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And richard was right there in the middle of it. but now that the taliban have been able to take control of all of the provincial capitals, and then the whole country, including kabul, without fighting at all, not in a military operation. but what appears to be a negotiated surrender by afghan government forces and the afghan military. all over the country. as the taliban have now walked into kabul, without firing a shot. richard has been there recording around the clock, as they have taken over. we have been battling some technical difficulties, as you might imagine, for some obvious reasons....

Thousands of fighters, they actually didn't have all of these thousands of fighters. but they were able to live on that reputation, of having pushed out the soviet union. and it was a giant feather in their cap. they faded away. they got old. they got lazy. the taliban came in. and they, i don't know if it'll be for the next 20 years, they are now the ones who will benefit from that same kind of psychological boost. the initial war lords defeated the soviets, we defeated the united states. so, there were two scenarios here as things started to deteriorate. one that it would collapse into a civ...

The rush of people on to the runway in kabul international airport, did stop the evacuation process, because planes could not take, off or land. but those runways have been cleared. just over the last several minutes, planes of been coming in and taking off at a rapid pace. showing that the u.s. is trying to make up time, and get this done is urgently as possible. richard angle, nbc news, kabul >> during his remarks this afternoon, the president tried to address the growing questions of why the taliban was able to take over in a matter of months, we'll also seeming to shift some of the blame. ...

Afghanistan, and even halfway into those two decades, sons of americas pure failure were evident. in the summer 2010, rachel maddow went to afghanistan for two nights of live shows and traveled with nbc foreign correspondent richard angle, went to several different cities across the country reporting on what it was like to be un-american serving there at the direction of civilian politicians. she examine the country -- the military's counter insurgent strategy and learned what it really meant to poor billions of u.s. dollars into the country's central government. >> so, we are in a neighbor ho...

Obama's own ambassador to afghanistan. who said that we handed the country over to the taliban. and i was very surprised how strong worded he said. he questioned the ability for joe biden to be commander in chief, these are obama's own people. >> what about the impact of what we left behind. congresswoman jackie speier from the san francisco bay area told msnbc this, earlier today. >> this is a crisis of untold proportions. and i would agree with richard. this is an intelligence failure. we underestimated the taliban. and overestimated the resolve of the afghan army. >> the richard she's refer...