and here on the ground, extreme nervousness and worry about the threat of isis, which is an organization pledged to ruin this process both for the taliban and international community and the afghans. in the shawl hours of the morning, there was an exchange of fire beginning with a sniper attack that killed one afghan soldier. four other -- people working with the coalition to cur the outer perimeter came unde...