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Appeals for calm here certainly, but i have to say one of the former members of staff of president ghani referred to this as him running away. and, most importantly, we had been expecting for weeks, even months if you listen to u.s. diplomacy some sort of transitional power-sharing agreement. more clearly that has not happened. the president has left the country. there is nothing that we are aware of at this point to shore up political factions here and prevent the taliban from simply moving in and taking power. and a lot of the reports we're hearing here is they are slowly moving around the c...

Marines into kabul airport with the air cover that will doubtless come with brings a slight security blanket to parts of the capital. they will of course be near the embassy as well and that encompasses a fair bit of the capital which at this stage is still very much in government hands. i have to tell you atmosphere of panic is palpable even here in london. but over this next two to three week period as the americans try to do the very difficult task in what may well become a warzone with a lot of very desperate afghans trying to get the same thing, which is a plane out, they will find that t...

Afghanistan. nick, as the united states prepares to leave that country, thousands of american troops are headed back in. they're going to help with a really complicated and poten potentially dangerous process of evacuating american diplomats. tell us what is going on there. >> reporter: tomorrow we'll see 3,000 marines land in kabul. whether the u.s. had a presence for quite a long time but this is the focus of the security operation providing a bit more of a security blanket into the rest of kabul towards the embassy. quite a big area potentially there. the marines will have influence over an...

7 million people? many doubt that. they could possibly encircle it and there has been a lot of noise until the last two or three hours this afternoon, really, about diplomacy, about maybe the room for negotiation here. the u.s. always pushing a plan that essentially would have a cease-fire and a transitional government. pretty clear, though, that the afghan president ashrafgani wasn't keen on that plan. 3,000 u.s. troops piling into the international airport in kabul any time from now, frankly, that will possibly buy a little bit of time in kabul. they will bring a bit of security blanket with...

Out again and america will be faced with the decision to pull these troops out effectively by being in kabul in such extraordinary numbers. there's 600 brits going as well separately. that provides a slight security blanket around some key institutions for the next few weeks. i have to say, though, one senior official i spoke to in kabul was really taken aback and distraught at hearing this announcement. i've never heard someone sound so betrayed, how darkly they're per sceiving what america is dog right now. the simple decision to send troops into harm's way just to get their people out, i th...