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With the acute and growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis-k, an isis affiliate in afghanistan, which is a sworn enemy of the talibani as well. every day we're on the ground is another day we know that isis-k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. >> it's hard to overstate the complexity and the danger of this effort. we're operating in a hostile environment in a city and t country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution. but this is very high ri...

Applicants and their family si members. i'm of the belief that we can get that done probably in a matter of weeks substantially. i don't think there's a path to. get that done between now and t the end of the month and that'sn why i've said we have to make ai sure that we're focusing on the mission and the actual numbers, as opposed to a date on the calendar. but i'm not talking about a mission that goes in perpetuity or even months.at i think we can do this in a couple of weeks but we certainly have to be diligent about it and it's not without risk. a >> colorado congressman and combat vetera...

General eric holder, thank you very much for joining us. tonight >> thank. >> you that is all for all in this evening. this evening and -- and an elite u.s. army ranger unit had gone on a mission in a dangerous part of wardak province. wardak province is just southwest of kabul. and those elite rangers were on a mission to go after a senior figure in the taliban. and they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, bd helicopter. once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of , significant fight on the ground. and a decision was made that a sec...

Isis-k, an arch enemy of the taliban. people who were freed when both those prisons were opened.ot has been planning a complex set of attacks on united states personnel and others. this is why, from the outset, i've repeatedly said this mission was extraordinarily dangerous. and why i have been so determined to limit the duration of this mission. as general mckenzie said, this is why our mission was designed -- this is the way it was designed to operate. operating under severe stress un and attack. and as i've been in constant contact with our senior-military leaders, and i mean constant, ta r...

Locations of leadership and what their positions are.wh and then attack them with long-distance precision-guided munitions. but because we're not on the ground anymore, it becomes extremely difficult for us to o exactly pinpoint where all these things are. we're not going to be able to o rely on people on the ground. afghans on the ground even to tell us what's going on. t we're going to have to listen to lots and lots of phone conversations. go up a lot of blind alleys before we -- look, we got osama bin laden after missing him a number of times. it took us a long, long time to get him. l we ...