and the nato allies. in addition to the u. s. suspending as plans to continue funding the now overthrown government, the i m f confirmed. it was cutting $370000000.00, and cobit relief paid the world bank that it would freeze over $2000000000.00 in active funding. and the you confirmed it would freeze $1400000000.00 in aid that was supposed to be released over the next 4 years. all of this, as washington continues to block access to $9500000000.00 and haskin reserve stored in us banks, which includes $1300000000.00 worth of gold and new york rushes envoy to afghanistan, called on the u. c s to release the government's asset, saying that if washington truly cared about the fate of the afghan people, then there is no need to create additional problems for them. and the form of freezing the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the afghan state. he went on to know that if the u. s. doesn't do so, is likely to create even more chaos as the country is forced to turn to illegal profits for ms. skyrocketing opium production or the bi

the taliban now have the afghanistan they fought forfor two decades, a country rid of american and nato troops, theirs to bend to their will. or maybe it's not as simple as that. can the taliban afford to forego international aid and economic assistance? do they need to build alliances both inside and outside the country? well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan finance minister and recent interlocutor with the taliban. does the future belong to the pragmatists or the zealots in afghanistan? omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure. you made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee the country as the taliban fighters swept into kabul. you decided to head back from safety in the united states. why did you do that? well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. there were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to the planes to just escape. and ijust couldn't bear to see that, i needed to return. first of all, be with our people, calm them down, but secondly, wanted to eng

how can nato respond to that perceived new alliance? >> for us, it is obvious, all the countries in the region and that also includes china, it is in their interest to have a stable afghanistan, and afghanistan where terrorist groups like isis cannot work against any other country. there are differences between russia, china and nato. it is becoming a place for terrorist organizations to plan and organize and conduct terrorism against other countries. we do have breaking news. we are hearing that turbotax is in talks to buy mailchimp for over $10 billion. we are hearing this from people familiar with the matter that could see another buyer emerge from the company. we have heard that private equity funds and other tech firms have been interested when this idea was flagged and there were looking at selling a minority stake. mailchimp had about $300 million in earnings before interest depreciated. we will watch this. they are in talks to buy mailchimp for more than $10 billion. up next, ever grand spooks bond investors with warnings. this

he's nato's almost supreme allied commander on a former us presidential candidate. he's now senior fellow at u. c. l. u. c. l. a's burkle center for international relations. very warm. welcome to the program. president biden today described the afghanistan evacuation as an extraordinary success. what do you make of his assessment? i think jeff president met a very strong speech. i think he cast it exactly as it should be. it was time to stop the war and do something else. we have other security issues. but also the mission of ghana was a sensually and anti terror counter. terror mission. that part of the mission was accomplished. you can't keep american troops in there in an effort to build a country for someone. the african people have to do that themselves. i think a lot of people are still struggling to understand though, that despite the hundreds of billions of dollars we outlined some of the money spent that the us spent on afghanistan in the last $2.00 decades. this, the u. s. just hasn't made a dent on the taliban. is that something you can explain? well, i t

the taliban now have the afghanistan they fought forfor two decades, a country rid of american and nato troops, theirs to bend to their will. or maybe it's not as simple as that. can the taliban afford to forego international aid and economic assistance? do they need to build alliances both inside and outside the country?

that's a quote co coffins draped in american, british and nato flags day of celebration after u.s. troops evacuated afghanistan and the taliban declared full independence taliban rulers are facing enormous challenges. telling reuters she saw the taliban beating a woman outside a bank he wrote "the world's most dangerous places," spent months covering the taliban and afghanistan. robert, it's good to see you again. knowing what you know about the taliban, is that realistic after the past two decades >> what they want verse what they'll get are two different things the taliban actually never host americans. the problem is that they changed. >> they claim they changed again. but they also have reportedly already bampged, banned music and executed a folk singer where do you stand on this decision to hand the taliban the keys to the country? >> remember, they're two parts you have the people you see with the glasses and talk to the camera and then the vast majority of uneducated call them r refugees or farm kids with zero education. when you say the taliban, they're made out of various

>> massive amount of money put in by the nato countries into perhaps an escrow account that would not be under the guidance or the distribution of united states. the united stes has already shown it cannot do that without corruption and failure. i think we would have to look to the u.n. and groups that have a reputation for being able to truly assist people in afghanistan and reparations for dismantling the war system. amy: kathy kelly, longtime peace activist and author. the co-coordinator of the ban killer drones campaign and a member of world beyond war. she has traveled to afghanistan nearly 30 times. next up, new orleans and at the dark after hurricane i. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "song for george" by mat callahan and yvonne moore. today is the last i of black august. this month for 50 years since the assassination of george jackson. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. hurricane ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it hit the louisiana coast sunday as a category for paying -- categ

the nato air strikes, the crowd were bombing the taliban, but had ordinary working people's homes. even though everything was documented, several years later, these people have still been unable to secure any compensation data she down. she would rather do she was younger still, if you could, if you know that there was once an american military base close to where these people used to live. they could see puppy fields flowering in the distance. but even though the crop was that close to a nato base, no one seemed to be to bob, and i'm just trying to what i could judge was what you meant us. allen's up. how about him, jennifer? the 2nd could lead auditor for the other day. so my, me, the elephant, what does that mean? what the, what does that make you feel that you deal with john? you just saw the moment i got you set out to you. the hardest thing for anyone visiting afghanistan to figure out these days is with the $7000000000.00 that the us allocated to combating afghan heroin has gone since 2001. if what we saw in central cabal today is the pinnacle of the anti drug campaign. and

if not destroyed, taliban is described as a national betrayal. criticizing nato, for lack of assistance of a final us withdrawals and greeted with celebrations in several cities in july about in the east of the country. this optimism about going to some future under the taliban leadership was told now to see, or they're hoping for a system that takes them and offers new prospects was speaking for the 1st time since the final plane left of gone, the son us president biden says the withdrawal was an extraordinary success, but blamed the afghan forces for not holding on. as long as expected. we succeeded what we set out to do, and i can't stand over a decade ago. then we stayed for another decade. it was timed and this war this is a new world. the terror threat has metastasize across the world. well beyond afghanistan, we face threats from l. sure. bob in somalia, al qaeda affiliates in syria and iraq peninsula and isis, attempting to create a kayla fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates across the african asia . the fundamental obligation of a president, in my opinion, is bee

and nato, afghans have been functioning under a multibillion-dollar war economy. with the withdrawal of u.s. forces, that system has essentially collapsed. most afghan banks shut down for weeks as the taliban advanced. they were fearin a run on deposits by worried clients. but the taliban ordered the banks to reopen, imposed withdrawal limits of $230 per customer per week. prices are now soaring on staple goods like lentils, cooking oil, and flour. around 14 million peoplere facing a hunger crisis. salaries are not being paid, income nonexistent, especially for former government workers in the capital of kabul. a major cast shortage is going on. ratings agency fitch expects the afghan economy to contract 20% over the next two years. this is a country where 40% of the population was already living in poverty before the latest crisis. so afghans are very concerned. >> there are no jobs. that is why the people are worried. the taliban should try to create jobs and open things up for education. bufor the time being there is neither education nor jobs. >> what is behin

this is a national betrayal. nato said we will help you and continue our assistance. what kind of help is this? the focus now is on resourcing commercial flights. the taliban, lex, the resources and technical personnel for this sir cutter and turkey. helping thousands of us can still want to leave car bull and believe they are eligible for foreign visas. many still fearful. the taliban will run a brutal repressive regime reminiscent of the 1900 ninety's. the taliban held a news conference aimed at reassuring people. it wouldn't. that isn't nice to bother this. yes. yeah. we should turn a new chapter. we should bury the hatchet. we have no animosity against any particular faction, party or individual, no one we transcend above this all. this is a close chapter of our history yet, but we are looking forward to the future with one goal in sight. i mean, not rebuilding our country, but this is a country with a long memory divisions and distrust run deep. the tele bon admits it will take some years for its government to reach its potential. it may take many more, the afgha

national security advisor for iraq and afghanistan under president bush 43 and former ambassador to nato where former deputy national security adviser kt mcfarland with us as well. your reaction to what we were reporting. >> i think americans are rightly fixated on the events of the last days or several weeks but actually this goes back years before the events of the last couple of weeks, the taliban had slowly been gaining momentum for years, i assumed as someone who watches afghanistan closely that this would take a long time before they come to power as a down i refer to it as a slow burning fuse it turns out the views accelerated on several points recently and led to the implosion of the afghan state so things did turn out much faster bad much faster than we anticipated. elizabeth: to what douglas is saying the white house was warned repeatedly by the state department and the u.s. embassy in afghanistan that this was going to collapse more rapidly than what they're being told, your reaction to the report for that biden kept congress and the public in the dark by waving a federal stat

nato allies are doing the evacuation. but how do you think all of this will be judged. >> well, what we have seen over the past couple of weeks is the sausage being made, right? the way it's going to be judged is at the tactical level. we have had this conversation before. the tactical level, our service members always just do wonderful in terms of the tasks that they have to take on and the execution of those tasks. and they make their bosses look good. at the strategic level, it will be criticized, and it should be. there were other things that this administration could have done to get out of afghanistan. and i think the president continues to beat the drum on the decision to depart afghanistan, which, frankly, i think the american public is well behind and is really not the point. the point now is how, over the course of the last several weeks, did we execute this task to depart? i'm saying when the administration hopes that this becomes ancient history and won't become a topic of discussion. but when the president wa

in afghanistan today, coffins draped with american and nato flags were marched through the streets. a grim symbol of a new chapter of afghan history. >> regarding to the departure of the americans, i must say that we do not want a foreign country to being our homeland. we are happy that security is provided but we need bread and water. >> now begins a delicate diplomatic balancing act as the biden administration looks to bring home more than 100 americans still stuck in a country that, in part, is happy foreign troops are gone. despite the challenges, the department of defense is confident that diplomacy will prevail to help save those americans who are strapped. >> we are no longer on the ground in afghanistan to facilitate that kind of safe passage but that doesn't mean the administration or the government is going to turn a blind eye to trying to help them get home. >> the taliban now faces the challenges of governing an entire country, something that could prove to be extremely difficult and will require some international cooperation. bret? >> bret: trey yingst live in do ha, q

there was actually a ceremony in kabul, at nato headquarters, and the u.s. official said that the combat mission for u.s. troops was over. and yet behind the scenes, the pentagon and obama all knew that u.s. troops were still going to be in harm's way and people were dying in combat during the duration of the war. more than 100 people died in afghanistan, u.s. troops, after obama said that mission was coming to an end. >> woodruff: you cite one military leader after another, i'm thinking of general patreus, very critical of biden, saying he sould have none tht the afghan military was fighting off al-qaeda and isis. but he said things were going well, when they weren't? >> we heard this month after month, year after year, under bush, obama and trump, that the afghan military could defend their own country. and yet in the interviews, u.s. military trainers and other officials were sending up highly critical reports of the afghan forces, saying they couldn't shoot straight, they were illiterate, and their leaders were corrupt. and they expressed doubt they coul

this is the national betrayal. nato said we will help you and continue our assistance. what kind of help resists the focus now is on restarting commercial flights. the taliban lex, the resources and technical personnel for this sir. cutter and turkey. helping thousands of air scans still want to leave cocoa and believe they are eligible for foreign visas, meaning still fearful. the taliban will run a brutal repressive regime reminiscent of the 1900 ninety's. the taliban held a news conference aimed at reassuring people. it wouldn't. doesn't need to bother this. yes. yeah. we should turn a new chapter. we should bury the hatchet. we have no animosity against any particular faction, party or individual one. we transcend above this all. this is a close chapter of our history yet, but we are looking forward to the future with one goal in sight. i mean rebuilding our country. but this is a country with a long memory divisions and distrust run deep. the taliban admits it will take some years for its government to reach its potential. it may take many more the afghans to heal

we've had ramstein air force base in germany and all kinds of nato installations all over europe. we're 506070 years. we're not nation building because we maintain permanent military forces where deterring chaos and disaster and opportunism on the part of bad people. and we could always think in terms of deterring that rather than having to go back and fight battles later, that didn't have to even start. so i think it's wrong headed to say, we're only there donation bill then i think call me crazy. but if we had maintained a force there for another 20 years and no more terrorist attacks that happened, i think there would be an argument in favor of doing that because there hasn't been another $911.00 since then. and then the fact he has to say that that this is the end of an era for nation building just does not just on the line. the fact the last 20 years have failed. no, because nation building was not what we were trying to do. people misunderstand that because some people talked about doing that. exporting liberty and democracy and all of that that was never going to work. and

where you had nato which was then commanded by the united states that was integrated into the afghan national military and had that pulled out without any plan left behind, there was no plan for the afghan national army to be able to sustain and defend the country. they had no choice, in many situations, but to go ahead and concede. we heard there were afghan military that ran out of bullets and then had to surrender. >> yeah. but that had been going on for a long time. the logistical challenges. the bigger argument about that, and i understand, look, in addition to criticizing the evacuation, you also disagree with the idea of withdrawing. you think that there should be a residual force of a few thousand counterterrorism at bagram air base. and people disagree on that. president trump thought that the u.s. needed to get out. but the question about if the u.s. had been there for 20 years and the afghan military was still relying on the u.s. to provide them with support, provide them with intelligence, provide them with air support, et cetera, how much longer was the u.s. supposed to

i not leashed off in one tablet, block nato, to it's our we move east. the reason us, hey jim, it is dangerous, is the lie. the sovereignty of all the countries, the exceptionalism that america uses and its international war planning is one of the greatest threats to the populations of different nations. if nature, what is founded, shareholders in the united states and elsewhere in large companies would lose millions and millions or is business and business is good. and that is the reality of what we're facing, which is fashion. they have paper. well, they have no bitcoin as a matter of fact, they shut their bitcoin mining down, not sense. they burg, their treasure of late 500 years ago under the main dynasty has a country made that you're boneheaded and stupid mistake. the, the, the the extraordinary success in this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless. courage is united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. the us president joe biden cool nation and i've gotten this done a success by the cale and blo

a cobble international airport destroyed and abandoned a stand in what remains of the nato bass. and he's got the job to shop to meet no afghans. we'll surrender to force the way americans left. afghanistan is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations, and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least try and lead as say, the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the groups own interpretation of islam. promise is a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country guns, including taliban supporters say they want action not words. no, let's take a check to make it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the world. and

i don't know if she was talking about those working with nato or germany or the united states or all of the above. but that many. that number surprising. some would say it's small. the numbers are larger than that. what have you heard on the numbers still there that want to get out of there? >> i think that the u.s. government was always working under the assumption that there would be about 50,000 people that wanted to get out. every afghan translator that gets and siv visa and wants to leave is -- the u.s. government estimates that they want seven family members with them. they have children, wives, sometimes parents. so that number balloons quickly. that's where 40,000 is a fair estimate from the government of germany. >> neil: got it. thank you. i want to go to don mann. we're waiting for the white house briefing that maybe the questions that we were waiting on will be answered. don, let's talk about these individuals including 100 to 200 americans that are still there and want out of there. we don't know precisely. the tens of thousands of afghan nationals that want the same thi

again, i disagree but the decision to withdraw, but when our nato allies needed our help to get their people out, only the us military had that capability. so like it or not, we are destined to stand together. i hope that we do so more often in robust defence of the values that are defying this alliance —— defining this alliance, and i don't think i see any alternative. and i don't think my friends in europe who are rightly concerned about the direction america has chosen over the last few years, i think would acknowledge that there really is no alternative. the front pages of the british newspapers today are filled with the details of a briefing from the pentagon, and there is a lot of anger here that blame is being shifted towards the british side. the british troops were on the abbey gate, they withdrew, and because the brits withdrew, somehow, that led to what happened on thursday. i don't know what intelligence you've seen, but i just wonder what you make know what intelligence you've seen, but ijust wonder what you make of that. i but i 'ust wonder what you make of that. . .

tarmac. cobble international airport, the saba destroyed in the band, in a stand in what remains of the nato bass. and he's going to charge me, no afghans will surrender to force the way americans left us gun. this done is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations. and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least 10 of our leaders say the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the groups own interpretation of islam. promises a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country guns, including taliban supporters say they want action. not words though like a check to make it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the world. and we

ambassador to nato. kaitlan, let me start with you at the white house. what are you hearing from the white house about the tone of his speech, which at times seemed rather defiant? >> reporter: it was very defiant, jake. i think actually throughout a lot of that speech, a very defiant and forceful response to some criticisms of the way that the handling of this exit has gone. he also defended of course the idea overall the bigger picture that the u.s. is leaving afghanistan and now it has now left afghanistan. of course, a decision he made back in april. and the president was saying that he does not believe that there is any better way that this exit could've gone. he said he respectfully disagrees with the critics who say that this is an evacuation, mass evacuations, should've started sooner. he said that he believes that there would've been these images playing out of a potential rush on the airport no matter when this exit was going to happen. and he repeatedly went back to that decision made by of course former president trump to strike a deal with t

. >> i had the former nato ambassador on yesterday. i asked him about isis-k and if they're any threat to the u.s. homeland? does the pentagon view that any differently? luke told me yesterday he didn't think they were a threat to the u.s. but what is the pentagon's assessment? >> so right now -- let's seen go back. before kabul fell to the taliban took over the country, both al qaeda and isis-k were regional problems. they didn't have the ability or the strength to carry out what the military would call a tras national attack. now the taliban are in charge. there are vast ungoverned spaces of afghanistan. the concern is al qaeda fighters who, you know, several hundred of them in that country they will will regenerate, more fighters come to the country, the same thing with isis. most al qaeda, the biggest presence and most dangerous presence in the world right now is in yemen. they're under continue threat right now. the worry is that the fighters will move into afghanistan and that while they haven't been able to carry out attacks aga

course in that 2001 us led invasion in 2009 president brock. obama sent thousands more troops, and nato soon had 850000 soldiers on the ground. in 2011 obama released several called bond officials, the whole talks in culture. those talks lead to a peace deal with a tiny bon last year. the us agreed to pull out by may of this year, president biden delayed this by a few months and all of the military to withdraw by august the 31st and spring in douglas lute. he's a retired general who directed afghans strategy, the national security council for president george w bush barranca. bama is the chairman at the b g. r group a bipartisan lobbying firm joins us now from arlington. virginia. good to have you with us for much of the world watching what happened in afghanistan. it looks to many people like a defeat for the us. how do you think the pentagon is reflecting on this in the military thinking? let's see the immediate reaction in the pentagon and across our national leadership business side of relief. because the very vulnerable, risky situation of the last several weeks has now been busy w

this is the head of nato. when we made the decision, we all knew the risks. we all knew that entailed risks. also the risk of taliban returning, though, no—one anticipated that this should happen so fast, the rapid return of taliban. but we also knew that the alternative to end our military presence also entailed risks. despite the evacuation, we know not everyone who wanted to leave has managed too. and some are now in grave danger. there have been reports of attacks on people who worked for the former government, and examples of women and girls being denied their rights. here's the director of a women's charity in kabul. there is a lot of fear and anxiety among people in afghanistan that their safety is not sure. that is why they are fleeing from this country, thinking that remaining in this country will be a bigger challenge for them. among the people who remain in afghanistan are some us citizens. here's the us secretary of state. we believe there are still a small number of americans, under200, number of americans, under 200, likely number of americans

the saba destroyed and abandoned a stand in what remains of the nato bass and he's going to charge me. no afghans will surrender to force the way americans left us. going to stop is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations. and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least child and lead as say, the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the groups own interpretation of islam. promise is a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country. afghans including tale bomb supporters say they want action. not words, though let's check it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the world. and we are worried. what if the taliban c

and nato. there were countries from the middle east, qatar, turkey, that were all part of this effort to rebuild this country, and for literally 20 years there were promises made day in and day out from every official who ever visited that country saying, we're not going to abandon the afghan people. we are here for however long it takes. so i think for me having been there, having covered this story, that's still the amazing thing, is that i had heard so many u.s. officials, politicians, diplomats, military officers make this promise, and to see no u.s. soldiers, to see no embassy staff, to see no international presence there anymore is really just a stunning turn of events. >> on promises, the president in his statement released, before we hear from him in a few minutes, he reiterated, reasserted the promise to those afghan civilians who helped the u.s. over the last 20 years that the state department will continue to work to get them out. i understand you have been in contact with some afgha

that the nato troops there who wouldn't let them in. despite them showing papers and passports, they wouldn't let them in until they had prior approval forms and flips of paper as we heard from some people. so. so definitely many people have been left behind, desperate people who, who believe there is a real threat to their lives, to the security and safety of their families. and there is, it is absolutely clear. there is no idea among them how to get out the out of the country. what the future holds, whether the taliban will abide by the promise of amnesty. the taliban itself has said that yes, these people will be allowed to leave and molested the taliban of the obviously once international recognition. and that recognition will only come if they act now in a civilized manner if they allow people to leave. nevertheless, only tom will tell if these people will be able to get out of, of got his time or against their report. mera, in kabul now with the biden team still painting the outcome of to 20 emission, is a success. there are 90 retired us generals and admirals, demanding that t

it fell apart because we built it, not just american support, all of nato was there, it was built to be sustained with western support. why was anybody surprised that when the western support abandoned that, it fell apart? "why didn't we build a better military?" that is a fair question, but what kind of military did you want? remember, the taliban every day -- there was no invading army from pakistan. the taliban were they are. the taliban did come out at night, because they came out with money, they would say here, and go right some people. so they would always respond to pakistan, and they could always come back. so what kind of military were you going to build that would protect the afghan people? and building one that was sustainable for a scenario when you could not going get the enemy, because they were always going into pakistan, and they could always come back to afghanistan and find someone to would take an afghani dollar and go and fight in american. you had a security force that was relatively robust and sustainable over time, and that was expensive. but that, again, woul

bloomberg spoke with the nato secretary-general who said nato remains continued to aiding anyone at risk leaving the country. >> to ensure that afghanistan doesn't once again become a safe haven for international terrorists. the reason why nato allies joined the united states going into afghanistan in 2001 was a direct response to a terrorist attack on the united states and hundreds of thousands of canadian and european asian -- european soldiers have assisted. we have kept it from being a safe haven for terrorists. so we will monitor the new rules in kabul closely and make clear that the nato allies have the capability to strike from long distance if they try to reestablish themselves. tom: i want to focus on the important support missing -- mission, the italians and the germans with norman alliances and the turkish flag in the middle providing support to afghanistan. turkey is in a unique position. explain nato's position with erdogan and the new afghanistan. >> nato ended its existence in afghanistan as the united states did i would like to commend all those who served their peer thei

we'll do that sharing intelligence i expect with countries not part of nato or western alliance. russia will be mighty worried about terrorism on its borders, the stans that border afghanistan to the north are going to be worried. we'll be exchanging a lot of information. that really in the end is america's abiding power. we are the only country that has this global intelligence capability, global counterterrorism capability. people around the world will need it, it is up to the united states and president biden to make it available, to say whatever mistakes we made getting out of afghanistan, we all need to be safe together. i think he will have responsive ear to that because people are worried. >> probably frustrates the europeans, they can mudder and complain, end of the day they probably need us more than they want to admit. david, thank you. much appreciated. >>> coming up, with the u.s. military gone, there won't be diplomatic presence in afghanistan. i speak with a former ambassador about what the new mission could look like and future of u.s. relations with the taliban, t

then the nato troops there who wouldn't let them in the spot them showing papers and passports they wouldn't let them in until they had prior approval forms and flips of paper as we heard from some people. so. so definitely many people have been behind desperate people who, who believe there is a real threat to their lives, to the security and safety of their families. and there is, it is absolutely clear. there is no idea among them how to get out the out of the country. what the future holds, whether the taliban will abide by the promise of amnesty. the taliban itself is said that yes, these people will be allowed to leave and molested the taliban of the obviously once international recognition. and that recognition will only come if they act now in a civilized manner if they allow people to leave. nevertheless, only tom will tell if these people will be able to get out of i've got to start going against the reporting. they're from cooper well with the biden team still painting the outcome of the 20 mission. as a success, there are 90, retired us generals and admirals, demanding the defens

tarmac. cobble international airport, the saba destroyed and abandoned a stand in what remains of the nato bass and his columbus shot me. no afghans will surrender to force the way americans left us. going to stop is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations, and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least try and lead as say, the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the group's own interpretation of islam. promise is a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country guns, including tale. bon supporters say they want action. not words though. let's check it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the world. and we are worr

20 years, interpreters, translators, people had to risk their lives to make sure that americans and nato troops were safe amid the war being left behind, and there are great points when they talk about the people, because there is a deep fear among many of the afghan civilians who help the united states because they understand they could easily be targets of the taliban, but there is this process that will have vetting and paperwork and a state department that will have to work overtime to come pleat the entire process, but getting people out of the country was that promise made by president biden and he simply did not fulfill the promise, and the people who will pay the highest price are the afghans and the americans left behind in a country that is currently controlled by the taliban. >> sandra: greg palkot, who i reference jennifer griffin covering the war, two years, we will tap into your expertise, covering and greg palkot, it's notable by the way, we are about 35 minutes now from that midnight august 31st originally set deadline for the full troop withdrawal from afghanistan. of co

the nato air strikes the crowd were bombing the taliban. that had ordinary working people's homes, even though everything was documented, several years later, these people have still been unable to secure any compensation data sheet down. and she was, she was gonna try to send it over. you could go, you know, look forward. you almost going to be bad. there was ones in american military base close to where these people used to live. they could see puppy fields flowering in the distance. but even though the crop was that close to a nato bass, no one seemed to be to bobby, i'm gone, but what i could not was what you meant was ellen's up. how about angelica? dear judy from cordelia did auditor both of these on monday, the jalap of the live dentist, bentley, what will you, does i get to know that you deal with john? you just solve the moment i got i do sort out the hardest thing for anyone visiting. i've got this down to figure out these days is where the $7000000000.00 that the us allocated to combating afghan heroin has gone since 2001 . if wh

then the nato troops there who wouldn't let them in the spot them showing papers and passports they wouldn't let them in until they had prior approval forms and flips of paper as we heard from some people. so. so definitely many people have been behind desperate people who, who believe there is a real threat to their lives, to the security and safety of their families. and there is, it is absolutely clear. there is no idea among them how to get out the out of the country. what the future holds, whether the taliban will abide by the promise of amnesty. the taliban itself has said that yes, these people will be allowed to leave and molested the taliban of the obviously once into the actual recognition. and that recognition will only come if they act now in a civilized manner if they allow people to leave. nevertheless, only time will tell if these people will be able to get out of i've got to start with the biden teens still painting the outcome of the 20 year mission. as a success. there are 90, retired us generals and admirals, demanding the defense secretary and joint chiefs of staff steppe

tarmac. cobble international airport. destroyed in the band in a calm stand in what remains of the nato bass and his calamity shot that let me know, afghans will surrender to force the way americans left us gone. this done is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations. and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least ton of lead is say, the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the groups own interpretation of islam. the promise is a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country guns, including taliban supporters say they want action, not words. the logic a check to make it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the wor

the militants take control of the country once secured by nato forces, but insist they want good relations with the rest of the world. translation: we managed today to regain our independence - and make us forces leave. the tough choices facing gps over who gets a blood test and who doesn't — amid a shortage of test tubes. geronimo the alpaca has been put down by government vets over fears of bovine tuberculosis — his owner calls the action "barbaric". and it's the same old story — dame sarah wins yet another gold at the tokyo paralympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the taliban have taken control of kabul airport, after the united states pulled the last of its troops out of afghanistan. the final evacuation flight left at a minute to midnight last night. it brings to an end to the longest war in american history, in which more than 2,000 us servicemen and women lost their lives. the taliban are back in power, as they were 20 years ago. they've declared victory and have been celebrating on the streets. rajini vaidya nathan reports. heading into a new and uncertain era. ta

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francine: that was the nato secretary-general speaking with bloomberg earlier on. e.u. ministers are meeting to stem the flow of refugees into the bloc. joining us is tobias ellwood. you have been very vocal on afghanistan and have been extremely worried about a rise in terrorism in afghanistan and across the world. what can the u.k. and u.s. do to control the situation as best they can? tobias: just to hear the nato secretary-general say we will not forget the people of afghanistan, but that is what it looks like we've done, we've departed, and we've lost our leverage and influence. if you are the taliban, look around you. who will you choose to be your new powells? iraq -- pals. iraq, iran, russia, right on the border. this has been a demoralizing and disheartening step back for the international community. but we can do on the international stage itself, we have sent ourselves to a critical part of the world, and there are thousands of afghans who feel at risk because of the taliban, who have promised to be more lenient, claiming to have learned lessons from the past

tarmac. cobble international airport, the saba destroyed, and abandoned a stand in what remains of the nato bass and he's going to charge me. no afghans will surrender to force the way americans left us. going to stop is a good lesson for the future generation. they were damaged financially. it's a good lesson for everyone else. it's a historic day with no doubts. it's a free country, it's a sovereign country. america was defeated. they could not achieve their targets through military operations. and on behalf of my nation, we want to have good relations with the rest of the world. but there is little if any trust on which those good relations can be built for the time being at least child and lead is say, the movement has changed. it promises inclusive governance women's rights according to the groups own interpretation of islam. promise is a free media and the right for anyone to leave the country. afghans including taliban supporters say they want action. not words, though let's check it out. whenever a new government is formed, it has to prove itself to the rest of the world. and we are

that the nato troops that who wouldn't let them in the spot, them showing papers and passports they wouldn't let them in until they had prior approval forms and slips of paper as we heard from some people. so. so definitely many people who be left behind desperate people who, who believe there is a real threat to their lives, to the security and safety of their families. and there is, it is absolutely clear. there is no idea among them how to get out the out of the country. what the future holds, whether the taliban will abide by its promise of amnesty. the taliban itself is said that yes, these people will be allowed to leave and molested the taliban of the obviously one thing that actual recognition. and that recognition will only come if they act now in a civilized manner if they allow people to leave. nevertheless, only time will tell if these people will be able to get out of i've got to start with a bite and same still painting the outcome of the 20 year mission. as a success, there are 90 retired us generals and admirals, demanding that the defense secretary and joint chiefs of staff

>> massive amount of money put in by the nato countries into perhaps an escrow account that would not be under the guidance or the distribution of united states. the unit states has already shown it cannot do that without corruption and failure. i think we would have to look to the u.n. and groups that have a reputation for being able to truly assist people in afghanistan and reparations for dismantling the war system. amy: kathy kelly, longtime peace activist and author. the co-coordinator of the ban killer drones campaign and a member of world beyond war. she has traveled to afghanistan nearly 30 times. next up, new orleans and at the dark after hurricane ida. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "song for george" by mat callahan and yvonne moore. today is the last i of black august. this month for 50 years since the assassination of george jackson. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. hurricane ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it hit the louisiana coast sunday as a category for paying -- cat

then the nato troops there who wouldn't let them in the spot, them show and papers and passports they wouldn't let them in until they had prior approval forms and slips of paper as we heard from some people. so. so definitely many people have been behind desperate people who, who believe there is a real threat to their lives, to the security and safety of their families. and there is, it is absolutely clear. there is no idea among them how to get out the out of the country. what the future holds, whether the taliban will abide by the promise of amnesty. the taliban itself is said that yes, these people will be allowed to leave and molested the taliban of the obviously once international recognition. and that recognition will only come if they are now in a civilized manner if they allow people to leave. nevertheless, only time will tell if these people will be able to get out of i've got to start with the biting team, still painting the outcome of the 20 a mission as a success. there are 90, retired us generals and admirals, demanding that the defense secretary and joint chiefs of staf

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joining me now, general wesley clark, former nato allied commander and robin wright from the woodrow wilson center, spent a lot of time in that part of the world. knows it very well. general clark, i want to begin with you. because i want a reality check in what the plan is going forward and that is depending on cooperation from the taliban, depending on perceived leverage over the taliban, and in the form of humanitarian aid and financial aid to continue to get not just americans remaining in that country out. but also afghans, many thousands of afghans who worked for the u.s. and therefore face a threat. is that practical, does this work? >> we'll have to see, jim. it might work. it might work to some extent. it might not work at all. we know there is a hit list out there. we have people frightened to death in kabul, hiding in their attics and so forth and really disappointed because last flights that were supposed to make it out with these people did not make it out. because of taliban interference. so we know we have a problem there. but i would say this. that we also sort of run

defeat of the soviet union and now august 31st, 2021, what he called the defeat of the american and nato empires. the taliban are going to have a difficulty here. firstly because of isis. isis and the taliban are sworn enemies. they also released many isis fighters from prison and we should expect conflict there, but the country is in the middle of an economic and humanitarian crisis and the taliban are going to have to deal with that and they're going to rely on the outside world to assist. but the final thought, of course, is for those left behind, the millions who believe the promises especially the women and girls, those who we said we'd get out and this morning they're alone, afraid and abandoned. george? >> sobering situation. ian pannell, thanks. >>> let's bring in the president's national security adviser jake sullivan. jake, thanks for joining us this morning. two weeks ago the president told me that american military would stay until all americans were out, at least 100 americans remain. what is the plan to get them out? >> well, first, as general mckenzie said yesterday we con

and nato presence in the country. they are handing back power to the group that they took power from 20 years ago. what do you make of that? i just, i just think it's devastating and terrible. it's a tragedy for people who were karen, just even recently, the tragedy for the people who are left behind now and that's ganeth them. i have no confidence that the taliban will honor their words of no retribution against those who worked for the former government and jewels who work with the u. s. or other forces there. i think it's going to be a very dark time and i can't say, i think it's very sad, although they didn't have to be this way. i appreciate the vitamins determination and he's not the only president before him. president obama and president trump all wanted to get out of afghanistan, but the way this was done has led to it actually debacle. a lot of people will be looking at this though, not, not just what the u. s. and it's nato partners have done in afghanistan, but they, they will also look to what's happened