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Starting in 2001, when the world trade towers were attacked. >> we will stay until the mission is done. >> reporter: the mission? to defeat al qaeda and kill its leader, osama bin laden, ultimately accomplished, driving out the taliban and building an afghan government that can survive on its own. >> we will stand with you as you defend your new democracy. >> reporter: it was a commitment lasting 20 years and costing the u.s. more than $2 trillion. >> america's commitment to you and to a secure, stable, and unified afghanistan, that remains firm >> afghans will secure and build their own natio...

Afghan government, and the army wouldn't fight. we have seen this in the iraqi army and mosul. 800 isis fighters had two iraqi divisions take to their heels. so i think that a lot of the problem isn't that the afghans lack courage. they don't. they are some of the bravest people on the face of the earth. but i think in large part, particularly the security forces, they just said, hey, these people aren't paying us. they are leaving us isolated, and they walked away from it? let's take a listen to. some of what the president has been saying recently about all of this. >> the likelihood there's ...

Into the military was worth it. but the troops killed since 2001 hadn't died in vain. george w. bush said it. barack obama said it. donald trump said it. joe biden said it. just in april. >> we have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 afghan personnel to date and hundreds of thousands over the past two decades and they'll continue to fight valiantly on behalf of the afghans at great cost. >> and yet, here we are. because no one wanted to tell the simple truth that american ingenuity in dollars and weaponry cannot remake the world in our image. our leaders knew. "the washingto...

Unified afghanistan, that remains firm. >> afghans will secure and build their own nation. and define their own future. >> we have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 afghan personnel today. >> more than 600,000 troops deployed multiple times working to train the afghan army as american military leaders promised they would one day be ready. >> the bulk of this country today is permissive, secure. >> we are building afghan security forces on track to take the lead for securing the entire country. >> they have capable ground, air and special operations forces. >> reporter: but ...

Think was surprised being able to march n as reported with very, very few people and right now the taliban is trying to establish some sort of control within that city. the american troops are in harm's way and have a dave task but they will succeed. >> i have to say, congressman, i hear what you're saying. also when you say something like nobody expected this, our reporters who have covered afghanistan for years who take exception to that, who say wait a second. we've been on the ground and we feared something like this could happen. president biden himself as recently as a month ago seemed t...