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Afghanistan if they don t pull a terrorist attack in the west again. ali arouzi raising the prospect of a taliban 2.0 and sharing those heart-wrenching stories of afghans on the ground. thank you. as for the president, he s been monitoring developments from camp david today. the white house tweeted this photo of president biden and vice president harris this morning, holding a teleconference with their national security team. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba is standing by for us on the north lawn. monica, what is the white house saying about the taliban s takeover of kabul and across the country? well, not that much, and that s because the only real administration voice we have heard from today was secretary of state antony blinken. many hours ago now, he did the rounds on the sunday shows where he did speak to the situation. but that was well before we saw, of course, the taliban inside the presidential palace and these latest developments. and that just really sp ....
Their eyes to be enough space to do so. when you look at the issue of intelligence, what will happen next? what are we learning about the reason as to why it accelerated and we now have the takeover of kabul on this sunday? so, there are several things at play here. one, some of my colleagues with the washington post reported that there had been a number of deals cut within afghanistan. commanders basically paid off to not fight. on top of that, there is a long time period in which afghan soldiers, rank and file afghan soldiers have not been paid. they have not been fed well. on agency they have struggled to get ammunition they need. i think all of that plays into why they would choose to lay down their arms. thank you, dan. let me join. joining us now is kevin barren, executive editor of defense one ....