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That this collapse of the afghan government security forces was faster than he expected. general milley told us today "i had no intelligence saying it could happen in 11 days." our own colleague clarissa ward said this evening that nobody expected this could happen in 11 days. so as a result, the scenes that we're seeing are shocking and disorienting and you're seeing justifiable fear and panic among people who have good reason to be concerned for their lives. however we have not seen evidence of large scale loss of life. we have not had casualties among american troops. they have regained con...

Ramp up those evacuations over the next couple of weeks. 6,000 out so far according to the white house, something on the order of 60,000 to go. it's a very difficult challenge especially when you're dependent on cooperation from the taliban who are untrustworthy. the white house says they have some leverage, financial and otherwise, over the taliban so they'll try to sustain that. but the question is whether or not they can. and that test is still in front of us. as you indicated, president biden said he was not going to be bound by that august 31 deadline if there are still american citizens ...