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Pakistan's concerns in afghanistan was to deny india space. they thought they were going to use it as a staging ground for many insurgencies. unfortunately, the group that pakistan has generally contain relations with says that... that group has a worldview that is not necessarily progressive or forward—looking worldview. pakistan will not have it easy in the days to come. and the anger of the average afghan against pakistan will take a while to subside. will they tell us —— will the taliban remain beholden to pakistan? that is an open question. there will be some who will say why should...

Parading through the presidential palace in kabul just hours after the afghan president fled the country the capital city tonight filled with desperation and fear the u.s. military racing to evacuate all americans amid reports the only way out, the airport, was taking fire we are covering this from all angles tonight. we begin with richard engel in kabul >> reporter: the kabul airport is the only safe way out of afghanistan, and today there was nearly a run on it. afghans who could get visas rushed to foreign countries. for the united states, the airport is the staging ground to evacuate u.s. ...

Isolation. and they were then able to move into kabul, in an uncontested way, without firing a shot and move in to negotiate some kind of a transfer of power from the standing afghan government to the taliban. the president of afghanistan fled on sunday. we're waiting to see what the next transition phase will be for the government and for the people. the u.s. gets more forces in there and to maintain security at the airport. >> that was courtney kube starting us off. now, let's get the latest on the ground. here's nbc chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. >> reporter: the kabul airport ...

Kabul. we've been watching live pictures, seeing helicopters overhead as well. we caught up with you. what's transpired? what have you learned since then? >> reporter: i'm sorry, could you repeat that? you dropped out for part of the question. you said you saw some of the helicopters and then i lost audio. >> what are you seeing on the ground there, richard? what are you learning? >> reporter: well, i think it's hard right now. you can see one of the helicopters is passing overhead as we speak. and that has been happening all day long, as the diplomatic center of kabul is emptying out. not jus...

0 jaw-dropping developments. >> thank you, dan. appreciate it. we are nearing the top of the hour right here on msnbc as we continue to watch these live pictures coming from the city of kabul. a city that is right now encircled by the taliban. by some reports, the taliban have been spotted within the streets of the city. there are reports that negotiations are taking place within the presidential palace there in the capital city. it's not clear if ashraf ghani who is taking part of those negotiations. also, we got word on that power will be transferred to a third-party, a temporary third-party...