the united states could not provide any state relief. sec. austin: it is a very dynamic environment, as you can imagine. there have been things that occurred that we do hear reports of -- people getting turned away by checkpoints, going back and reinforce the taliban, having credentials they need through. that is working better than it was. quite frankly, we have a major issue right now -- processing people who are there as fast as we possibly can. it is not a dearth of people getting there. it is being able to move the folks there through so we can them on the aircraft. there been some unfortunate incidents. we continue to work to make sure there is safe passage for the people trying to get to the airport. >> has the military asked the taliban and have they declined? sec. austin: we continue to work on that. we have gone and emphasized that people who are trying to get to the airport have the right credentials and need to be allowed through. >> if the taliban entering kabul, people are worried that the longer they wait, even if it means seve

states. i think we have a profound ethical and moral obligation to do the very best we can to meet those who have worked with us, to help them find freedom and security. thank you all. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create lifted zones so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> now, an update on evacuations in afghanistan from pentagon spokesperson jki

>> a lot is being driven by the outrage domestically within the united states. it's one of those occasions that domestic politics may decide foreign policy posture. i think the background is that the u.s. and the taliban together successfully negative s negotiated a deal. a lot of criticism on biden takes that for granted, that for the past two years things looked fine with 2500 soldiers, but that's because they weren't attacking us. if we stayed for another 18 months, they would have started attacking again. the doha deal was lived up to. even now in afghanistan the taliban are letting the united states evacuate its people. we want to get americans out without any getting killed, because that gives the basis that at least the doha agreement was observed. they didn't attack us on the way out. isolating the taliban, you begin to treat them like a terrorist state. you begin to treat them in that manner, then they will become that. the taliban could lose control over some parts of the territory, which then anybody could come in and control it. or they would see us

i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i am deeply saddened by the facts we now face, but i do not regret my decision to end america's war fighting in afghanistan, and maintain a laser focus on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. our mission to degrade the terrorist threat of al qaeda in afghanistan and kill osama bin laden was a success. our decades long effort to overcome centuries of history and permanently change and remake afghanistan was not, and i wrote and believed it never could be. i cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country's civil war. taking casualties, suffering life shattering injuries, leaving families broken by grief and loss. this is not in our national security interest. it is not what the american people want. it is not what our troops who have sacrificed so much over the past two decades deserve. i made a commitment to the american people when i ran for president that i would bring america's military involvement in afghanistan to an end.

with the even welcome that coming from the united states? i know that the british are trying to pass a bill to get humanitarian aid to people that are still there in kabul. so i wondered, coming from the british were coming from the americans, would that be some thing that would be welcome there? guest: and what was your name, sorry? caller: robin. guest: robin, that is a really beautiful name which by the way. thank you for your kind words. there's a very simple principle in life. it says that your neighbor comes first, and that means that people in the your quality -- in your locality deserve help deserve help more than people that are further away because right now, we don't really have a government. there's not really security for any aid process that might start. so what you can do is reach out to your local representatives. see if they are helping in the process of accepting more afghan evacuees. find out where they are. go to them. imagine, these people left in their own clothes. they didn't even have a bag. they weren't allowed to ca

states, whether anything dealing with the united states under the taliban rule or any rule. so what i was saying that we have agreement that they will let pass through the checkpoints that they the taliban control, let the americans through. >> but given this, given the negotiations with the taliban, scenes we are saying, can you fully explain why the plan wasn't to go ahead with these evacuations both americans and allies before the drawdowns began, before bagram was closed looking back several months? because whether it was now or several months from now, there seems to be a broad consensus that the taliban would make these gains and this would be needed at some point? >> well, yeah, at some point. but the point was that although we were in contact with the taliban and doha for this whole period of time, that some point wasn't expected to be the total demise of the afghan national forces, which was 300 persons. let's assume the afghan national force had continued to fight and they were surrounding kabul. it would be a very different story. very different story. but the ove

the united states stands by his commitment we made to these people. it includes other vulnerable afghans, such as women leaders, and journalist. working in close coordination with the management of the night -- unite -- new york times and washington post, we have evacuated all 204 of their employees in afghanistan on military aircraft earlier this week. we have established the flow flights, and we have increased people who are moving out of the country. we pause flights to process the evacuees in our transports. our commander has already given the odor for outbound flights resume. even with the pause, we moved 5000 evacuees yesterday. we are working on a variety of ways to verify that number as we work on this, because we do not know the exact number of people who are there. we do not know who may have come home, and we want to get a strong number on exactly on the people are there, how many american citizens are not coming where they are. among them americans -- the americans we evacuated, many got over the wall using military assets. we are also fac

over 66,000 by the united states and over 37,000 by our allies and partners and that includes bringing out about 5000 americans. as the secretary of state of sagacity, we believe there are about 1000, probably a little more than 1000 american citizens left in afghanistan at this point. we are doing everything we can in concert with the department state partners to reach out to them and to help them leave if they want to leave and remember, not everybody wants to leave. yesterday, we brought in over 500 american citizens. it would be difficult to overestimate the number of unusual challenges and competing competing demands better forces on the ground have based. that that to ouweve seen today. the professional way that our forces have overcome the challenges and to deliver the results that we talked about in my opening remarks to the number of people we have been able to extract from afghanistan. it also be remiss of me not to mention the tremendous contributions of our coalition partners and they stood with us on the ground and also the international partners who supported the evacuati

>> most certainly, the united states government has been negotiating with the taliban for a period of time. it appears that it might be some arrangements with the taliban, the special envoy by president trump initially, and it's plausible he has an agreement for the safe exit of u.s. personnel, as well as those who have helped the united states over the last 20 years, and the taliban are extremely unreliable. they have been saying that they will not attack the country, they will not try to take the country militarily and yet they have gone ahead and did exactly that. i am concerned. i think the risks are there and there's a reason to believe they might find a soft soft landing. >> is the return of the taliban -- >> this is a devastating outcome, especially the millions of girls, young women have gone through the education and this was not the case pre 9/11. they have fought the onslaught of the national military alliance, and that made them more formidable, and for that reason, you know, i fear the worst for the women of pakistan. >> oh, my god. you focus on counterterrorism, and does

thousands more have been evacuated on private charter flights as legitimate united states government. this number includes american citizens and permanent residents, as well as their it includes siv applicants and their families. those afghans who have worked alongside us, served alongside of us, gone into combat with us and provided valuable services, such as translators and interpreters. the united states stands by its commitment that we made to these people, and includes other vulnerable afghans such as women leaders and journalists. in fact, working in close coordination with the management of the new york times, the washington post and the wall street journal, we have successfully evacuated all 204 of the employees in afghanistan in u.s. military aircraft. we have established the flow of flights, and we have increased the number of people moving out of the country. we paused flights in kabul a few hours this morning to make sure we could process arriving evacuees are transit points. but our commander in kabul has already given the order for outbound flights to resume. even with t

many will try to come to the united states. it is unclear how the taliban will deal with that issue. the taliban has already said it does not want afghans to leave and that they are safe in afghanistan. clearly a lot of the population does not agree with that sentiment. host: what does the fall of afghanistan mean for pakistan? guest: i think pakistan sees this as a blessing and a curse. they have a long-standing relationship with the taliban. it helped establish the taliban. over the years, they provided a lot of backing to the taliban, particularly housing and hosting leaders in providing medical facilities for wounded fighters. in the past, it provided a lot of military assistance as well. it was a taliban sponsor. on one level, it is a strategic victory for pakistan, that the taliban is now in control in afghanistan. pakistan has long had a strategic goal of seeing the government in afghanistan that is firmly to pakistan. and there has not been that since 2001. what is a problem for pakistan which is a concern is the taliba

states. the mission of the evacuation operation was to help as many people as possible leave afghanistan. some of these evacuees including american citizens, and country nationals or afghans whose credentials permitted them to depart without processing military installation. personnel continue to work closely with both government and nongovernmental agencies to provide additional capabilities for families as they continued their tradition. while operations in afghanistan will conclude soon, the effort is ongoing. the department of defense continues to support humanitarian relief operations. in haiti the u.s. military assets have flown 560 stories providing rapid logistical and airlift support. on the gulf coast, as of this morning in coordination with fema and our national guard has activated more than 5000 200 personnel in louisiana, mississippi, texas and alabama in response to the hurricane. they bring a variety of assets including high water vehicles and other transportation capability to

from the united states, the brigade combat team we mention from the second airborne division is prepared to go to kuwait as a ready reserve force. they are now preparing to deploy. i do not have information that suggests they are on the way right now. but i suspect, in very short order, they will start to deploy and to arrive. movement of some of the neighbors we talked about yesterday, designated to support the special immigrant visa processing in the region has also been done. these are primarily medical personnel. i think i told you yesterday it is a mix of medical personnel and military police and electrical engineers. they are preparing to go. i do not have an indication that they have actually left. they are not going into afghanistan. they are originally going to be sent into the region for further use as needed to support the process. as far as aircraft are concerned, to support the movement of civilian personnel, transcom is working on their plans and sourcing solutions with air mobility command and working it out with central command, as well, to support this mission. forces an

in turn, six flights will transport about 3300 people from europe to the united states. i cannot say enough how important the contribution of our allies and our partners has been in this massive global operation. additionally, more evacuees continue to arrive stateside and are moving to designated installations throughout northcom. general van will provide a more focused briefing on this extensive briefing later today. in conclusion, i will reiterate what general mckenzie said yesterday. there are more than 5000 u.s. service members in harm's way, saving as many people as they can. it's a noble mission. we have seen firsthand how dangerous that mission is, but isis will not deter us from accomplishing this mission. we appreciate your thoughts and prayers for all of our service members who are carrying on this mission today. above all, we remain focused on evacuating american citizens and other personnel designated by the department of state, safeguarding the lives of those whom we are providing assistance and keeping american troops say, -- safe, thank you. >> i just hav

a testament to the power and purpose of the united states and our allies. i want to provide an update on american citizens. we have helped thousands of americans leave kabul already. we contacted american still in afghanistan by email, by phone, by text to give them specific instructions. we have developed a method to safely and efficiently transport groups of american citizens onto the airfield. for operational reasons, i'm not going to go into further detail on this. many people have asked reasonably why we cannot provide a precise number of american citizens still in the country. let me explain. when americans have come to afghanistan over the years, we asked them to register with the embassy. many have left without the registering. others never register at all. that is their right, of course. and it's our responsibility to find them, which we are now doing hour-by-hour. in the days remaining, we believe we have the wherewithal to get out the american citizens who want to leave kabul. this operation is complex. it is dangerous, it is fraught with challen

we already have some security forces, united states security forces at the airport, including some aviation elements. these 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate the movement of all these people over the next couple of weeks. again, this is about prudent preparation, and we want to make sure we got enough on hand to adapt to any contingencies. so i -- your question about the numbers being too high, we believe it's appropriate to the security situation that we see now and that we can anticipate possibly in the future, which is again why we're going to flow a brigade combat team into the theater to be ready in case we need even more. now, hopefully, courtney, this will be an incredibly permissive environment, and we won't need these additional capabilities, but the secretary believes the safety and security of our people, not just american troops but our allies and partners and our state department colleagues is of paramount concern, and he's not going to add additional risk to that safe movement. >> kandahar and kurat,

this danger and death is part of at least the possible risk equation of the united states under taken. the hospitals in kabul reported 60 people injured. including children. the reporting here had been fluent in what has been a terrible situation on the ground. >> the pentagon referred to this as a complex attack. they do believe it is carried out by isis. something the president also mentioned his remarks. officials are working on a full attribution. i say continue the evacuation mission, august 31st, self-imposed deadline is closing in. we bring in our experts now. ash carter as well as our long time correspondent, katty kay. >> excuse me, i would say mr. jacobson, your view of what it means this is a security situation on the ground zz what if anything you make of the president's remark tonight saying? >> thank you, ari. what's happening is a complicated situation and getting everyone more complicated. with the president's pot si that we are going to be do this evacuation and be out july 31st. you have to balance security. with the need to bring in thousands more afghans who served

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to our viewers in pbs, -- on pbs in the united states, welcome. chaos overwhelms kabul. pressure is growing on the u.s. to extend beyond withdrawal deadline of august 31. the taliban saying if that happens, there will be consequences. >> people coming here risk their lives, dozens going on. international military personnel complete evacuation before the final u.s. withdrawal. >> there in communication with the taliban to increase throughput and facilitate safe passage for individuals working to gain access to the airport. >> the european union and the u.k. have called for an extension to the withdrawal deadline but the taliban responded with a warning that any delay would be met with unspecified consequences. >> president biden announced that they would withdraw all of their military forces. if they extended, that means they are extending all of this. >> the situation in the kabul airport corrupted into more violence. desperate afghans have had their families split apart or put their lives on the line to escape. one woman gave birth aboard u.s. military plane just after

of course, the united states is doing pretty well with getting numbers out. it's extraordinary that they're doing that. the problem is it isn't just about america. there's also a lot of brits there. we've all got a lot of afghans whose lives will be in danger because of support they've given who desperately need to leave the country and they've got a very short window to get out. it would be nice if we could have an extension of the deadline, but personally i understand why the president said what he did. it's important that we get people out and help people get to the airport and get them through the gates, onto the tarmac and into the aircraft. this is not just about america getting out by the deadline. it's about a lot of others as well. >> and those are no small things you just laid out, getting people to kabul, getting people to the airport, getting people through the gate and on the tarmac. all of those things are pinch points and things that people are not capable of doing in some regard. ambassador, i have to tell you the nato ambassador who preceded

troops are leaving , the united states remains deeply engaged. we will continue to support afghanistan through security, humanitarian development, and diplomatic support. the afghan people deserve the just and lasting peace, security and understanding peace makes possible. we will do all we can to advance that goal and will continue to welcome afghan immigrants and refugees as our neighbors in gratitude for helping us survive danger. thank you. >> i am a co. afghan woman, i suffer, i know a lot. thank you very much for your service. afghan people have suffered a lot, like afghan journalists, especially women. they are under a lot of risk in afghanistan. any good news for this group? and the taliban are increasing their attacks and today the u.s. embassy in british and the kabul said the taliban killed innocent people in kandahar. [indiscernible] sec. blinken: so, with regard to afghans who may fear persecution , may fear violence and who may not qualify either for the special immigrant visa program, or the p2 program, they can avail themselves of

you would not think we would have to explain that to a president of the united states. let's get back now before this tragic situation gets worse. i want to thank the troops, to the families that lost loved ones, to those who have served before into all the goldstar families. you will not be forgotten. you did the job you are asked. you do not deserve the withdrawal of this it -- of this biden administration and the lack of action from nancy pelosi in your time of need. with that, let's take questions. >> explain what you would expect from a briefing. i know it's hard to brief members on sensitive matters when congress is not in session but when you talk about bringing congress back to have a briefing , many members were disappointed , what would that achieve? what would you want congress to do? is there some piece of legislation to lay out? what is concrete in terms of bringing congress back. >> you have five days before the president lets the taliban dictate that we leave americans in afghanistan. five days counting today. what can we do? we have watched the last brie

blinken: good evening. 18 days ago, the united states and our allies began our evacuation and relocation operation in kabul. as you just heard from the pentagon a few hours ago, that operation was completed. more than 123,000 people have been safely flown out of afghanistan. that includes about 6000 american citizens. this has been a massive military, diplomatic and humanitarian undertaking, one of the most difficult in our nations history. an extraordinary feat of logistics and coordination under some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. many people made this possible. i want to commend our outstanding diplomats who worked around-the-clock and around the world to coordinate the operations. they volunteered for duty at the kabul airport, flew they deployed two ports of and to an american military bases to welcome afghans to their new homes. they stopped a 24/7 task force in washington. they built a list of americans possibly seeking to leave afghanistan, then worked to contact every one of them repeatedly, sending 33,000 emails and 55,000 emails -- 55,000 phone calls since a

states or that you can to the president of the united states. but i expect once any calls are completed we'll provide you all an update. >> i want to know if the house has any reaction to the swath of republican lawmakers who are now calling on the president to resign over there. >> nancy, i have to say that seeing some of this occur or be called for or put out on twitter the backdrop here is the u.s. men and women of the military deployed on the ground are bravely continuing to implement a mission to save lives on the ground. american citizens, afghan partners, many people that some of these same individuals calling for us to evacuate. yesterday they lost 13 of their own and the president made absolutely clear that we're going to hunt down, go after and kill the terrorists responsible. everyone should be responsible for that. >> now is not the time? >> correct. go ahead. >> thank you. when the president says we will hunt you down and make you pay, what does that look like? is he going to order a mission to kill the people responsible for satisf

states made not only to key partners, but to those who help the united states over the past 20 years, because there is a real understanding on the ground in afghanistan right now, and the people that we talked to who are fleeing, they understand that anyone who worked with the united states or with nato countries will be a target for the taliban, so when you sort of step back from the story and you think about the message sent from the united states to u.s. allies around the world, whether it is israel, countries across europe, the question is, can you depend on the united states? and that's something that analysts are going to talk about, opinion commentators who will look at in the coming days and weeks, but on the ground the people most affected by these decisions, these foreign policy decisions made in washington are actually the civilians. the people who now and afghanistan will have to live a made the taliban, the civilians who in many cases will have to rely on american aid simply to survive because you have the snowball effect after conflict and after takeover of an extremist

states, again, instituted several weeks ago and now put the united states in a position where we're backing -- we're within a week now of that 31 august date. so this is an extraordinary situation. if i may segue to a point. if the number was 11,000 -- my numbers are between 11,000 and 15,000. let's say we have 7,000 americans still waiting to be evacuated and tens of thousands of partners that stood by us, but don't forget our allied partners that have been with us since the operation of enduring freedom in 2001. not only our afghan partners but our allies standing by us and spending blood and treasure alongside us. very difficult, extraordinary situation. i've never seen this in my 34 years on active duty certainly. >> is it your sense then, general, that the americans that want to get out, they might have a shot hoff getting out but anyone not american is not getting out? forget about how many in the next wave might be non-americans but doesn't matter. at this point, it's not happening. >> my sense is we're getting danger close to closing that chapter. my hope is that we don't le

states completing its withdrawal from f anna stanley on day, ending america's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises, and a frantic final exit that costs the lives of 180 afghans and 13 u.s.'s -- 13 u.s. service members, some barely older than the war. that's from the associated press. we are joined on the line by a defense reporter from politico. good morning. >> good morning -- guest: good morning, thank you for having me. host: we showed that photo of chris donahue exiting. not the typical kind of final departure ceremony when the u.s. wraps up an engagement. was there any other kind of ceremony to market? -- mark that? guest: not really, they were the last americans on the ground yesterday, two of the last, one of the last flights out of the country yesterday. it's really a historic day. we cannot forget 2400 american lives that we lost in afghanistan over the last 20 years as well as $83 billion spent on the country. it's really a huge effort and to see it go out like this, this was certainly not t

more than 66,000 from the united states and over 37,000 by our allies. that includes bringing out about 5000 americans. the secretary of state said yesterday, we believe there are about 1000, a little more than a thousand american citizens in afghanistan at this point. we are doing everything we can in concert with our partners to reach out to them and help them leave if they want to leave. not everybody wants to leave. yesterday, we brought in over 500 american citizens. it would be difficult to overestimate the number of unusual challenges and demands our forces on the ground face. the threats to our forces particularly from isis-k is very real as we have seen today. i would also like to express the pride i have in the creative and determined and professional way our forces have overcome the challenges and deliver the results we talked about in my opening remarks. the number of people we have been able to extract from afghanistan. i'd be remiss not to mention the tremendous contributions of our many coalition partners as they stood with us on the groun

caller: do you know what that could have done in the united states, for the homeless? schools? i think we ought to pull out of all the countries, bring our troops home, let the countries take care of themselves. host: paul in indiana. the human cost of the war in afghanistan. the number of u.s. service members killed through april of this year, 2448. another 3000 contractors. allied forces including those from nato member states, and additional 1144. afghan national military and police personnel killed, 66,000. tens of thousands of afghan citizens. those numbers from the associated press. earl is next, in indiana, republican. what did the war in afghanistan mean? caller: i believe this is the start of armageddon. the last days. people rioting in the streets. the young people rise up against their parents. we will have destruction everywhere. we will have all kinds of destruction. we are getting ready for the one world government, the one world church. that is what the bible says it is coming to. we are heading for the battle of armageddon. israel was -- host: we got your point.

this isn't a debate unique to the united states. the issues are palpable, and they are clearly before us. but i also think there was a good case to keep doing what we were doing, 12,000 total nato troops was down more than 90% from the peak and enough to give afghan forces some backbone, enough to allow a peace process to begin and over time there was a chance the peace process could have evolved in a favourable direction so this will go down as a very sad and tragic day, and also a bad decision by nato writ large, the united states taking the brunt of it now as we should but other nato countries have been wrestling with these questions and made these kinds of decisions and an that stop together for so long so well is coming out of this with a mission that may have kept terrorism at bay for 20 years but didn't achieve its goals for afghanistan itself. ~ . ., achieve its goals for afghanistan itself. a ., ., itself. michael was saying that clearly afghans _ itself. michael was saying that clearly afghans haven't - itself. michael was

triggered by an attack on the united states. when the united states dissented to end its presence, it was -- for allies to do the same. we will continue to work for a stable afghanistan for many reasons. but also to prevent a flow of refugees from again stan -- from afghanistan to europe and other countries. the united states has stated they are ready to take and receive and resettle afghans who have worked for them over these years. we all need to make an effort to prevent a new flow of migrants coming from afghanistan. >> than expression we go to -- >> thanks. i would like to take you back to the nato summit in june where there was a clear commitment combined to the withdrawal of forces to stand with the afghan people. [indiscernible] not at least to safeguard the human rights for particularly women, children and minorities. is it possible in the situation to stand firm on this promise, and how will you see the future of commitments that the leaders gave? >> the situation in afghanistan is evolving. therefore it is hard to pre

there remains the united kingdom, the united states, and a few other countries. they would all have to finish before the u.s. pulls out on sunday or on tuesday. it is going to be a case that the window of opportunity to escape from afghanistan is rapidly closing, and that will come as terrible news for those outside the airport who now think they will not be able to escape and may be the victim of a future terrorist attack. mark: indeed. more and more people will be rushing towards the point of exit. this is the last opportunity to get out. this fight warnings that people should not go to the airport, that they should return to safe areas. people will be offered other means to get out of afghanistan over the country's borders, but i think there is this desperation on the part of many journalists, lawyers, judges, people from civil society that this is a last-ditch bid to get out of the country before it is too late and they have a very uncertain future under a taliban that is not a homogenous group, where as part of the taliban is saying there will be amnesty and

it is not just the united states that has confidence. it is not something merely enshrined in international law. yesterday, i spoke about a joint statement that the united states but together with 98 signatories over the course of the past day. the signatories have grown, there are now over 100 countries. countries from albania to zambia. they have signed on to the statement, calling on all parties to respect and facilitate the safe and orderly department of foreign nationals and afghans who wish to leave the country. a part and parcel of that is safe passage to the compound. >> many are not evacuating. the chinese and russians are still there. they are going about day-to-day business. sec. price: this is a sovereign decision that every country will have to come to. when it comes to the united states, you have heard us say before that this president has no higher priority than the safety and security of americans who are serving overseas. that is why as the situation again to change rapidly late last week, we made the decision to begin r

america lost. 20 years ago this fall, the united states launched a war to oust the taliban as leaders of afghanistan. today, in the final stretch of america's withdrawal, the taliban resumed power. raising the question of what the last 20 years were for. and what the future holds for a country awash in chaos and hardship, and in particular, women and girls there who tonight have been plunged back into rule by a regime dedicated to their subjugation. new video from al jazeera shows what the end of a fragily democratic government looks like. it reportedly shows the taliban inside the presidential palace in kabul, sitting in the chair that afghan president ashraf ghani relinquished just hours ago. he fled his country after the taliban advanced into kabul. he posted a statement on facebook saying he thought it was best to, quote, get out. president biden and vice president harris are monitoring developments by the hour, both were briefed by the national security team this morning. biden remains at camp david tonight. but hundreds have gathered outside the white house, hoping to convince t

the united states was in fact even providing errors support. they were not having direct talks to coordinate that air support. but just to give some context to what we said, perhaps it gives a clever picture of what the taliban may be able to do in afghanistan right now. or where their motivations may lie. they have been fighting this group, but to get back to your question, to think about what it means for what it means to afghans and with the afghan government to means to them. it depends on the rural i've urban divide. they were probably a many people who benefited from this government, who responded to their needs. you saw in the league urban class buildup, lots of progress, incredible progress for women and girls especially. and in rural areas you can see a very different story, people who have been desperate to leave the country, to seek economic opportunity elsewhere. and in these battlefield provinces, where the war has been raging, incredible death tolls becoming face to face with a lot of the corruption we are talking about. my own re

in particular, turkey, the united states and united kingdom for the vital role in securing the airport. operations at the airport are readily resuming. during today's meeting, allies announced they are sending additional airplanes. we also maintained our diplomatic presence. they have been working closely with allies and the rest of the international community to chordate and facilitate the evacuation. we remain committed to completing evacuations including our afghan colleagues as soon as possible. the taliban must respect and facilitate the safe departure of all of those who wish to leave. the airport as well as roads and border crossings must be open. all afghan men, women and children deserve to live in safety and dignity. there must be a peaceful transfer of power to an inclusive government with no revenge or retribution. a government that does not respect the rights of all afghans and reinstates the reign of fear risks international isolation. the united states agreed with the taliban last year that u.s. troops would withdraw by may. after many rounds of consultations, all allies

. >>> and good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, august 20th, and thousands of americans and their afghan allies are desperately trying to escape from afghanistan this morning. and time may be running out. just in, the u.s. embassy is warning of safety uncertainty getting to the kabul airport. 3,000 people were evacuated from kabul in the last 24 hours on 16 military transport flights. about 1/10 of them we're told were u.s. citizens. for those left behind, the desperation is building. video showing a young afghan child being handed over to american troops, a baby we are told, on top of the wall at the airport perimeter. >>> and president biden will address the nation at 1:00 p.m. eastern today after getting briefed later this morning on afghanistan. all u.s. senators will also be briefed virtually this afternoon. >>> we also have new details about a classified cable sent to the state department by u.s. diplomats back in mid july, calling for swift action to prevent a catastrophe in afghanistan. >>> a top u.s. commande

installations here in the united states, we will do that. right now we think we can get up to 22,000 and relatively short order. we will see where that goes. >> aside from applicants who at risk, when you look at airbases in italy or other unite states bases in the continent -- sec. kirby: that is a question to put to the state department that runs the immigration process. that would not be are call to make. >> the secretaries said there is a need to call more forces, or does he act as the white house first? sec. kirby: if he was going to make a major muscle movement in terms of additional forces of significant size, he would actually want to have that conversation with the commander-in-chief. >> given that there is a possibility for troop movement, is that preauthorized? sec. kirby: i'm not going to get into the planning process. we feel like, with the additional capacity that we have, should there be a need to expand the mission in any way, we have what we require, and if that would change, if it will require change, you can bet that gener

on the link to see what will happen and when they will be able to come to the united states, it's something that is question kristen: are you getting the sense the situation is deteriorating and panic is rising? >> people over there are really panicked. really in disbelief of what happened to them because they saw the taliban the far -- before and know what they can do. they are afraid, especially families with children and girls, what will happen to them and their schools. these are a lot of questions people have. kristen: in the last 20 years, you have seen girls extending their education, going to the workplace, they can walk the streets about a male relative. and i know you have been a champion of afghan women's rights and worked on that mission. how worried are you that the taliban won't uphold their promise? that they won't uphold women's rights? >> i cross my fingers, the only thing i can do. i cannot do anything right now. there are a lot of women who work on men's rights issues women's rights issues, who work in offices, who are texting is asking how to leave. i am working with a w

states and the international community, but largely led by the united states, suddenly lacks political will. and that certainly was the case under the trump administration. we know that donald trump campaigned, you know, to remove the united states military from afghanistan. he actually would have done it kind of overnight, you know, precipitously without much planning. president biden thought, i think, that he had planned it a little bit better although he was handed this much weakened political military hand. >> you know, michael, let me bring you in here. i would love to get your reaction to what you have heard so far. especially speaking of the president's statement, lengthy statement from yesterday. your reaction to this where he says, one more year or five more years of u.s. military presence would not have made a difference if the afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country in an endless american presence in the middle of another country's civil conflict was not acceptable to me. >> certainly craig and his colleagues have documented as others have just how painstakin

the irony is that the united states realized the pharmaceutical companies in the united states. we are in a situation where about we are trying to withdrawal, but we are also trying to make profit. i would like c-span to do a show on the opiate trade and involvement of afghanistan in this war. that is the reason why we are there. host: republican. caller: everyone from the gentleman before me all the way back to the congressman have such valid points. every president from bush, obama, trump, now biden. every one of them had an opportunity to do the right thing. i just more and for all of the loss yesterday. --mourn for all of the loss yesterday. i do not understand why biden did not have a better exit plan. this is a debacle, chaos. right now, it lays at biden's feet. i hope they find a safe, secure way to get our americans out of their and the afghans that help us. thank you, i pray for this chaos to end safely. thank you. host: sandy in indianapolis, independent. caller: i really appreciate your show. appreciate all the different calls and opinions. it is very complex. i have

>> well, let's remember that it is a stronger agreement of the united states with the taliban. the peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have not really started. there definitely are some courts within the afghan states, the larger political scene for civic society, to engage in some sort of a dialogue and stop the violence. i think it needs to be capitalized down from all sides. >> what about regional players? and presumably, this taliban escalation is -- certainly not to have complete taliban control. what did they bring to bear on this equation? >> all the players in the region, the iranians, russians, chinese, indians, pakistanis, they all have their own desired outcome, priorities, and those do not align. you will see a lot of jostling for power. you will see attempts at patronage and proxy warfare. as this situation develops. and typically, from my study of insurgencies, the more entities involved, the longer something lasts so that is not a good sign. >> what is your gut feeling about where this is heading? >> heading into 2022, we will be looking at

the text of the draft resolution submitted by france, united kingdom, and the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed with a vote on the draft resolution area i supported. will those in favor please raise your hands. those against? abstentions? the result of the voting is as follows. team votes in favor, zero votes against, two abstentions. the draft resolution has been adopted. i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the u.s. >> thank you, mr. president. today's resolution establishes three clear expectations regarding the future of afghanistan. first, the security council excepts the taliban -- expects the taliban to live up to its commitment to provide safe passage for people who want to leave afghanistan, whether it is today, tomorrow, or after august 31. consistent with the right to leave any country, including one's own, everyone must be allowed to safely leave afghanistan for whatever reason, whenever they want, by air or by land. this is of the utmost importance

citizens living in the united states or around the world from growing. >> last here, is the u.s. more or less safe today than we were before the taliban took over? >> well, again, we are not going to do anything that's going to allow terrorists to grow or prosper in afghanistan or any terrorist organization. that continues to be the president's commitment and his order to his u.s. military over the past several days and the actions that they have announced show that he's going to deliver on that promise. go ahead. >> disappointment here that china and russia didn't sign on? >> it remains an open letter they are welcome to sign on. i will tell you, though, that it will be important and we will continue to engage with a range of partners, including those where we have, at times, adversarial disagreements with about the need to maintain safe passage for individuals who wish to leave afghanistan. there are a range of international organizations and mechanisms to have those discussions and they're ongoing. go ahead, jack. sorry, go ahead. >> one other question, unrelated to this, by t