thank from a private go live now to the white house and alan fisher. and i know it's still early there in the us, but any reaction, any common coming out about this tyler bond warning? well, listen, the, there's 2 ways of looking at this. one is the logistical way, which says that the u. s. wants to get this over as quickly as possible. they've already had a briefing at the pentagon just in the last 10 minutes or so. they've told us that in the last 24 hours, the u. s. is managed to transport, $11000.00 people out of the country that's ahead of the ability predictions. they said they would probably have capacity of somewhere between $7.90. so they're already had of shadow that in the last fortnight or so. they've managed to get 37000 people out of there. the problem they've got is they don't know how many americans are actually in afghanistan and incapable, and how many of those americans want to leave. there's also the political problem, joe biden would like this done unlike this, done quickly, because every day there are pictures of chaos at i've got

we're going to have more on that from alan fisher and washington in a moment. first, this report from charlotte, bet us in a couple count donna is on as the us and foreign forces. now i only have until tuesday to get out. and with that means the end of evacuation live here outside the airport. there is people rush, see if they can get on a flight. we understand your with and the telephone have a deal that the telephone originally about to make people to the area who have torn past pieces and you have paid didn't. was it going to have? and i'm here without documents because a lot of people that went to the us on evacuation flights were civilians. so i thought if civilians are going and i served in the army, i should be eligible to go to got to got an offer on everybody's going. so i'm going to my house that won't leave me alone. my wife says get down there. why are you so lazy? i leave the house every day. so my wife stops hastily in a way to control the crowd and try to figure this out. they've been looking for people's paperwork at different locations around a

well let's now cross back over to washington dc and speak to alan fisher, who's across all the happenings for us, the pentagon allen. we do know that there have been some injuries that have taken place amongst us troops. what else have we been hearing from officials? well, nothing confirmed as far as numbers are concerned, but we do know that happy in american injuries just in the last 15 minutes or so. mike pence, the former vice president under donald trump, twitter that he sends his condolences to the 3 troops who may have been injured. i think he's basing that on us t. v reports. certainly we've got no confirmation on those numbers. there is a variety of reports ranging from $2.00 to $5.00. we know that lloyd austin, who is the defense sector, is no back at the pentagon. he arrived in the last 1520 minutes or so. he'd spent most of the morning in the situation room at the white house briefing, joe biden, about the latest of what was going on, and afghan is done. and officials that the pentagon are suggesting that the attack was carried out by i saw k. they are kind of conducting their

it's advising those are ready there to leave immediately. alan fisher has more from washington d. c. well, there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering. i'd say the airport, particularly americans from ice. ok, which is the militant groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is carried out a number of attacks across the country during this year. certainly the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target. it's something that the americans are aware of. undoubtedly during the conversations with the taliban, it's something that has come up. in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on isis. k u. s. secretary of state, anthony blink and says about 1500 americans may still be waiting evacuation from i've gone on. he insist diplomatic efforts will continue beyond august 31st, including engagement with the taliban. the taliban, whether we like it or not, is in control largely in control. the country certainly control is the city of couple and it's been important to work with them to try to

let's go to alan fisher than he is live in washington. so alan, what do we know about talks between the taliban and the united states in terms of preventing attacks like this and improving security around the apple? it's well, we know that they're in discussions which seems slightly surreal. if you've covered or read about afghanistan over the last 20 years, you'll be aware that since the attacks on $911.00, the u. s. has targeted the taliban by bombing them and know here the odd is the boat to leave with just less than a week left that actually discussing with the taliban higher american forces can be protected and they're discussing the security in the area around the airport. it is very surreal, but what we do know is that there were 12 us service been killed. i'm led to believe it's 11 marines and one medic. 15 have been injured. certainly the us that believe that this was a threat that was coming. they understood that the airport was a soft target. they did everything they possibly could to prevent it. but the reality is that they we

it's advising those are ready there to leave immediately. alan fisher has more from washington d. c. well, there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering. i'd say the airport, particularly americans from iso k which is.

thank you very much. alan fisher and washington. thank you alan. will in cobble a taliban is maintaining that there'll be no change that august. 31st deadline is who hearing is charles traffic reports from the afghan capital. the groups growing power and dominance is also causing a lot of wiring concern. another military aircraft takes off from cobble airport on board, some of the 10s of thousands of people who have been evacuated since the taliban sees power over the 15th. and its estimated tens of thousands more desperate to leave. but despite pressure from governments around the world, the taliban said again on tuesday, it would be no extension of the august, the 31st deadline for the remaining nato soldiers and half canister to get out the other one over here. we will not allow the extension beyond august 31st, so the us to remove and evacuate all personnel by the deadline. which i had said the taliban is stopping afghans from going to the airport. islamic emory, he's trying to encourage people to go home, is that the american for inviting peop

all right, and that was alan fisher from washington d. c. charlie angela is monitoring reaction from europe and joins us now from london. so where does the u. s. withdrawal leave europe's evacuation plans and policies. well, we understand the german chancellor under merkel has been in touch with the leaders about the possibility of maintaining some kind of e u presence in kabul to keep up contact with the taliban. although she stressed that this would not be the same as diplomatic recognition, and we'll bring him on that as soon as we care about it. but here in the u. k, the government says that it's too early to decide if and how they would work with the taliban and what kind of capacity they want to see whether or not the taliban stick to it. commit its commitment to allow africans who want to leave the country safe passage and they got behind them now as well that un security council resolution that was passed on monday. the foreign minister here in the u. k. dominant is admitted. there are still a few 100 british nationals, still enou

we're going to have more on that from alan fisher in washington, dc in a moment. first this report from charlotte bellis in couple. the count donna is on as us and foreign forces. now i only have until tuesday to get out and with means the end of evacuation. like from here outside the airport, there is people rush, see if they can get on a flight. we understand your with and the telephone have a deal that the telephone are only about to let people have torn past pieces and you have paper was that did it? was it going to have an i'm here without documents because a lot of people that went to the us on evacuation flights were civilians. so i thought if civilians are going and i served in the army, i should be eligible to go to got to got an offer on the father of everybody's going. so i'm going to my house. they won't leave me alone. my wife says get down there. why are you so lazy? i leave the house every day, so my wife stops hastily in a way to control the crowd and try to figure this out. they've been looking for paper work at different locations around, and the

all right, and that was alan fisher from washington. d. c, still ahead on al jazeera. look at how china is deepening its ties with autonomy. bod, and how it's belts and road initiative could benefit i . ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello. they were going to see the monsoon rains for heaviest across western parts of india in the days to come. you can see the cloud cover in the satellite image behind me. we have got some red alert, sought for good. you're about state for con, can and go and muddy my rush draw, we could see flooding as those 2 rental rains to kick in. and by the time we get to thursday, it will be coastal areas of pockets done that are in and dated with those rains. now we're also seeing some heavy rains across those eastern areas of india and the northeast will continue to see the rain fall and oppose like you to see some heavy showers come thursday and we could see more flash flooding here for the north west . it does remain wet in delhi to the we can, but northern areas of pakistan are looking to dry up as we edg

but 1st, let's take you to alan fisher. he's at the white house to address that pentagon briefing. so very clear that the message which the pentagon is trying to emphasize is but they've done a huge job when it comes to evacuations, right, alan? that's right. and joint can be a saying that no one could be expected, the government to collapse quite so quickly where people suggesting that that might happen. so there will be questions after this about whether or not there was a huge intelligence failure, as there was 20 years ago. when some of been latin coordinated the attacks in the united states on 911, which precipitated the us going into afghanistan in the 1st place. what was interesting of the 5 rockets that were launched at the airport overnight? only one landed one was intercepted by the rocket system 3 landed outside the airport. but this talk about how they are able to continue to target people. even after the united states pulls, it's what they've talked about for a long time. this over the horizon security capability to be able to still neutralize threats that the c i knew

c and speak to alan fisher. he's across all the reaction from the island. i believe we are now hearing from officials that a number of american troops are among the dead. what else are you hearing from the pentagon? the us basset, the cabal highs, confirm just in the last few minutes before american marines have been killed and 3 others have been injured in the bombing at capital airport. interestingly enough, 24 hours ago, the troops that were guarding the gates and processing people through 4 flights to leave from afghanistan were given advice on what to look for. if there was a suspected suicide bomber. that is because there was a high security allowed, they had credible evidence that there was going to be an attack. and so the troops were warned, this is what you need to look for. this is what you need to keep an eye on. i'm still, even after that warning, they were processing people through those gates, risking their own lives to make sure that these people could get out of the country . the bomb blast came at the gate. it was a complex attack. accordi

rob mcbride in cobble for a so to washington, then alan fisher is at the white house for us. so alan, what are you hearing from your end about those evacuations and in particular, the u. s. coordination such as it is with the taliban. well, just remember the u. s. a said that those evacuations will go on until the very last minute. so it could be the very last flight either even has people that need to leave the country, but mainly it will be the military. essentially, everyone in washington would like to be able to close that. i wake up on wednesday morning and realize that it's all done. the evacuation is over the united states involvement and i've can extend over the last 20 years has come to an end. and there has been no more loss of life either of american service, men and women, or of afghan civilians. because of course, at the 13 bodies of those who died in the suicide bombing return to the united states on sunday. your bike went to that service in delaware, and of course there was the attack on what they thought was a car bomb drawing strike right in the heart of the

c, and speak to alan fisher. allan, as we've been saying that all now for marines who have been confirmed dead, what more do we know? we know that that figure was given by the us ambassador and capital to staff when he spoke to them. certainly report circulating and social media in the last half hour suggest that that number may be increased then that me explain why. when the pentagon issued a statement in the last, it said that a number of us military personnel had been killed. so there is the possibility that while the ambassador is telling his staff, the 4 were dead and 3 had been injured. that number in the next hour or so, when we get official word from the pentagon may actually increase. we know that 24 hours ago, the u. s. embassy and cabal was concerned about specific threats that were coming in from the group. i saw k, the off shoot of the militant military group that operates in afghanistan and stanley. the marines who are working at the airport had been told what to look for . if they thought the so as suicide bomber, despite that, they continued to process people through the g

all right, thanks so much. alan fisher there from outside the white house. still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of people in the us could be without power for weeks. so how can either leave the trail of destruction? schools reopen in mexico off the being shop for more than a year and a half. but some students may never come back and it's for christiana and all those officially manchester united player again is move from the event is finalized on the deadline day. ah hello, that is more hot, dry weather on the cards for the middle east, an event we are seeing the temperature pick up in iraq, baghdad, nearly touching 50 degrees celsius. it will come down as we go into thursday, across pa, to syria and iraq. we will see that heat is slightly, we are seen some blustery winds blowing across the red sea into saudi arabia, us kicking up quite a bit of dust, creating some hazy sunshine. we've also got a shim mouth picking up the dust, 4 pots of q 8, and katara lots of hazy sunshine around here. it is looking cooler in the south, thanks to a southerly breeze. so coas

but let's now speak to alan fisher. he is in washington dc monitoring reaction there for us allen. i know the pentagon was supposed to be briefing what a half hour ago, but that's been pushed back. what do we hearing from them now? we are hearing from an named us official. the 3 americans have been injured. that is not confirmed by the pentagon, depending on what you to start with. a briefing about 35 minutes ago initially. lucas, if that been postpone push back to 3 pm local time, would know, seeing or in the pentagon website that, that briefing has been delayed and may start shortly. so that's something that we should keep an eye on. the clearly, the pentagon obviously want to get information from the people on the ground. it's just over 12 hours ago with the u. s. embassy and bill one, the americans not to go near the airport or to start doing up at the gate around the airport. because the mere view, there was a credible threat from the off shoot of i saw i saw k, which operates, and taliban is carried out a number of attacks across i've got this done over the course of this yea

fisher, who's more from washington d. c. while there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering outside the airport, particularly americans from iso k, which is the militant groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is carried out a number of attacks across the country during this year. certainly the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target. it's something that the americans are aware of. undoubtedly during the conversations with the taliban, it's something that has come up. in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on isis. kate, members of 170 indigenous groups in brazil are waiting for the supreme court like a crystal ruling on rights to their ancestral lands. rights group appealed against the state to view the tribes can only claim land if they lived there. but indigenous people say many of them were expelled from their land decades before us . federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of dylan roof

it's advising those already there to leave immediately because of a security threat. alan fisher has more from washington d. c. well, there seems have been a specific threat made against people gathering. i'd say the airport, particularly americans from ice. ok, which is the militant groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is carried out a number of attacks across the country during this year. certainly the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target. it's something that the americans are aware of. undoubtedly during the conversations with the taliban, it's something that has come up. in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on ice or cake. supporters of bolivia as form an enter him president jinny. 9 years have marched through the streets of la pas to demand of a lease from prison medic say on yours. is it a stable condition after you try to take a long life? she's been charged with genocide. over the death of protesters in 2019 u. s. federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of dyl

. >> alan fisher joins us live from washington. president biden intransigent on the end of the month deadline, despite pleas from european allies. >> it is a message as much to the taliban as to the american people. he is saying look, we have upped the amount of flights, we have taken 70,000 people out in the last week or so, most of them afghans, and we can continue at that pace all the way through to the 31st of august. that is contingent on the taliban. essentially he is saying to the taliban, if you start making things difficult, if it becomes hard for people to get to the airport, foreign troops are going to be in your country for longer than you expect. the taliban have said they want all the foreign forces out by the 31st. there are obvious security concerns around that, which is why joe biden has asked the pentagon and the state department to draw up contingency plans. it is clear he wants to get this done by the 31st of august. that is an artificially imposed deadline. donald trump initially said he wanted troops out in ma

alan fisher has more from washington d.c. >> there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering outside the airport, especially militants for my soul -- isil. the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target, something the americans are aware of. undoubtedly, it is something that has come up. you will remember that on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on them. >> 170 indigenous groups are waiting for the court to make a crucial ruling on rights to their ancestral lands. a rights route appealed against the state's witness that tribes can only claim land if they live there or made their claim before a law came into force 30 years ago but indigenous people say many of them were expelled from their lands decades before. supporters of bolo be -- bolivia's former president have been marching through the streets, demanding her release. medics say she is in a stable condition after she tried to take her own life. she has been charged with genocide over the deaths of protesters in 2019. she faces charges of terrorism an

let's go live now to the white house and alan fisher. so alan, we just have this press briefing. sure. want to go by the pentagon. sounds like we're still working to august the 31st right with a headline from the briefing that ended just about 1015 minutes ago, that they want to get all this done by the 31st of august. of course the deadline originally set by joe biden. he said that when he was taking questions from the media on sunday that that deadline could flip. the taliban said, it's a red line and there could be consequences, new detail and what those consequences could be. and also you would suspect that the taliban who are trying to cultivate international goodwill at the moment, when do anything that would mean attacking us forces while they are in cabal? so that still has to play out. but join kirby who speaks for the pentagon. he says that they are absolutely convinced they will work towards getting this done by august the 31st. that was their mission and the intend to implement it. they're talking about the numbers that they're getting out of the country at the moment

it's advising those already there to leave immediately. alan fisher has more from washington d. c. while there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering, i'd say the airport, particularly americans from iso k, which is the militant groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is carried out a number of attacks across the country during this year. certainly the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target. it's something that the americans are aware of. undoubtedly during the conversations with the taliban, it's something that has come up. in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on isis. kate, charlotte, bella was a couple airport earlier to see how the taliban is operating in a way to control the crowd and try to figure this out. they've been looking for people paperwork at different locations around and then putting them on the sauces . these people are actually about to be on the slide and they have prioritize to get through. and in the meantime, they are trying to control the crowds

fisher has litres from washington d. c. when joe biden spoke, he was really sending a message to the taliban as well as to the american people to the american people. we've got this. we can get this done by august 31st to the taliban. we've got this . we can get this done by august the 31st, as long as you don't gum us up and get in the way that they're taking off the flight or taking off every 45 minutes or so. they've already evacuated 70000 people since august, the 14th. he thinks that they're on schedule to make this by august the 31st, but he's making it very clear getting away cause problems, stop people getting to the airport. and then there is a difficulty. the head of iran's prison authority has issued a rare apology. after linked videos revealed how detainees and mistreated so islands footage lead by a hacker group shows gods baiting dragging and kicking in maine's inside. ty runs, evan prison. it houses political prisoners, and a jo nationals. and the government has the use to smooth delegations of human right

it's my colleague alan fisher was pointing out previously. remarkable to hear us central command leader, the head of the us forces in afghanistan at this very moment, talking about needing the taliban to help protect us troops right now. incredibly remarkable. i will say another anecdote in history here. this was the deadliest attack on us forces since when, since august, 6th, 2011. that's when a chinook helicopter was shot down that killed 30 americans and 8 afghans. where did that happen in afghanistan? who shot it down? the taliban. so that was 10 years ago, so you can see how this is all. this is just, it's how remarkable it is. now, 10 years later, the u. s. natal bond working together in some some ways here. thank you. thank you very much. gabriel is under an washer and we can now speak to school or drawn. she was the ask you for our preventative you and in 2020 joins us live from cobbled via skype. 60 afghans were killed in these attacks and there has been, i mean, we know that men, women, and children died as a result of this has been some very explicit footage of the aftermath

let's bring an allen fisher, who's in washington dc. some 1st off, alan. what are you hearing from your and about those evacuations? how smoothly it's been going and in particular, the coordination with the taliban look that there is no doubt that the americans would like to close their eyes and suddenly this be wednesday or thursday with the final hours of this operation carried out and no further loss of life either on the american side or of an afghan civilians. of course, we saw in the last 24 hours that the targeted someone they said was going to send a car bomb towards the airport. under reports that the number of civilians, including children, were killed. the americans want this to happen really as smoothly as they can over the next few hours. the whole idea is to get as many americans out, those, the green card holder was a resident. and those that have the special immigrant visas. and those considered at risk of the americans can fill, evacuate their obviously working with other nations as well. just in case the british of the french of people th

but 1st let's go to alan fisher. he's also been listening into that pentagon briefing that you've also been listening to alan, a clarification there about just what happened yesterday. and also this acknowledgement that there are still specific threats in that area. well, is certainly something that the americans talked about yesterday. they weren't aware of a threat stream as they call it. they have been waiting for a number of days from ice o k. even though they have moved the perimeter. the gods are running the parameter farther away from the airport. they still see that eyes a threat. what is interesting is that of course, we knew that there were 12 americans that, that numbers know going up to 13 part of the reason for that will be the fact that they had involved at the moment in retrograde. so what's thought that's taking military equipment and equipment that is used by the americans and i've gotten this done and moving it back to other places around the world. and one of the things that would have been broken

we have rob mcbride 1st says take you to alan fisher. he's at the white house who addressed that pentagon briefing, which took place a few hours ago. so these are the final as alan of the us evacuation, i made more rocket 5. what are us officials saying about this? well, joe biden is being briefed on a constant basis by his national security team here at the white house. he's being kept up to date with the final hours of us involvement in afghanistan. there was that rocket attack. as you say, 3 of the rockets did not land in the airport perimeter one did and cause no damage . the other was intercepted by the us military's rocket detecting system and managed to knock out of the sky. clearly, everyone here in the united states, particularly the white house and the pentagon, were really just like to wake up and went in the morning and find out that this operation is over. that managed to get out as many people as they could. and that there has been no part or loss of life because undoubtedly the loss of 13 marines on friday was on thursday

thank you for the update. alan fisher joining us live in from washington. they say the world bank, meanwhile, has suspended a to get his gun fighting deep concerns about the situation. name is provided $5300000000.00 to the countries in 2002 and has $27.00 ongoing projects them last week. the i m f also blocked the delivery of payments. and since the taliban takeover, the u. s. is frozen, not in half a $1000000000.00 worth of african government reserves in american banks. for more on this, let's bring in the alexander and he's the founder of capital peak strategies and served as the us treasury department financial, a tashay in kabul. thank you for joining us, alex. what's your reaction to the world bank? freezing? i money to afghanistan. thank you. emily, i commend the world bank on this decision. i think it was absolutely the right decision in following the, the work of the i m f and the us treasury, department and other partners to deny the tall bond access to revenue. we're likely to see the likes of china or russia stepping to replace some of those las

and a border that is open. alan fisher is in washington, d. c. he says, president biden can still recover politically from the terminal to us, us withdraw. this is an embarrassing end to 20 years of engagement. remember they went in around november after the 911 attacks 20 years ago. they took care bill very quickly. indeed the idea was that they were. busy going to help establish a government which was western facing that would recognize the rights of minorities including women. and 20 years later they leave with embarrassment, almost to a country that is run by the taliban. so there has been a great deal of time, effort lives, money spent on the campaign in afghanistan. and in the end, there are many people in washington who are saying what it was, them, they're talking about the trillions and trillions of dollars that was spent on the war and say, how can people not justify things like universal health care or universal secondary education, a university on the basis of cost. when so much money has been spent on afghanistan political upside for

well, alan fisher is live at the white house. hi there, allen. so plenty of criticism there and we're supposed to be hearing from president biden later, i believe its been delayed a couple of times. he was due to speak, but 30 minutes ago still new sight of him appearing in the state dining room in the white house. normally there's a pillar reporters that are gathered. they've been told to go back inside. so it could be another 1520 minutes, perhaps even longer than that as they get job and ready to address the nation. it's interesting, he's doing it in the middle of the afternoon here in the united states rather than a prime time address on all the major networks a will be carried by all of the major networks, but not when most people are sitting watching the tv he's going to leave a foreign policy. but before he does that, he will thank everyone who is involved in the a lift operation. more than 120000 people listed in the last couple of weeks. he will talk about the military and the volunteers who are involved in that operation and getting it

it's also advising those are ready there to leave immediately. alan fisher is joining us from washington dc. so what do we know about what's prompted this warning by the u. s. it appears that the u. s. embassy and cabal has received a specific and the cd is threat. and so they've told americans not to gather the 3 gates at the airport, and those are making their way. they are not to come at the moment. the threat comes from isis k, which is the melting groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is kind of a number of attacks throughout the course of this year. and just at the, we can jim sullivan, who's the national security advisor here in the u. s. described i saw k as an acute and persistent thread job. i mentioned them when he was talking on tuesday. he said that that threat is there and essentially saying to the taliban, you need to make sure that this group does not do anything to derail the operation . it's under way at the airport, particularly if you want us troops out of afghanistan by august the 31st. remember it's just a few hours ago that the pentagon said it would consider sending

fisher live 1st in washington. thank. let's go to some have been job aid now. he's been given re access to the east and afghan city of july, but a summer. what is it like there for people under taliban rule right now. but have him. we've been seeing a lot of celebration on the street we've been seeing like much of, by the fall of on. there are lots of thought of on flags out in the streets. close to where we are, that the stadium where we thought about leaders come and give speeches. a decent amount of people gathered from de la bog down the areas. and the message from the taliban seems to be that this is a government that is going to be put into place where the oppress no longer are without a voice said that the assistive of corruption is now gone and people can come back to their lives as they were in before the, the taliban took over and we've been seeing and i'll show you the street. this is really close to the main street in july about the town center. and we be seeing a lot of people coming out the men, women

about security around the ear, the base and cabal trying to protect american troops. alan fisher. that was all the latest force from washington d. c. thanks very much. allan. well, 2 british nationals were among those who died in the blast. neat bucket has worn out from london on the british lead evacuation from cobble, which is now in its final hours a group of around a 1000 people the last to be lifted out of afghanistan of have the paperwork process and, and now within the, the perimeter of the airport, we don't know how many of already left the country, but within the coming hours, those last remaining people will be taken to various different locations globally. we have learned, however, that there are around a 1000 eligible afghans who remain in the country and around a 100 britain. some of the men, jo, workers, journalists, than people who have decided to stay for a whole variety of reasons. some of them simply weren't able to get on their schedule flights because of the attacks that took place on thursday evening and the subsequent locked down around the airport afterwards

thank you very much. alan. alan fisher. washington. well, our white house correspondent. kimberly how can joined us live and kimberly, of course, the, the pentagon in general, take the orders from the white house and it would have been president, jo biden's decision to have that reduced force of us troops. not just in kabul itself, but to secure the airport. what further reaction has that been from his administration to all this? well, not. the 1st person we've heard really officially in the capacity is the general, the just rate that we took in its entirety. in fact, what we're waiting for some sort of clarification or indication that the us president may in fact speak to the american public and we have not had that clarification. in fact, instead what we've had are delays or cancellations of the president's schedule as he has been brief to on and off throughout the day at times in the situation room. a classified intelligence setting. in order to monitor respond in real time to the events on the ground in the coordinate with the commanders on the ground, is that cancell

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and he blamed afghan forces collapsing far more quickly than anyone expected. alan fisher, this is this report from whitehouse. my fellow americans. the war in afghanistan is now over. joe biden brought an end to america's involvement and its longest war 20 years, which still lives cost money, and damage to medic. his image in the world war to remove the taliban, which again sits in power and cabal, were left with a simple decision, either follow through the commit made by the last administration and leave afghanistan. or say we weren't levy and commit another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice, the real choice between levy are escalating. he promised all americans who wanted to leave would be evacuated before the u. s. military where they went somewhere between one and 200 are still they are stranded, but biting insists not forgotten. and for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we remain committed to get them out if they want to come out . but the president pace is going criticism from political opponents and even though is on his own site

fisher in washington, d. c. on what's next for america and its allies. but 1st let's talk to charles charlotte balance with the latest developments from cobble. so charlotte, an incredible scene said they're now over the last few hours in cobble. what is the situation right now that the tall about a full in full control? we know that they spoke a few minutes ago about what their plans were for the country hold much ahead. who is a spokesman for the television? he it was a message of reassurance. for africa and then also almost a pitch towards the international community on an economic front. we know the economy is at the forefront of the mines. it's a big concern and he said, we know we need international investments. we want the international community to engage. we want to coordinate with them on projects, some plans, if they have any issues, we want them to come to us so we can find solutions. we think that it will take a few years for us to find out these and really fulfill potential. but we need the inte

well, that's not bringing alan fisher, he's been monitoring developments for us in washington d. c. at the pentagon allen, we did also get a clarification today about just what happened outside the airport and that investigation is still on the way i believe. exactly, and obviously that it's very clear to us that i saw k was behind it. and i think jack fecky didn't be thing just a few minutes ago. gave the headline them with american newspapers will go on when the power is he going, how is your bike good to track down the people that were responsible? does he want to bring them to justice? she said he doesn't want them to live on f any more. certainly we had from the pentagon in the last few hours that there was only one bombing there. remember, at the time people thought there had been a 2nd bomb towards the hotel, which is very close to the gates, the abbe gates, where the bombing took place. that's understandable when something like this happens, push reports tend to be wrong. people hear gunshots that didn't happen, or to hear an echo of the 1st blast thinking that's a 2nd blast

and speak to alan fisher. he has all the latest lines for us out of the pentagon, and we are hearing confirmation that for marines were killed in this attack. what more do we know? the information was given to staff at the u. s embassy in cabal, by the ambassador. he confirmed that 4 marines had been killed, 3 had been injured. certainly the pentagon has, in the last 20 minutes, put out a statement confirming that there have been a number of american casualties. and we should get more details on that. when the pentagon is due to brief and about 90 minutes time, a stanley and 24 hours ago because they were aware of this thread that had been made by i saw that there was the potential for an attack at the airport. the marines on duty, there had been given advice on what to look for for a potential suicide bomber, even though these, even with that, they continued to process people through the gates. they are trying to get them on flights and get them out of can it's done. but interestingly enough, the numbers over

c and speak to alan fisher allan, you were across. this was suppose that pentagon briefing, which was supposed to be what over an hour ago. now that was pushed back and now also we're hearing that president biden's schedule is changing. what are we now hearing from officials about what's going on over there was talking to someone independent just in the last 20 minutes or so. they say that of course there was due to be a briefing which was due to get under way about an hour and 20 minutes ago. there is no time skill for when that will no take place. that is due to be briefing at 3 p. m. that's 1900 g m t here that was always on the schedule. the pen to get have been briefing about twice a day in recent days because of the situation. updating the numbers of americans that have been evacuated. but speaking to someone at the pentagon, they told me that this was a complex attack. first of all, there was the bomb near abbey gate, and obviously as people moved away from that area, there was a 2nd bomb at nearby bar. and so tell where some a

so alan fisher is in washington dc. he joins us live now and so on. i mean, the pentagon knew that was a risk of something like this happening. we've just been hearing from the head of us central command, who is in charge of preventing something like this. what did we learn about how this these explosions and this, this loss of life took place? i think the incredible thing is if you stop and take a breath for a 2nd, what we just had was that after 20 years of the us going after the taliban and pounding them and bombing the actual life out of them. they know sharing information with the taliban to try and stop others bombing them at 12 dead, 15 injured, undoubtedly a black day for the u. s. military. what we got was an idea of what happened that throughout this whole process, people have been coming to the gate at the airport. there they have to be frisk. they have to be thoroughly searched to make sure they are not carrying a bomb onto the airfield and then luckily onto an aircraft. this is close up. war said the general mackenzie. any praise the hero

after the off the back of that incident, 5 address. alan, thanks very much. will. after 20 years of war, millions of afghans are back living under taliban control. the group is hailed at the moment as quote, full independence for the country. and leaders insist they want good relations with the u. s. and the rest of the world child stratford reports not from combo. the morning after what the telephone is calling a historic victory over foreign invaders after 20 years of war. wearing us military fatigues and holding american weapons taken from afghan army depose. taliban special forces are in control and atomic. 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