those were afghans who worked for nato or nato agencies. a lot of afghans worked for the united kingdom and other allies. that number is much bigger. i know we are doing whatever we can to help get these afghans out. >> last question. >> do you know the extent of nato financed arms now possibly controlled by the taliban and is nato working to destroy any weapons to ensure they are not getting into those hands? >> nato has ended its military operation in afghanistan. nato ended its military mission in afghanistan because we agreed to do so this spring. that was part of a u.s. agreement with the taliban in february of 2020, where we agreed to end the u.s. presence. different nato allies like norway, they have done whatever they can for several months now to get all their soldiers out and to take back as much equipment as possible. each ally will speak for their own equipment. some of it has been destroyed. and some of it is still in afghanistan.

those were afghans who worked for nato or nato agencies. a lot of afghans worked for the united kingdom and other allies. that number is much bigger. i know we are doing whatever we can to help get these afghans out. >> last question. >> do you know the extent of nato financed arms now possibly controlled by the taliban and is nato working to destroy any weapons to ensure they are not getting into those hands? >> nato has ended its military operation in afghanistan. nato ended its military mission in afghanistan because we agreed to do so this spring. that was part of a u.s. agreement with the taliban in february of 2020, where we agreed to end the u.s. presence. different nato allies like norway, they have done whatever they can for several months now to get all their soldiers out and to take back as much equipment as possible. each ally will speak for their own equipment. some of it has been destroyed. and some of it is still in afghanistan. quick thank you very much. i concludes this press >> c-span washington journal. we are taking your

stoltenberg: nato does not recognize states. nato allies can do that. it was stated in the meeting today that diplomatic recognition is something which is -- it has to be conditioned on how the new government behaves and to what extent they live up to their international commitments. the message is reflected in the statement agreed by foreign ministers today. that is about the need for afghanistan to live up to commitments. the commitment in the agreement with the united states signed in february of 2020, or last year, where they stated they should not support or provide safe haven for international terrorist groups like al qaeda or isis. that's a very obvious and important commission, because nato, our main task in afghanistan has to be to prevent the country from becoming a platform for launching terrorist attacks against our own countries. for 20 years we have prevented such attacks from afghanistan against nato allied countries. we need to preserve those gains. we discussed how we can preserve those gains, including by stating clearly to the new afg

i would like to ask about nato rule in afghanistan. nato is not only u.s.. don't you think the decision that you or nato took, it was wrong? how do you respond to that? when we saw the situation -- as an afghan woman, you see the situation -- there are thousands of women who don't know what is going on and what will happen to them. they always ask what it means in 20 years. nato and international communities. we are going back 20 years after we were in that place. i would like to ask how that is possible. the u.s. and the eu with their work of fascism and imperialism. after the second world war, the nato -- nato and the european union with all this vague intelligence. they are never able to defend it. how do you see the future? i would like to ask as a woman, please don't recognize the emirate islamic taliban without any conditions. please don't recognize the taliban and put us in the same situation, thank you very much. >> it was extremely difficult to make the decision to and the nato military presence in afghanistan. i share your pain, i understand your f

this is how nato soldiers have presumably decided to keep people away. so, but why need is a need as high as the very, very dense and simply, you know, there's, there's no way to cross it. and given the desperation of people, he has some of the people here that the, to get out. that is the only thing keeping the matt also while there, we heard ceaseless shooting, it was odyssey was endless. every, every 10 minutes, 10 minutes wouldn't pass without gunshots either inside the airport. so this is american. nato troops firing warding shots, presumably toward away people who tried to climb over the fed. that to take a shortcut into the airport. then we had the taliban outside of the main jackport at the main drive into the, into the airport at the terminals. them also foreign warning shots, much less controlled fashion. so when we were driving out of the apple, we had a taliban father running in foreign warning shots as a behind him. it's a miracle. no one was heard. look a little ways away from the airport. we saw blood in the guy and a lot of lot of people

i have spoken with our nato allies. we have spoken with nato allies, the secretary of state, our national security advisor has been in contact with our allies as has -- i keep calling him the general but my secretary of defense. the fact of the matter is i have not seen that. as a matter of fact, the exact opposite i've got, exact opposite. we are acting with dispatch, committing to what we said we

the every single nato aircraft. it's taking off american aircraft, looted, but civilians with american citizens, europeans troops, they're all down the sides of taliban guns. the palate wanted to cause trouble, they very well could. well, as you can see, chaos isn't suing and i guessed, and there's also a group of california students and parents remain stranded overseas. now while there are poorly had a ticket out, none of them were able to get to the airport in time. ours course on top street has been put on the story and we continue to follow it, but more has more on their current situation. at least 20 students and 16 parents from a school in san diego remain in afghanistan after a summer trip abroad. now lawmakers say they're working to get them and thousands of others out of afghanistan, horrifying images last week at the cobble international airport as a telephone resume. power people wanted out, but it wasn't just local from afghanistan trying to escape. there were also many americans attempting to fly home.

to get staff out, staff from nato allied countries, but also afghans who supported nato and nato allies over all of these years. we are working hard on that, 24/7. we have seen some dramatic stuff, but also some locally employed afghans have been evacuated out of afghanistan. we are working to speed that up to get more planes in and out with people leaving. then, some nato allies have also stated that they will not only focus on and provide support to those afghans who have worked for us over all of these years, but other afghans who are vulnerable were in a difficult position. we have seen public announcements by several nato allies, but the precondition for getting also these other afghans out is of course to have the airport up and running and we have no many nato allies helping to ensure exactly that. we have the united states, they are deploying more troops. we have turkey, who has been there for many years. we have norway running the hospital at the airport. the united kingdom and other allies are helping and supporting. during the meeting of the north atlantic council today, seve

i've spoken with our nato allies who spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via has been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general are for me, i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense the fact of the matter is i have not seen that matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got the exact opposite. these were acting with dispatch. we're acting, committing to what we said we would do. look, let's put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan? at this point, with a kinder guy, we went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al qaeda in afghanistan, as well as, as well as getting you know, some a lot. and we did imagine, just imagine if that attack, if been loudon had decided without kind to launch an attack from yemen. would we ever gone to i can stand with there every, any reason we be that can stand control by the taliban. what is a national interest states in that circumstance? we went and did the mission. you know, my position for a long, long time. it'

the nato secretary general said the priority for nato was as follows. nato's focus right now is to ensure the safe departure or personnel from our, than partner hunters. and of the africans who have helped us. still to book admitted that europe was surprised at the speed of the political and military collapse of the cobble government. it was something that they had not anticipated. he also said that he was frustrated that after years of international assistance, the results were to quote him not better. international affairs john leicester richard met house believes the use priority has never actually been of human rights . we've known for decades now that the war and again san is locked. it was last from day one that this government was never going to work. and yet a series of us generals and nato officials lying about the capacity and capability of the afghan government that they set up. and the security forces who they pumped full of weapons to make money for the arms industry. and the taliban have of course, territorial control. they don't have what is, of course, the western legitima

yes, it's important to know to a subtle difference and approached by nato. we heard that from the secretary general, and what president biden said in justifying his decision to continue with the withdraw. president biden said, didn't acknowledging the fact that his administration was taken aback by the speed of the taliban at bonds. he also made very clear his belief that the mission of gun this done was one of narrow focus. it was not primarily about nation building, it was about destroying a terrorist threat to the united states. that mission, president biden says, has been accomplished. he's no longer prepared to preside over yet another us will the president to do so. and he insist if he will be the last but president by didn't, insisting that there was a failure by the can force is also a failure of political leadership. now what is happening at the moment is that the department of defense says confirm that there are at least 3 us spaces being set up to start coping with the afghans who worked for us forces within afghanistan to process them in the unit

on february, the 29th 2020 a peace treaty assigned, obliging nato states to withdraw their troops in return. for taliban guarantees that i've got this down will not become a safe haven for terrorists. i'm going to put it okay. i want to get to know what you can get it all up. as a report shot there that you do. nato began to withdraw troops and under the terms of the agreement between the taliban and the united states, the gun, the government was forced to release $5000.00 convicted taliban members, including known warlords. soon after that the taliban would conduct a series of terror attacks and begin to retake the country district by district. on the night of july, the 2nd 2021, the americans abandoned by drum and bass and did so secretly without notifying the local authorities. the african military was compelled to secure the site to protect it from looters. before leaving american soldiers removed unneeded vehicles, military hardware and other surplus items and dumped them near the base. the site is now a big junkyard movie . what's the new apartment? the among the piles of detri

i've spoken with our nato allies. we spoken with nato allies, the secretary state, or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general r b. i keep calling them in general, but my sister defense, the fact of the matter is i have not seen that matter of fact the exact opposite i've got. now donald trump has said that this is the greatest strategic error in u. s. history. he called it capitulation. donald trump has said that joe biden owes america an apology. the world is now looking on and watching the scenes and cobble the white house is certainly under quite a bit of fire. joe biden's whole numbers are dropping. many are looking on the situation and afghan stan and saying that the united states seems to have pretty much dropped the ball here. and washington's allies are also counting the cost of events after their 20 year campaign in afghanistan, as simon write comments betrayed, abandoned friend for themselves, off the face, up to their own weak

i've spoken with our allies, we have spoken with nato allies, we have spoken with nato allies in the secretary of state, our national security adviser within the context with the counterparts around the world and our allies. as had

the nato secretary general said the priority for nato was as follows. nato's focus now is to ensure the safe departure or personnel from allied and partner countries and of the africans who have helped us. admitted that europe was surprised at the speed of the political and military collapse of the cobble government. it was something that they had not anticipated. he also said that he was frustrated that after years of international assistance, the results were to quote him, not better or to robert good sir and associate, professor of specializing in us politics. you can learn catholic university in the crisis in afghanistan puts get more strain on washington's relations with europe. i think that europe already is under massive stream in terms of humanitarian aid that it provide to other nations and in the region. i, i don't, i don't know why we're not seeing united states president standing. i've been saying, okay, we cause this weather was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago or last week. and we need to step in and help with there's nobody should have to go and live in a refugee c

i've spoken with our nato allies who spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via has been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general r b. i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense. the fact of the matter is i have not seen a matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got. this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i'm disappointed that the button administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid us withdrawal. the images we saw coming out of august on show a tremendous humanitarian crisis. this is going to hurt us. no question about it. i think of janice town, his last, every terrorist around the world is cheering. they have watched the taliban defeat america. in effect, president buttons, poor judgment produced the worst possible outcome in afghanis

i've spoken with our nato allies. we spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general are see me, i keep calling them in general. but my secretary of defense, the fact of the matter is i have not seen that matter of fact the exact opposite i've got. now donald trump has said that this is the greatest strategic error in us history. he called it capitulation. donald trump has said that joe biden owes america an apology. the world is now looking on and watching the scenes in cobble. the white house is certainly under quite a bit of fire. jo biden's poll numbers are dropping. many are looking on the situation and afghan. stan and saying that the united states seems to have pretty much dropped the ball here. and i'm hoping that will washington's allies are also counting the cost of events after their 20 year campaign in afghanistan, as simon right now explains betrayed, abandoned fend for themselves. for

there's troops, nato troops, inside the airport, the scaring away would be refugees. people who don't necessarily have the paper that even those who have the papers and do all unable to get into the airport, whether they're not being levied by the taliban or not being led by nato troops. american troops predominately but what i can tell you is that the taliban here, the government, this is taking shape. they've just established a minister nominated the ministry of information and culture and they our and something of a job offensive. i can tell you that comparing what it was like here before, we went to the same office, the same building, the ministry of information, and 2018 and now, and the difference is incredible. a tell about g to be making a huge effort to job journalists. they gave us an interview. the 1st interview, the minister's 1st interview, as the minister of information i've got to start was to a russian group of journalists. and he said that the taliban has changed yet. it is assured that it's over the last 20 years, the taliban has learned many things.

the nato secretary general said the priority for nato was as follows. nato's focus right now is to ensure the safe departure or personnel from our, than partner countries. and of the africans who have helped us stop. good mister, that europe was surprised at the speed of the political and military collapse of the cobble government and was something that they had not anticipated. he also said that he was frustrated that after years of international assistance, the results were to quote him not better. dr. robert, but, and the say his 1st line custody university, specializing in us politics, says the crisis not going to stone puts yet more strain on washington's relations with europe. i think that europe already is under massive streams in terms of humanitarian aid that it provides to other nations in the region. i, i don't, i don't know why we're not seeing united states president standing. i've been saying, okay, you know, we cause this weather was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago or last week. and we need to step in and help with is nobody should have to go and live in a refugee c

there are also reportedly ongoing emergency talks between president ghani the us, and also nato. here's what's going on on the streets of the capital right now with people trying to flee the city in their cars. some abandoning that vehicles in the middle of the road has much of the city get struck by gridlock. all this now means the medicines effectively control every major city in afghanistan. following what spain are rapid and decisive offensive in recent days. they also reportedly control every boulder post across the country to any way to get this house kind of stuff right now is through the heavily defended airport in cobble has been very limited traffic there. a few charter american flights and a couple of other international airlines. but very little else getting in and out. and of course only those are largely got money and managed to get tickets. all those who be able to leave the city that way. the taliban says that it's also taken bag room add base, a major military facility hastily abandoned by the pentagon. last month without warning. thousands of taliban fighters an

nato working there right now. we had a message from the nato secretary general saying... clearly there are fears of violence around the airport and given events are moving so quickly, international security efforts based around that airport, so that update from nato which we will keep across any other updates. i want to show you other pictures which demonstrate exactly what is going on. this from france. we've had pictures from the french ambassador to afghanistan so let's pause to take this in there. there are no words on these pictures by just absorbing them gives you an idea of what exactly has been happening in the last few hours. it is extraordinary. pictures taken inside a helicopter moving from the embassy, so out of the green zone to the airport, france saying it is moving its afghan embassy closer to kabul airport. and it's going to stay operational, they say, to help the evacuation of all french citizens so extraordinary pictures on the ground centred around the airport. i want to finish with one final message which kind of sums up in lots of ways many of the co

that there is now a full democratic state enough time there is lively, civil society and all these nato involvement success. all this is, of course, is hypocrisy it's. it's page, it was for 4 years of painted a picture which is not in line with reality, which we can see, you know, i think we should take and bring refugees who are in fear of life. but at the same time, i think it's necessary to really talk to the real power in afghanistan, the taliban to go to negotiations to negotiations as well. concerning the refugees and not to break all diplomatic ties. this is gathered in london on wednesday to condemn the u. k government in response to events in afghanistan, they called for those still stuff that to be brought to britain as quickly as possible. and the case for the secretaries facing calls them to resign. after africa, interpreters who work with british soldiers missed being evacuated from cobble because dominant. rob was too busy on holiday to give the green light in san marcia . bob, a car killed an african form, a judge. she fled the country when the telephone 1st came to power

can for awhile partial systems to the people from the also for i've got interpreters who works with nato forces during the 28 campaign slam the u. k. government for doing nothing, they say to get their families out as well. a tips stuck in the telephone controlled country with little johns of escaping that. they say this is something they didn't expect as a reward. after years of loyalty. i did a great job. but why did they, i was just trying to get back to us this, that kind of shame did the nation in retreat of if you guys will not trust the natural forces ever again. ah, no, no one of the morning have a good morning from oscar. this tuesday, the 24th of august you watching us in to national kevin over here for the next half hour, the latest. and as you heard, it's the ongoing situation that's going to start making a lot of our headlines again for you and foreign powers. they're now in a frantic scrambling to try to meet the august 31st truthful deadline as the taliban vice consequences if they fail to do it. but then president biden has come on the scathing criticism from a potent wha

the nato secretary general said the priority for nato was as follows. nato's focus now is to ensure the safe departure or personnel from allied and partner countries. and of the africans who have helped us felt very good miss that europe was surprised at the speed of the political and military collapse of the cobble government. it was something that they had not anticipated. he also said that he was frustrated that after years of international assistance, the results were to quote him. not better. talk to robert. good. sure, an associate professor specialize in us politics that lancaster university me k says the crisis in afghanistan put more strain on washington's relations with europe. i think that europe already is under massive stream in terms of humanitarian aid that it provides to other nations and in the region. i, i don't, i don't know why we're not seeing united states president standing. i've been saying, okay, you know, we cause this weather was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago or last week. and we need to step in and help with that. nobody should have to go and live i

and nato, a certain european countries like in libyan syria, disastrous consequences. so, one would hope this, my situation might be a wake up call, that you know, these military interventions don't work affectively and cause a lot of hardship and suffering for the population of these countries who have to solve their own internal political problems. most international legal scholars, the war and afghans dance was illegal because the taliban never directly sent 911 hijackers to bomb the trade center. and there are no legal basis for that war. so the swift advancement made by the taliban is a failure of the afghan forces. i mean is that kind of tone deaf and simply just punting responsibility. the us cannot and should not try to deflect blame for what's happened there at the end of the day. we are the ones who invaded that country. we're the ones who over through the government there and replaced it with, with our own. and so when we suddenly decide to leave and everything goes to crap, we're ultimately responsible for that. you cannot, you cannot shut blame in this sit

only american citizens, green card holders and people from nato countries are allowed to enter. but africans who've applied for special us immigrant visas were reportedly told for now anyway to stay away. and that's going to be better news than for the friends and family abroad. yeah. indeed for i've got interpreters rallied in london on monday. they protested against what they called the shameful behavior of the british government slamming authorities for not doing enough to get their families out of the taliban control country. they say it's a bit to reward them for putting their lives on the line previously. if i was in day, if i wouldn't say this holiday would communicate with the people, how would they find out who is local, who is in surgery. so i've done a great job, but why the killer? why? because afraid why they target families leaving the people who met the person such as for today we come in here and they are just trying to get back to us . this i kind of shape we've, we could really show what we did did the convention is betrayed of if you would not trust the natura

he made a unilateral decision, he did not consult with nato allies. he said, i'm going to do this, and i'm sorry, i'm going to have to disagree it on the vietnam analogy as well. president ford did not unilaterally decide to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. us troops withdrew 2 years before this, the fall of saigon. what happened was, the u. s. was committed providing logistic, a congress passed a law that said that won't happen. i refer you to the louis sorely book, a better war for the details on that. so what you had here was a different situation entirely. how to unilateral decision by the president, which i think history will show in the fullness of time, did not consult with. and he, cutty, in the career oxy and the kindergarten the state farm. it's because he was worried that he would get rolled as happened in 2000 and made a unilateral decisions without consulting with allies, that created a condition that just snowball beyond any recognition. but that being said, nobody expected it to happen this quickly. and i don't really fault him for

that's 2 years out of 20 years of nato occupation of the country. you also can't have worked with any subcontractors or aid organizations whatsoever. so it does really limit down the amount of people who will be able to get on to those flight from the german side as they they try to escape from cargo when it comes to refugees. so would be the real way. the only way we're going to know just how many people are going to try and flee the country, is how many people arrive in those near by nations. that's going to be the best gauge of it anyway, you're looking at those countries in central asia also pakistan, ron, as well, should they see huge amounts of people arrived there? well then you repeat, leaders may well be prepared for should be prepared or pay a ring for people to start arriving on mass from afghanistan on european shores. and i wrap it up for this house coverage of the unraveling scenario. enough, ganna staff will be following events closely to stay with auntie for more the the oh me the news in the at the height of the 2020 corona virus pa

the every single nato aircraft. it's taking off american aircraft, looted, but civilians with american citizens, europeans troops. they're all down the sides of taliban guns. the taliban wanted to cause trouble, they very well could. well, as you can see, chaos isn't suing and i guessed, and there's also a group of california students and parents remain stranded overseas. now while there are poorly had a ticket out, none of them were able to get to the airport in time. ours course on top street has been put on the story and we continue to follow it, but more has more on their current situation. at least 20 students and 16 parents from a school in san diego remain in afghanistan after a summer trip abroad. now lawmakers say they're working to get them and thousands of others out of afghanistan, horrifying images last week at the cobble international airport. as a tele bon was empower people wanted out, but it wasn't just local from afghanistan trying to escape. there were also many americans attempting to fly home. m

that were common date from the a, the afghan national army, and us and nato forces. but some expert saying a lot of these weapons of also colon into the hands of i. so now the pentagon said that there has been cooperation between us and nato forces and the taliban during this evacuation operation. and the taliban has said that he will not allow either homegrown or foreign terror organizations to use this country as a base to attack foreign countries or course target inside afghanistan. but there are questions being asked as to whether that level of cooperation between the u. s. and the taliban that we've seen during this evacuation right evacuation operation will continue once nato forces leave. but one thing is for sure that it is in both the us nato countries and the taliban interest to prevent an organization that not re presents a threat to this country. but the world shall stratford the inside story trouble. so what do we know about? i saw horse and also known as ice. ok, that's claimed responsibility for the attacks. while the arm group was formed in 2014 by br

i've spoken with our nato allies who spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general r b. i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense. the fact of the matter is i have not seen a matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got. this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i'm disappointed that the button administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid us withdrawal. the images we saw coming out of of going to start show a tremendous humanitarian crisis. this is going to hurt us. no question about it. i think of janice town, his last, every terrorist around the world is cheering. they have watched the taliban defeat america. in effect, president buttons, poor judgment produced the worst possible outcome in

here there is also ceaseless nato activity in the sky. we're talking about jets presumably as support, which is why there have been rumors about as strikes though. again, we are unable to confirm to confirm those rumors. as of now, the situation here is there is no other way to describe it. is it is ted's. it is very ted, this was one of the deadliest days in years. in many years for the united states military 12 troops killed, 15 injured. and the pentagon had said those behind these bloss, these 2 attacks at the airport that set this all off, that those will be held accountable, isis as since come out and claimed responsibility there was speculation and was believed that it was them that carried out these attacks before but they have now confirmed that on their cecil channels it is absolutely devastating the footage, the grizzly seems that we have seen the aftermath of these bought a visa to bombings at the airport. bodies spread out across the canal across a checkpoint at east end of the in the east and end of the airport just to bring

it is being called the worst the buckle in nato's history. the fall of afghanistan to the taliban, turning out to be the biggest crisis of jo biden's presidency. so far he's facing criticism from us politicians and afghan veterans, they say the ultimate beneficiary of the billions of dollars spent on afghan forces is the taller bond. the u. s. president is adamant he made the right decision and blamed the afghan government and military for not being willing to fight for themselves. we have a lot to discuss with our guest, surely before us this report from she advocacy in washington. joe biden attempted to keep public opinion focused on a promise kept up to 20 years. the u. s. was finally leaving f honest on i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years, i've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw us forces. but neither the president or any administration official has been able to address the chaotic matter of that withdrawal. despite biden's proclamation that the buck stopped with him, he lashed out both of th

but where britain said that it is severe and precise, the taliban says that what they told nato is that there is a loo threats and it isn't specific and specific threat. they said someone may try to use advantage of the chaos, the press of people at the airport to shoot terminal to perhaps plaza bowman to try to blame to try to discredit the taliban here the tad. but also said that they have an obligation before the international community to make sure that no terrorists can ever make of god just on whom again, never use it as a as a base of operations. but he went to the same office, the same building, the ministry of information, do 1018 and now and the difference is incredible. ital about g to be making a huge effort to job journalists. they gave us an interview. the 1st interview, the ministers, 1st interview, as the minister of information of, of got a thought was to a russian group of journalists. and he said that the taliban has changed. he assured that his assured that over the last 20 years, the taliban has learned many things. they evolve, that they're now able to govern a cou

i've spoken with our nato allies. we spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general or excuse me, i keep calling them in general, but my secretary of defense. the fact of the matter is i have not seen the matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got, this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i am disappointed that the button administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid us withdrawal. the images we saw coming out of of going to start show a tremendous humanitarian crisis. this is going to hurt us. no question about it. i think of janice town, his last, every terrorist around the world is cheering. they have watched the taliban defeat america

and nato troop withdrawal drawing parallels with all the western light interventions over the past 2 decades of critics. a washington link. the operations in the country have been paying directly into the taliban hands as well as equally tunnels explains. they've done it finally from siri and liberating them at least to venezuela and cuba and latin america. washington has a decades long history of failed attempts to bring anti government militia is to power . and at last they've crack the code in. i've gotten, has done with the taliban. apparently, all they had to do is instead of aiding them, they should have just fought against them all this time. thanks to our military and our allies and the brave fighters of afghanistan, taliban regime is coming to an end. there is little doubt that our greatest military challenge right now is afghan. stan, we must reverse the tale, bonds, momentum, and deny of the ability to overthrow the government. our troops will fight to win. we will fight to win. it all started so well. the us invaded the taliban, fled to the mountains, the us trained and t

he made a unilateral decision, he did not consult with nato allies. he said, i'm going to do this, and i'm sorry, i'm going to have to disagree it on the vietnam analogy as well. president ford did not unilaterally decide to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. us troops withdrew 2 years before this, the fall of saigon. what happened was, the u. s. was committed providing logistic, a congress passed a law that said that won't happen. i refer you to the louis sorely book, a better war for the details on that. so what you had here was a different situation entirely. how to unilateral decision by the president, which i think history will show in the fullness of time, did not consult with. and he, cutty, in the career oxy and the pentagon, the state farm, it's because he was worried that he would get rolled as happened in 2000. and he made a unilateral decisions without consulting with allies that created a condition that just snowball beyond any recognition. but that being said, nobody expected to happen this quickly, and i don't really fault him for bei

our nato allies are strongly standing with us. their troops are keeping alongside us in afghanistan, as is the case whenever i deploy our troops into harm's way. i take that responsibility seriously. i carry that burden every day. just as i did when i was vice president, and my son was deployed to iraq for a year. there will be plenty of time to criticize and second-guess this operation when it is over. now, i am focused on getting this job done. i would ask every american to join me in praying for the men and women risking their lives on the ground in the service of our nation. as events evolve, over the coming days, my team and i will continue to share information and update the american people on exactly where things are. every resource necessary to carry out the mission at hand and bring the american citizens and our afghan allies. this is our focus now. when this is finished, we will complete our withdraw and finally bring to an end 20 years of american military action and afghans in. thank you, and may god bless our troops,

and also finally the nato allies are not happy about this at all. they feel as abandoned as many of the afghans do. they feel they didn't have enough flts. they didn't like the fact that the fact that bagram air base was shut down before the actual withdrawal was completed. so that kept air cover not only for the afghan forces but also for their departing troops and diplomats. the president did mention today that they had given some air cover just there in kabul to the french to get the four miles to the airport. but there is a lot of dismay in paris, in london, in berlin with the way we left the nato allies that were with us from day one, the day after 9/11 nato passed the one and only agreement to come to the defense of the united states. because we were under attack on 9/11. the only time in nato 70 year history they have every done that was for us and we are leaving much sooner than they expected. >> is yeah, the president downplaying any disagreement with the allies. thank you. i want to go back to richard in qatar. but i do have to ask you, as

so on your own, i v i v i knocked off in one and tablet block. nato took it out. we moved east. the reason us had gemini, is a dangerous is the lack of the sovereignty of other countries. the exceptionalism that america uses and its international war planning is one of the greatest threats to the populations of different nations. if nato, 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. join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me when our show seemed wrong. when all just don't the rule. yes. to see out the same because the after an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart and we choose to look for common ground in the world. ah, we went to have gun has done twice in the last 6 months to record this footage. many people warned us that filming the opium crop being eradicate

he made a unilateral decision, he did not consult with nato allies. he said, i'm going to do this, and i'm sorry, i'm going to have to disagree it on the vietnam analogy as well. president ford did not unilaterally decide to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. us troops withdrew 2 years before this, the fall of saigon. what happened was, the u. s. was committed providing logistic, a congress passed a law that said that won't happen. i refer you to the louis sorely book, a better war for the details on that. so what you had here was a different situation entirely. how to unilateral decision by the president, which i think history will show in the fullness of time, did not consult with. and he, cutty, in the career oxy and the kindergarten the state farm. it's because he was worried that he would get rolled as happened in 2000 and not made a unilateral decisions without consulting with allies. that created a condition that just snowball beyond any recognition. but that being said, nobody expected to happen this quickly. and i don't really fault him for

i've spoken with our nato allies spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general are for me, i keep calling them in general, but my secretary of defense, the fact of the matter is i have not seen the matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got, this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i am disappointed that the button administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid us withdrawal. the images we saw coming out of of going to start show a tremendous humanitarian crisis. this is going to hurt us. no question about it. i think of janice town, his last, every terrorist around the world is cheering. they have watched the taliban defeat america. in effect, president buttons, poor judgment produced the worst possible o

and its partners is video shows a former nato bass in the country as a public in russia to treat the us presidents as americans on track to finish its mission. and i've got to start by the end of this month to tell us different, however, says different options are currently being discussed. to paul about have made clear that they have a strong interest in having a functioning airport. we and the rest of the intricate national community certainly have a strong interest in that, primarily for the purpose of making sure that anyone who wants to leave can leave pass the the 31st. and again, with regard to our own potential presence going forward after the 31st, we're looking at a number of options. let me remind you that the deadline for the american withdrawal is the 31st of august. i can very my message again to the americans to evacuate all its allies by this time because they have the capability, they have planes, they have the airport, they must evacuate all the troops, and those people who are linked to foreigners. despite the withdrawal being one way prominent us politicians and r

and its partners. video to show a former nato bass. there is dependent pentagon does rush to retreat. the u. s. president sees the evacuation i relies on taliban cooperation completion bargains. 31st depends upon the tale bond continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport for those who are trans, we're transporting out no disruption to our operation. in addition, i've asked the pentagon and the state department for contingency plans to adjust the time table should that become necessary? let me remind you that the deadline for the american withdrawal is the 31st of august. i can very my message again to the americans to evacuate all its allies by this time because they have the capability, they have planes, they have the airport, they must evacuate all the troops, and those people who are linked to foreigners. despite the withdrawal being well underway, prominent us politicians and retired generals are demanding that troops should remain. but it does seem that mainstream outlets these people are being heard on or ignoring the

that was the 2nd senior partner in the nato alliance. after the u. s, it was an opportunity for employees to have their say to discuss what has happened to talk about what little this country can perhaps now contribute to help. in the aftermath, we've seen some extremely moving point in, sometimes bitter and angry interventions from empties some of them veterans of that campaign. in afghanistan, we've seen strong questions. also, the government, about its preparedness for all of this post johnson and his foreign secretary were on holiday. as these events unfolded and escalated towards the end of last week. we've had questions about the failures of western intelligence to be able to predict what would happen and questions about where the more could be done to form some out of a coalition without the united states to stand strong enough to stand and head off prevent. what in effect happened? the government has tried to talk up the positives. the successes have been, have been offered by the government of a double, the annual amount of international hum

nato has no official mission there. it is more or less everyone is depending on the americans and british forces. they are also securing the green zone's in kabul, all the embassies are but everybody is worried about the pace. it is not a matter of months, only a matter of weeks. they are tried to hurry up things as fast as they can. >> thank you so much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the death toll from floods and landslides in northern turkey has risen to 38. rescue crews are searching collapsed buildings and homes for survivors. officials say 300 people may be unaccounted for. roads and bridges are down and dozens of places are unaccounted for. russia has declared a state of emergency for northeast siberia because of wildfires. there are currently 117 active fires. smoke has also engulfed a city. the area has had months of hot, dry weather. vote counting is underway in zambia following a close presidential election. the government continues to restrict access to

i've spoken with our nato allies. we spoke with nato allies, the secretary of state, or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general r b, i keep calling him in general, but my secretary defense, the fact of the matter is i have not seen a matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got, this is above america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i'm disappointed that the button administration clearly did not accurately assess the implications of a rapid us withdrawal. the images we saw coming out of of going to start show a tremendous humanitarian crisis. this is going to hurt us. no question about it. i think of janice town, his last, every terrorist around the world is cheering. they have watched the taliban defeat america. in effect,

and nato forces in the taliban during the evacuation operation. the taliban said it will not allow homegrown or foreign terror organizations to use the country as a base to attack foreign countries or target inside afghanistan, but there are questions asked as to whether that level of cooperation that we have seen during this evacuation operation will continue once nato forces lead. one thing is for sure, it is in both the u.s., nato countries, and the taliban's interest to prevent an organization that not only presents a threat to this country, but the world. anchor: so what do we know about isil-k, that has claimed responsibility for the attacks? it was formed in 2014 by breakaway fighters who pledged allegiance to the late isil leader. the name refers to a historical region that includes parts that would today be in iran, afghanistan, and another country. it has been responsible for some of the worst attacks in recent years, girls schools, hospitals, and a maternity ward. it is considered the most extreme and violent of all militant groups in a

heavy all might have been abandoned in the country by the us on its pointless. video shows a former nato by the pentagon in russia retreats the us president says america is on track to finish its mission and i've kind of on fly the end of this month. the top us diplomats however says different options are currently being discussed. to tell about have made clear that they have a strong interest in having a functioning airport. we and the rest of the intricate national community certainly have a strong interest in that. primarily for the purpose of making sure that anyone who wants to leave can leave pass the the 31st. and again, with regard to our own potential presence going forward after the 31st. we're looking at a number of options. hello, let me remind you that the deadline for the american withdrawal is the 31st of august. i can very my message again to the americans to evacuate all its allies by this time because they have the capability, they have plains, they have the airport, they must evacuate all the troops. and those people who are linked to for this, despite the withdrawal b