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Feelings? do you go as far as saying to yourself, what did we do this for? as a result of now seeing the taliban taking over. what are your thoughts? >> yes. you would like to say, i wish i could go back and change things and things would be so much different if i could have a little bit more say or action on the ground or whatever the case may be. but ultimately, when i look back at my experience, it's not about what's happening today, it's what i did while i was there. and ultimately, i provided security and safety for a lot of people and a lot of the afghani population that they didn't have...

Asked if any of these girls would be going to school and i was told, absolutely not. girls don't go to school. and when i said why don't girls go to school? they said taliban says it's bad. >> reporter: here, what the taliban says goes. this is now what afghanistan's future looks like. far from what the u.s. once envisioned and what so many afghans dreamed of. as the taliban pushes on towards an all but certain victory. clarissa ward, cnn, gazni province, afghanistan. >> reaction from some veterans who served in afghanistan has been strong. u.s. general robert abrams in active duty four star g...

Profile so you can continue to live and breathe . i haven't heard a vet that said let's keep staying in afghanistan, but it's the why. why now? why this way and why are we abandoning these people? >> and then, dan, what are your concerns or worries about the afghan allies that, you know, tom was talking about? we heard our kim dozier earlier who has covered the u.s. wars in afghanistan and iraq extensively that said many of the after began military that essentially abandoned ship wasn't necessarily because of their lack of will but because the taliban was far more influential and they had to l...