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warm and bite and is due to speak shortly at the white house. he is expected to defend his withdraw plans as have gone to stun risks and all our civil war. our white house correspondent, kimberly how can joining us lie from washington d. c. so this is his 1st formal address on i've got to stand since american troops pulled out of the background military base last week. and really, what should we be looking out for? what will the president say? us president, is your saying his upcoming address and we are standing by it should begin momentarily to defend a lot of the criticism that he's received in recent days. given those taliban games you mentioned as a result of not just the withdrawals in secret and hastily from bob from air force base. but the back in april, the announcement that there would be this withdrawal by september of us forces. so what the white house press secretary didn't talk,

it's been saying in the last hour as she brief report on the upcoming address is that the u. s. president is going to make the case that he had to make the difficult decision that he was not prepared as commander in chief to send another generation of americans into a war. he does not believe was able to be won militarily. so what he is going to make the case for is a new sort of support rule for the united states and, and to that. and what it will entail is not just a diplomatic presence, but also very small security presence to make sure that a number of things happened that the u. s. embassy, continuous diplomatic work, and also that the airport that is so critical for the lab law country to, to really stay functioning. so these are some of the things that will be discussed in dish. and we also think the president will highlight the fact that j and j or johnson and johnson cope it vaccines are being sent to support afghans as they like . so many around the world are dealing with coven 19. and finally,

we expect that there will be a clear sense of how those will support the u. s. mission for the last 20 years. for example, interpreters that served alongside us soldiers every now in danger. as a result of that service, what happens to them, we expect that we'll get more details about how they should be evacuated as they are being betted, and ultimately some being offered asylum in the united states. and kimberly, there have been some real concern among some in the u. s. intelligence committee community, excuse me. on the fact that the taliban has been making a real gains in the country. and the u. s. president has been bristling at that suggestion. in fact, when reporters prompted him to respond to this ongoing situation, he really pushed back of it and said, you don't want to talk about the he'd be talking about at a later date. well, we're now at that later date, and we're waiting to hear what he might have to say because the concern is,

is that we see the taliban clothing in and there are cities like cobble that are particularly vulnerable. will the united states have a role in that as a result of the security vacuum? it's left behind and many here in the united states would argue, yes, that is the case. so the us president is going to defend that. but what we're hearing in the united states is, but essentially we're getting a dual message coming out of this white house that is leaving everybody confused on the one. have the u. s. president. say this mission is over, our forces are leaving. on the other hand of the same breath, the same speech, he's saying, but we're going to leave a diplomatic security presence there. so which is it? if left many people confused including those enough data stem that are dealing in or in the throes of the security vacuum. ok for the time being. kimberly, thank you so much for that update from washington d. c. o, c, us withdraw continues to impact the region. other global powers are taking the

opportunities to assert their own influence. russia has offered to health district has done one of i've gone to sons. neighbors deal with any fallout knots. after hundreds of afghan national troops fled across the border into the country last week. moscow is also playing host to the taliban. it state media says a delegation of the groups. political office was in town on thursday. they've announced they want to talk the afghan topic border. and after months of discussions and cats are, iran has now highly held high level peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban representatives into run. the 2 sides agree to continue talks, but they didn't specify a time nor a place. and these diplomatic moves. com as a taliban, as you've been hearing seas control if another border crossing. well, this time with iran, this right there was the scene. islam color. that's a major trends that route between gone it's done. and iran, the taliban has been surging throughout the country and had previously seized crossings with his becca stand and to get this done earlier this week. there are

reports. i've done soldiers fled from islam calla while the taliban is now in control of roughly a 3rd off of gun on district. let's bring and david 70, he's a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for i've gone to san pakistan in central asia. thanks so much for speaking to us on al jazeera and i do apologize in advance. if i have to cross over interrupt you and cross over to the president once you start speaking. but do you expect any sort of major policy announcement from president biden on? i've gone on when, when he starts to speak. i don't expect any major policy present. byne has what many people in united states consider and bad the and it, but he's stuck with it now, but he will try and defend it. it will say that things will be okay, that won't be a tragedy. he will try and especially to deny the facts on the ground. but look, wait, see what you think the united states taken by surprise by this offensive

and well, it's been but it shouldn't have been because was clear to most analysts that this is exactly what i would do once sports is pulled out, but they would attack and attack very much watch the board, so present binding to the job to find them. what is the corresponding said is a very confusing and to be frank, very poorly done policy. i mean, how real do you think that threat is off the charla bon? they are obviously taking more and more ground. apologies, sir. let us cross over to the president and listen to what he has to say on september. and we're on track to meet that target, excuse me. our military mission mission against them will conclude on august 31st, draw out of proceeding in a secure and orderly way. prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart. our

military commanders advised me that once i made the decision and the war we needed move swiftly to conduct the main elements of the draw out. and in this context, speed is safety. and thanks to the way in which we have managed our draw, no one, no one us forces or any forces have had been lost. conducting our drop down differently would have certainly come with the increased risk of safety to our personnel. to me, those risks were unacceptable, and there was never any doubt that our military perform this task efficiently and with the highest level of professionals. that's what they do. and the same is true of our nato allies and partners who have supported. we are supporting and supporting us as well as they conclude their retrograde. i want to be clear, the u. s. military mission against and continues to the end of august, remain routine personnel and capacities in the country. we maintain some authority

to actually be the same authority under which we've been operating for some time. as i said in april, united states did what we want to do in afghanistan. to get the terrors to attack this a 911 and deliver justice to a summer, been long and degrade the terrorist threat to keep aft can stand from becoming a base motion attacks could be continued against the united states. we achieved those objectives. that's why we went, we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill, and it's the right and the responsibility that can people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. together with our nato allies and partners, we have training equipped over 3 are nearly 300000 current service members of the military. they have can now security force and many beyond that are no longer

surveyed. add to that hundreds of thousands more afghan national defense is clarity, forces trained over the last 2 decades. we provided our plan partners are all the tool. let me emphasize all the tools, training equipment of any modern military. we provide an advanced weaponry and we're going to continue to provide funding and equipment. i will ensure they have the capacity to maintain their air force. but most critically, as i stressed in my meeting just 2 weeks ago with president gunning and chairman, i'm dog. afghan leaders have to come together and drive toward the future that the afghan people want and they deserve. in our meeting now, so sure got that us support for the people of afghans then will endure. we will continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance, including speaking out for the rights of women and girls. i intend to maintain our

diplomatic presence, and i can't stand where coordinating closely with our international partners in order to continue to secure the international airport. and we're going to engage in a determined diplomacy to pursue peace and a peace agreement that will and the census violence. i've asked secretary state blank and our special representative for afghanistan reconciliation to work vigorously with the parties and have can stand as well as the regional and international stakeholders to support a negotiated solution. to be clare to be cleared countries in the region, having a sense, a role play and supporting a peaceful settlement, but work with them. and they should help step up their efforts as well. we're going to continue to work for the release and detain americans, including mark she, me here for fairfax, i'm on a proud name correctly. i miss i miss spoke so that he can return to his family

safely. we're also going to continue to make sure that we take on an afghan nationals who work side by side with us forces, including interpreters and translators. since we're no longer going to have military there after this, we're not going to need them and they're have no jobs. we're all can be vital to our efforts. so they have been very viable. and so their families are not exposed to danger as well. we've already dramatically accelerated procedure time for special immigrant baez's to bring them to the united states. since i was in our grade in january 20th, we've already approved $2500.00 special american visas to company united states. up to now fewer than half of exercise their right to do that half of gotten on aircraft and come commercial flights and come another haps and believe they want to stay least as far as working closely with congress to change the authorization legislation. so that we can streamline the process of approving those raises. and

those who have stood up for the operation to physically read a copay, thousands of afghans in their families before the u. s. military mission includes. so that if they choose, they can wait safely outside of afghanistan, while their us visas are being processed. the operation has identified us facilities outside the continental united states, as well as in 3rd countries to host our afghan allies if they choose. they. so choose and starting this month we're going to begin to re really relocate. we're going to bed and began relocation flights for afghan. stan s i v. applicants and their families who choose to leave. we have a point person in the white house and the state department lead task force, coordinating all of these efforts. but our message to those women and men is clear . there is a home for you in the united states, if you so choose. and i will stand with you just a few stood with us. when i made

a decision, the end, the u. s. military involvement up against him. i judge that it was not the national interest in 9 states, america. to continue fighting this for indefinitely. i made a decision with clear eyes and i'm brief daily on the battlefield updates of for those who have argued that we should stay just 6 more months or just one more year . i still consider the lessons of recent history in 2011, the nato allies and partners agree that we would end our combat mission in 20142014. some argued one more year. so we kept fighting. we kept taking casualties in 2015 the same and on and on. nearly 20 years of experience has shown us at the current security situation only confirms and just one more year of funding that can stand is not a solution. but a recipe for being there indefinitely. it's up to the afghans to make the decision

about the future of their country. others are more direct. their argument is that we should stay with the afghan and i can stand indefinitely. and doing so, they point to the fact that we, we have not taken losses in this last year. so they claim that the cost of just maintain the status quo is minimal. but that ignores the reality. and the facts that already presented on the ground, i can stand when i took office. but tale bon, was it his strongest mil is that his strongest militarily? since 2001? the number of us for snap dennis stan had been reduced to a bare minimum. and the united states and last ministration made an agreement that they to, with the tale monitor, remove all our forces by may 1 of this passion of this year. that's what i inherited. that agreement was the reason that's all a bond had ceased. major attacks against us forces. if an april, i just said,

announced that the united states is going to be back, going back on that agreement, maybe last ministration, the united states and allied forces to remain afghan stand for the foreseeable future. itala bomb would have again begun to target our forces. the status quo was not an option. stay would have met us troops taking casualties, american men and women back in the middle of a civil war. and we wouldn't run the risk of having to send more troops back in that can extend to defend our managers. once that agreement, tale bond had been made, stay with a bare minimum force was no longer possible. so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? how long would you have them stay? already we have members of our military, whose parents for now,

can stand 20 years ago. would you send their children to their grandchildren as well? would you send your own son or daughter? after 20 years, a trillion dollar spent train in clipping, hundreds of thousands of afghan security in defense forces. 2448 americans killed. 20722 more wounded and untold thousands coming home with unseen trauma to their mental health. i will much send another generation americans to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome the united states cannot afford to remain tethered to policies creating a response to the world as it was 20 years ago. we need to meet the threats where they are today. today, the terrorist threat has metastasize beyond that canister. so,

we are repositioning our resources and adapting our counterterrorism posture to meet the threats where they are now significantly higher in south asia, the middle east and africa. but make no mistake, our military to chose his leaders are confident they have the capabilities to protect the homeland and our interests from any resurgent terrorist challenge in merging or emanating from afghanistan. where developing a counter terrorism over the horizon capability. and will allow us to keep our eyes firmly fixed and any direct thresh, the united states in the region, and act quickly and decisively if needed. we also need to focus on showing up america's core strengths to meet. that's the strategic compet, competition with china and other nations that is really going to determine, determine our future. we have to defeat cobra 19 at home and around the world. make

sure we're better prepared for the next pandemic or biological threat. we need to establish international norms for cyberspace and the use of emerging emerging technologies. really to take concerted action, the flight extra special threats of climate change. and we will be more formidable to our adversaries and competitors over the long run if we fight the battles of the next 20 years, not the last 20 years filing. i want to recognize incredible sacrifice and dedication at the u. s. military and civilian personnel service alongside our allies and partners have made over the last 2 decades of chemistry and honor and the significance of what they've accomplished. and a great personal risk. they encountered an incredible cost in their families pursuing the terrorist threat. some of the most unforgiving terrain on the planet.

i've been almost rocked an entire country ensure there hasn't been another attack on the home from a can stand for the last 20 years. taking out been a lot. want to thank you all for your service and the dedication to the mission. so many of you had given and to the sacrifices that you and your families are made over the long course of this war. will never forget those who gave the last full measure of devotion for their country and against. nor are those who lives have been immeasurably altered by wounds sustained the service of the country were ending america's longest war. but we'll always always honor the bravery of the american patriots, recerted. and god bless you all. may god protect our troops.

the tale bob take over. now. inevitable? no. it is none. because you have the afghan troops have 300000 well equipped as well as crypt has any army in the world and an air force? again, something like 75000 taliban. it is not inevitable. the president, you trust the telephone? is that a serious question? absolutely. as you're, as you trust me, you know, i do not know. i do not trust to tell him i guess what you need the president meant by that question. you have for your answer please. why you don't, it's a silly question, do i trust the dollar by no,

but i trust the capacity of the african military who is better trained, better equip, and more, more competent in terms of conducting war. yes, ma'am. thank you, mr. president. given the amount of money that has been spent and the number of lives that have been lost in your view with making this decision where the last 20 years worth of you know, my records, i can tell by the way, you ask the question. i opposed permanently having american forces in afghanistan. i argued from the beginning, as you may recall, it came to light after the administration was over the last r ministration. no nation is ever unified. afghanistan. no nation. empires have gone there. and not that the

focus we had, and i strongly supported. you may remember i physically went to afghanistan. i was up in that pass were or some a lot and was allegedly escaped or out of harm's way. we went for 2 reasons. one to bring or some aligned to the gates of hell. as i said, the 2nd reason was to eliminate the kindest capacity to deal with more attacks in the united states. from that territory we accomplished both of those objectives, period. that's what i believe from the beginning, why we should be and why we should have gone to afghanistan. that job had been over for some time. and that's why i believe that this is the right decision and

quite frankly overdue. the bank as mr. president, thank you very much. your own intelligence community has it says that the government will likely clap as no true if it can you please clarify what they have told you about whether that will happen or not. it is not true. they denied they didn't, did not reach that conclusion. what the level of happens that they have, that it will not collapse. the ask in government leadership has to come together. they clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place. the question is, will they generate the kind of cohesion to do? it's not a question where they have the capacity. they have the capacity, they have the forces, they have the equipment. the question is, will they do it?

i want to make clear, when i make clear to gunny that we are not going to just walk away and not sustain their ability to maintain that force. we are. we're going to also work to make sure we help them in terms of everything, from food, necessities, and other things in, in the region. but there is not a conclusion that in fact, they cannot feed totally. but i believe the only way there's going to be this is now joe, by nothing tells you the only way there's only going to be pieces. creamy i can't stand is that they work out a modus, amanda with the tale boss, and they make a judgment as to how they can make peace. and the likelihood is going to be one unified government and i can stand control in the whole country. is highly unlikely . i thank you, but we have talked to your own hop general and general miller who told

a b. c. news. the conditions are so concerning at this point that it could result in a civil war. so if hobble fall, the taliban will be united about it. you said 2 things. one, if it could result in a civil war that's different than the tolerable succeeding number one. number 2, the question of what will be done is going to be implicated, can implicate the entire region as well. there is a number of countries of a grave concern about what's going to happen in afghanistan relative to their security. the question is, how much of a threat to the united states of america and to our allies is whatever results in terms of a government or an agreement. that's when that judge will be made. i mean, better in the echo of their experience in this withdrawal app. yes. and do you see

any parallels between bits withdraw and what happened to vietnam with some people feeling what? 0, what you had is you had entire brigades breaking through the gates of our embassy, 6, if i'm not mistaken. the tale yvonne is not the south, the north vietnamese army. they're not, they're not remotely comparable terms of capability. there's going to be no circumstance for you to see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy, any of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable the the other side hang on 2nd. how serious was the corruption along the afghan government to this mission failing there? first of all, the mission hasn't failed yet. there is in afghanistan, in all parties, there's been corruption. the question is,

can be an agreement on unity of purpose? what is the objective, for example, started off there were going to be negotiations between the tale bond and the afghan. now security forces and the afghan government that, that didn't come to didn't come to fruition. so the question now is, where did i go from here? that the jury is still out, but the likelihood there's going to be the taliban over running everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. yes ma'am. the honorable florida boss of civilian life that can happen. no, no, no, no, no. it's up to the people that get the state decide on what government they want, not us to impose the government on them. no countries ever been able to do that. keep in mind as a student histories, i'm sure you are never,

as i can stand by the united country, not in all of its history. not, and all of us history. the instrument and mission accomplished moment. what is not mission accomplish? permission was accomplished in that we get to scott a summer been widen, and terrorism is not emanating from that part of the you just said in your remark, are you satisfied with the timeline of relocating asked me and nationals? is that happening quickly enough to your satisfaction? it may not happen until next month, but yes, once it has already happened already, been people. 1000 people have gotten on aircraft and come a company stage already a commercial aircraft. so as i said, there's over 2500 people that as from january to now have, have gotten those diseases and only have decided that they want to leave the point .