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He had a very specific message that he wanted delivered. at the time, i don t think we quite understood the gravity of that message and the seriousness of it. but given what we now know about how closely u.s. intelligence has been tracking that threat, it s clear that the isis-k danger is very real. and we saw that yesterday in in such an ugly and brutal fashion. and the fear now becomes are we going to see more of it? terror analysts say, anderson, you know, he wouldn t be drawn on the subject of transnational attacks. they say, you know, we are five years away from potentially having to worry about a group like isis-k carrying out some kind of an international attack. but the threat for the people in afghanistan remains. and the question of whether the taliban can counter these groups, or whether afghanistan becomes a safe haven for terrorists, again. these are all very pressing questions that are now rising, again, to the fore, anderson. has has isis-k really been ....
Good evening. we begin tonight with a name. riley mc calla. the first of 13 names of 13 people that should never be forgotten. riley mccallum was a marine. he was just 20 years old. he was as old as the war he served and died in. his older sister tells us her brother wanted to be a marine his whole life. so much so even as a toddler, he walked around with a toy rifle in his diapers and cowboy boots. this was his first deployment. that he was sent to afghanistan when the evacuation began and had been manning the checkpoint when that suicide bomb was detonated yesterday. riley, she said, wanted to be a history teacher and a wrestling coach when he return today civilian life. he had a baby due in just three weeks. three weeks. she said he will be remembered by his family and friends and those who loved him, and there are many who loved him and knew ....
There is the broader question going forward, anderson, of the whole premise of this withdrawal was predicated on the idea that the taliban could assure that afghanistan would never, again, become a safe haven for terrorists. and can the u.s. continue to take the taliban at its word on there this front? is the taliban able to successfully quash groups like isis-k, especially when the u.s. has left and doesn t have, as alex mentioned, eyes and ears on the ground to have a better sense of what these groups are doing. and some of their bases, as we know, anderson, are in very rural and remote areas. it s simply not possible, many fear, for the taliban to be across all these threats. also, as you know better than anybody, the idea that the taliban are going to be able to, you know, man checkpoints and, you know, operate in a manner which trained forces usually do. i mean, these are these are ....
Attack and that there were still people trying to get out and they were going to continue the mission. absolutely. you have to remember that these soldiers weren t just trying to find and save their countrymen and women from afghanistan and get american citizens out, but it was also very deeply important to many soldiers and veterans groups that their partners on the battlefield were brought in, that promises were kept, the special immigrant visas essentially that were promised to interpreters and those who worked with the u.s. military, that, you know, people waited years for those. and suddenly an announcement that america is evacuating people but will be gone in days led to so many people who were somewhere along the way in that process. whether they had the visa or some sort of paperwork. they had an acknowledgement of the application, but, it was, quote, in process. for the american soldiers there they understand that they don t want to leave behind those who ....
Least. yeah. well, we were enemies last week and this week we are sharing intelligence. and we re giving them lists of americans who need to come through their checkpoints. it s it s it s very, very odd. but it could lead to a better outcome. it could lead to a situation where the taliban moderate their behavior. and the united states, in turn this is after we leave the united states and our allies, in turn, provide them access to afghanistan s money. provide them access to some of the technology they need to run the country. the country is in very bad economic shape, and will collapse economically unless we cooperate with the taliban. and bill burns, the cia director, said that to the taliban military leader. i think we both know we need them, and they need us. it s become a very strange k co-dependency. the taliban, though, it does not seem from everything i ve ....