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Contractors, security contractors who are there. they will be leaving soon. as you said, the american flag has been taken down as the u.s. diplomats left the embassy. they have gotten rid of all classified documents. they burned those in recent days. they've also gotten rid of anything that could be misused as propaganda against america in recent days, things that, you know, had the seal of the u.s. embassy on it. now, as this is happening, it is abrupt. it is chaotic. but the state department, secretary of state tony blinken is defending how this is going down, saying that it is orderly, and ...

Appreciate that. we have seen this frantic rush to get american personnel out of afghanistan. the u.s. embassy evacuated. the american flag has been taken off the building. with us now, kylie at wood at the state department and jeremy diamond at the white house. kiley, what more are we learning about the u.s. personnel that remain in afghanistan and how others are getting out? >> rapid developments today on this front. we now know that all the u.s. diplomats that were at the embassy in kabul have been taken to the airport in kabul. most of them are going to leave. they're going to go back to...

So the state the u.s. created was made of gunmen, private security contractors, drug lords, dead squads. the u.s. also created a state, largely privatized. most of the basic functions of the state were outsourced to private actors. so afghans were really hopeful for the u.s. invasion and for some sort of democracy instead were confronted with a corrupt, oppressive state and so every day, they were facing night raids, air strikes, disappearances and this way, they began to turn, especially the country side, against the american backers. >> you've gone deep on this question of who the taliban is...

The exit of british citizens and there are still around 4000 in the country, people like aid workers, people who work for ngos, security contractors, they are putting in those troops for a short—term to allow them to get flights out of kabul. there are still commercial flights in kabul. it will also be used to get some of the embassy staff who will not be remaining out and also some of those afghans who worked for the british over the past 20 years like translators, for example, to get them and their families out so they can resettle in the uk, those that have been allowed, so this is not ou...

Militarily? taste situation about uk forces engaging militaril ? ~ ~' 2, situation about uk forces engaging militaril ? ~ ~ ., ., ., militarily? we know that most of the british troops — militarily? we know that most of the british troops were _ militarily? we know that most of the british troops were there, _ militarily? we know that most of the british troops were there, 700, - militarily? we know that most of the british troops were there, 700, have already left. 150 to 170 still remain and it was thought they would stay to look after the embassy, we now know they probably will not. a sma...