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Parliament is recalled to debate the situation in afghanistan. let's hear now from sharif karimi, who worked as an afghan interpreter for the british forces in helmand. he was speaking from kabul. right now, i am in kabul. the situation is not confirmed and we don't know what will happen in these days. we don't know who is in charge of the capital of afghanistan. people are just living in fear. they are scared. they don't know what will happen next because the situation is not good. there are many interpreters who are left in afghanistan because of some rejections. they have been rejected many...

They just shut down the airport till they secure it or until th marines arrived. how do you solve the problem? if the tele- band starts moving on the airport, what do we do then? in the 2500 was too many, we go nine now. >> all good questions. one piece about the translator, the interpreters, it wasn't tha they want to come to america. they were promised they would come to america. it was like if you are willing to help us we will keep you in your family safe. that was the reason some of the are desperately running. i don't even know if we have this, but there is a photograph or you can see of...

With getting and making sure that the americans are brought to safety as well as our allies and those that worked with us, the afghans, the interpreters, et cetera, is because -- i don't think there is any surprise for me of the will, or the lack of the will of the afghan security forces to fight. i don't think anyone saw that coming. so they seem to have just laid down despite the almost trillion dollars that we spent there, despite the training and the weaponry we have given them. they decided they will absolute me not fight. that's why we are right now. >> there is criticism coming from bot...

Able to put a perimeter around kabul but that looks doubtful. deployment of the u.s. troops is good. we want to avoid a complete collapse and saigon moment. we can avoid that. moving the troops in makes sense to me. but this administration appears quite clear they're going to cut the cord and get out. so we have to be thinking about follow on steps in an event that ensures american citizens, our allies, those who worked alongside us, the interpreters, for example, can get out as well. very dark moment. >> the american people, admiral, support this move. and yet i'm still surprised at our rapid...

Taliban and gains it made throughout the country. another point of interest because of scrutiny runtly is what role the u.s. is going to play, the interpreters, the translators, the drivers, the engineers, many of whom are now threatened. the president will likely focus on that as well, a serious of other issues. the white house says the former president, president trump, said the u.s. would withdrawal troops from may st and they have a decision to make. do we extend that or do we bring the rest of the troops out. >> peter alexander from 1600 pennsylvania avenue, thanks as always, sir. just ...