your society is much, much stronger position to negotiate with the taliban government. that it was, the taliban recognizes that. that's why they're behaving, i think in a more restrained way, at least for now in terms of the population of cobble. i don't think the united states has much leverage to affect these things right now. the united states, i think, has discredited itself on these issues. and i've gotta stop. i mean, you, you said you had the way they had an incredible. there have been some reports that actually elsewhere in the country that they have returned to some of the the old ways. so where do you, where do you see the difference there? so i think this is a big question. we're still in the hawk of we're right now. the taliban have not established their government. they haven't decided whether it will be power sharing . it's unclear what this government will look like. so we're seeing atrocities we've seen atrocities from the african government side. i don't mean to excuse, atrocity, it's in the taliban, but i think it's we have yet to understand how the taliban will govern. they have not articulated a governing strategy. and in terms of the, the,

the damage from all of this. what's your impression of a legacy providing but also for american foreign policy of, of this whole episode. i think that the u. s. has lost enormous credibility. you know, the united states put many of these leaders that president biden with blaming today . he put those people in place, john kerry broker agreement, 2014, that put a truck on the power and to blame the afghan people for that. i think people will look at this experience and really question whether they, how much they want to be involved with the united states. so i think that, you know, can the united states, does the united states have credibility, credibility is very hard. it's very hard to democracies to engage in prolonged state building like this. it's remarkable that the united states with here in that's going on for 20 years. but i, i think that it's going to us is going to struggle. given the reaction to to be events that i've got to start,

i think it's really going to struggle to maintain credibility and to, to be seen as a strong partner to many jennifer britain which is actually thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you. well, it kinda sounds marked. it's for that 1st full day under the rule of a reinvigorated taliban and does not reality struck into scenes as we heard of desperation at campbell airport. the reports of injuries and at least 2 deaths as huge numbers of people trying to board any flight in attempts to free the country. runaways were a kale tea because hundreds of people ran alongside a u. s. military aircraft. some cleaned the sides of the plane as it tried to take off us troops fall shots in to the air in an effort to stop people from trying to board the jet. and just outside the apple, taliban fighters also open fire to control crowds. rushing towards the tarmac. many people tried scaling was topped with barbed wire. the airport was secured by the us

military on sunday, but all civilian and military flights in and out a combo airport have now been halted. we have heard in the last few minutes, according to roses, german ministry across has landed in that's going on. so that may be changing as we speak this evening. charlotte better says more from couple airport. the us has hosted all evacuation flights and what one us official told me has been an absolute disaster of an evacuation. it has been scenes of chaos. the couple international airport ever since president gonna go on a plane late on sunday afternoon since then, thousands of people have overwhelmed the airport. they have overwhelmed security and they have made their way onto the runway. they breached the tarmac and the us has been unable to secure it seems african civilians they've been chased to c 17 on the wrong way. they kind on the wing. all the playing took off in another video,

receive what appears to be a person falling from a playing. now the americans have been using a couple of apache helicopters to clear the wrong way to try make space to their planes. but they have decided to hold these evacuation flights. well, they tried to get the situation under control. they are using us running through the departure term. and we know about 6000 us troops from america that have been here year, but the here trying to secure the at this time. so these evacuation like can restart in the meantime on the curious the telephone say they are trying to secure the airport. they have been airing, shot into the air to try to disperse the crowd, and yet people still climbed the fences and making their way onto the runway b us under a lot of pressure to get the people out and get them out quickly. there are thousands of americans currently at cobble international airport waiting for these

evacuation flights on military plains. not to mention thousands of other foreigners were also waiting to get out on military plains from their respective countries. but in the meantime, there are still thousands of africans on the tarmac and no plains can those charlotte bellis, just 0 carbon former africa from mr. group. but in mateo says you'll travel to doha . on tuesday to hold talks with taliban representatives, will be joined by former president. how may cause i am the head of the reconciliation council of de la jolla. as much as the meeting is about to the power transition and for the new government, he says the way the taliban is acted out to enter a couple, sends positive indications. where it took taliban just 10 days to reclaim control of afghanistan and emotions. arranging from astonishment to fear of what lies ahead on the streets of the capital arms taliban fighters everywhere, including the checkpoints, which used to be official police or military barricades,

broken bride as more from cobble the city of cobble has experience so much up here for decades and this is another change to get used to, and one that's far from easy to go. most of all of our customers get most of the got the situation from now. it's not, no one can say what's happening at all. the people are just lost and confused. in the space of one romantic day, life on the streets feels completely different. states is one of the most obvious signs of the transformation that taken place in literally overnight. the whole of the center of cobbled is protected by these 45 checkpoint concrete blocks barriers . normally god carrying automatic weapons and ahmed humvees with heavy machine guns on this morning. nothing. the people have been getting used to the novelty of a new force in charge. the subject of intense curiosity. as taliban take up

checkpoint, duties on the roads of a child to know yet i don't know the law or whatever used to fear us. they have now seen them. would you? hygiene and we are from the soil. we don't want to get down to be destroyed. but there's widespread nervousness about what this view taliban rule will look like. on . many businesses and shops remain closed that the raw signs of life returning to normal money. how about if this piece then everyone will benefit the businesses of the workers? there are deep rooted fears about the erosion of basic rights in particular for women and girls, despite assurances from the taliban and about a return to cruel punishment for certain crimes. but many still remember life under the previous taliban government being at least crime free for the most part. one of the about me was everybody will be, nobody's kid will be kidnapped again for rent. with the, with

a sudden collapse of the afghan government, the people have cobbled, and new leaders have been thrown together faster than any had expected. now together that feeling that way forward into the new reality. rob mcbride, al jazeera couple, united nations security council is urging an immediate cessation of all hostilities enough kind of stone. the statement agreed after an emergency meeting, the council called for the establishment of an inclusive and representative government with meaningful participation by women. brought together to james bay's report from you in headquarters in new york around the security council table. deep concern about the dramatic developments in afghanistan. if these grave howard, i urge all parties especially oh, let's take it off to washington officers lesson for the state department that prices reaching journalist and the safety and security of u. s. government employees and us citizens overseas is our top priority. all

remaining u. s. direct hire embassy personnel, including the ambassador, have relocated, holman cars, they international airport, where they are secure. the department of defense is working to restore a safe and secure environment so that military and commercial flights can resume. now of course, the situation is evolving quickly and we will communicate information to us citizens as rapidly as possible. in the meantime, we are asking us citizens to shelter and not to travel to the airport until they hear otherwise from the department of state. we also continue to pursue all options to relocate interested and qualified african it's i, b applicants and their media, the families as well as other vulnerable africans. we remain closely coordinating with our international partners on the grounds and around the globe. we've been in gauging tirelessly with our partner partners in the international community. you

may have seen last night. united states organized a joint statement with 98 signature. it's calling on all parties to respect synthesis. notate the safe and orderly departure, a foreign nationals and atkins who wish to leave the country. today sector blinking spoke with russian foreign minister lab of p. r. c. state counselor and foreign minister, one the packets in foreign minister, correct. e u. k. foreign secretary, rob nato. secretary general, general stilton berg, turkish foreign minister, china. so luke and you hi, representative just a burrell. yesterday i spoke with australian foreign minister, pain, french foreign minister, lead drill, german foreign minister mos and norwegian foreign mina minister. so right up the other senior officials have been making calls to their counterparts as well around the clock. additionally, the even sky council issued a joint press statement earlier today, calling for a new government that is united inclusive and representatives, including with the full and full and meaningful participation of women. the council

spoke with one voice to underscore that can a stand must abide by its international obligations, including the international humanitarian law, and ensure the safety and security of all afghans and international citizens. the situation will continue to remain fluid in the coming hours and likely in the coming days. nevertheless, we are operating on multiple fronts and around the clock to protect our people. those who have worked side by side with united states over the years and other vulnerable atkins. now before i take your questions, i do want to speak to one additional issue that is of great importance to us. and that is the u. s. response to the earthquake and he united states as closely monitoring the situation falling in magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck south the southwestern part of the country. on august 14th, we offer our deepest condolences to all who suffered the loss of loved ones or saw their homes or businesses destroyed. we are in close contact with patient

authorities to respond to the earthquake in any request for assistance on saturday . us it, us 80, deployed a disaster assistance response team or a dart to lead the u. s. government humanitarian response efforts. and yesterday, at the request of the government of haiti, u. s. a. d deployed members of fairfax county, fire, fire departments, urban search and rescue. use our team to join the dark so far. the dark conducted an aerial assessment and is continuing to assess the damage. they will also identify priority needs and coordinate with the government of haiti and humanitarian partners. u. s. coast guard air crews are transporting medical personnel and supplies from port our print port, a print to jeremy and mikaya, and are evacuating evacuating injured citizens to higher level of care facilities. important prints at the request of us, the id south. com is sending to you h 60 into c, h 47, helicopter some joint task force bravo to provide critical airlift support to ongoing relief efforts. we are also closely tracking tropical storm grace, which is expected to retail to day,

potentially exposing people to further devastation. united states remained the close and enduring friend to the people heating, and we will continue to provide assistance in the aftermath of this tragedy, we are committed to helping the haitian people build a better future. with that, i'm happy to take your questions. are, can i as to real quick logistical ones? and i hope they're really ultimately real quick. one other than the threat. i guess you would call it to respond militarily. if the taliban interfere get in the way of any of the vacuum ation efforts. do you have, is there any kind of agreement that's been reach or any kind of an arrangement that has been reached with them about the presence of the u. s. military at the airport? or are they just basically they're kind of the, the pleasure of the taliban as it were until they decide that they've had enough and they start i don't know if they will or not. but when they start to resist

the fact that the airport is not under their control, well, let me take the opportunity to offer a bit of context on our diplomatic efforts over the past 72 or so hours and asked for quills on. and his team remained in doha, they still remain in doha, following consultations that we talked about last week with a number of countries from the region, the un and countries much farther afield. they continued and they still continue to engage with the taliban. they continue to engage with the islamic republic that say the government of afghanistan representatives when it became clear that the government of afghanistan was on the verge of collapse, that president donny had fled and that the taliban were encroaching on cobble. the focus of course, changed it, shifted from supporting peace negotiations, along with the international community to working assiduously and urgently to do

all we can with the international community on an urgent basis to avert violence, to attempt to maintain order and cobble and very, very importantly, to guarantee that the taliban would not seek to threaten our people or our operations. it was a very fluid situation. the situation changed markedly when president dani left the country and as the taliban continued to encroach on cobble, we do continue to engage with taliban representatives in doha, from the state department team. the u. s. military had spoken to engagement with the taliban on the ground in cobble. and again, we are working on a couple different fronts, 1st and foremost, to seek to preserve calm in cobble,

to maintain, semblance of security. and very importantly, to underscore that any effort, any attempt to targets to threaten to intimidate our personnel or our operations would be meant with a swift and decisive responding that there's no agreement with the telephone for, for the us military to run the airport to run the airspace to be in control and if there is an agreement, how long does the agreement we have engaged with the taliban? we have had discussions. i would say that some of those discussions have been constructive. but again, when it comes, when it comes to the top of on, we're going to look for their actions, rather than listen to their words. and then secondly, the logistical thing is on the embassy compound itself, which is now abandoned. do you have you taken any measures to secure that place or you just basically letting it's just is there a protecting power?

it is an open area that anyone can get into. now if they get over the fence, well you prepared to to leave it just sit there as well as amount we confirmed last night. that as of late night eastern, all of our civilian personnel located at the embassy chief of mission. those operating under chief of mission authority had safely relocated from the embassy compound 200 cars. i international airport. as you also know, the embassy is in an area that has been heavily fortified. so we do not have an american presence on the ground, or is there any present? we do not have it. we do not have an american presence on the ground at the embassy or ambassador is and has been at the embassy at the compound, the hotel, the international airport, i since late last night,

our time. and that remains the case. yeah. but there, so there isn't a protecting power, there's nobody there, it's wide open for anyone who wants to be as to whether it's in a, in a built up barricaded area or not. you basically just took off and left it. as you know, it is a heavily fortified area and let, let my last one is in the doha agreement, which the president mentioned several times as having kind of tied his hand there. there are 16 times in that agreement where it refers to the islamic em or the of the dentist in which is not recognized by the united states as a state and is known as the taliban. 16 times it mentioned that and you said before that you will not recognize any government or assist any, any government that comes to power by force and to tell them basically walked in to to cobble and the president fled. are you in

a position to say whether or not you might be willing to recognize a government that emerges from, from this aside from the u. n. calls. well, this is something that we have spoken to before. we've spoken to it before of in some recent hours in recent days. secretary blinking spoke to this yesterday morning. we are still taking stock of what has transpired over the past 7 to 72 hours in the diplomatic and the political implications of that. we are, as you have seen in any number of venues, we are coordinating closely with afghanistan's neighbors. as we've said, the secretary, other senior officials in this building our ambassadors in their respective capitals around the world have engaged governments in the region and much farther

afield on and aligned approach to the evolving situation. and you've already started to see some of the fruits of that. i think most notably. and i mentioned this at the outset, you saw the statement that emanated from the un security council. obviously, the un security council has a permanent set of members, several of whom are among our closest allies in the world. and a couple of countries where our interests are rarely aligned. nevertheless, this document, it is quite strong. it is quite clear. i think it is reflective of the broad consensus that is emerged from the international community about not only our thinking what the united states may or may not do going forward as we assess ultimately what has come to pass. but what the international community will do this statement says that the sustainable into the conflict can

only be achieve, gives through an inclusive, just durable and realistic political settlement that uphold human rights. including for women, children and minorities. the security council speaking with one voice, which as you know, it's not always easy feet cold on all parties to adhere to international norms and standards on human rights and to call for an immediate cease to any abuses in that regard. the ultimately, when it comes to our posture towards any future governments in afghanistan, it will depend upon the actions of that government. it will depend upon the actions of the taliban. we are watching closely. but as you heard from this un security

council statements, and as you've heard from any number of governments that issued their own unilateral statements, the world is watching closely. the fact is that a future afghan government that upholds the basic rights with people that doesn't harbor terrorists. and that protects be the basic rights of its people, including the, the basic fundamental rights of half of its population. it's women and girls. that is a government that we would be able to work with. the converse is also true. we're not going to support a government that does not do that. a government that disregards the rights. the guarantees enshrined in basic documents like the universal decor declaration on human rights. that is not a government that the united states would be able to work with that itself is

important. it becomes all. busy the more important when you account for the fact that you have a statement from the un security council that was adopted by all of its members that says exactly that. andrea on that and one other issue as well. social media is just filled with desperate appeals from girls, from women, kevin going door to door, lipping girls out of their mother's arms. women who have been told for 20 years, they should get schooling, learn to code, learn to teach, become engineers, become doctors, become lawyers simply heartbreaking. and the question remains. they were a democrat, as well as republicans on the hill, including veterans of the african war in iraq board saying that there should have

been arrangements made months ago before the withdraw. them installed the signal by the date in april. for months, we should have been moving people out. we should have been moving on the vacuum not only of the special visas, but of other people as well. and that this chaotic vision of people thousands of people at the airport climbing on to see the 17th as they are rolling down the tarmac was completely avoidable given withdraw. secondly, let me ask you about a question regarding the present speech. she said that we can accomplish the same the mission we accomplish 10 years ago of not only getting. busy the modern venting afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists against the homeland, the original mission of 20 years ago. that we can accomplish this from over the horizon intelligence experts, including a former obama gci say that's just not true. that once the withdrawal was completed and dismantled and turned over and now taken over by the chatter,

then we don't have eyes on the ground that we can't we cannot fight terror from over the horizon in a place like i've canister, as we perhaps do. in other countries, if you could just let me, let me take those questions and turn let me start with your 1st question. and the images that we've all seen emanating from the international airport and cobble each tire. they are steering. they are painful. they are difficult to see. ah, they are difficult to watch. and i see that on a couple different levels. one, the most basic level, we are all human. have we share a common humanity with these afghans who is desperation, who's fear, whose concern is they they wear it on their faces and so on that level,

it is deeply moving to all of us. there is another level though, that i think is especially relevant to this building. i'm a relative newcomer here. i've spent 7 months here. there are people in this building hundreds if not more, who have dedicated years and years of their lives, to affecting a better life for the people of afghanistan, including the women and girls. we have foreign service officers who have served multiple tours in cobble in the 2 decades that the united states has been there. we have many more who have served in functions back here to support that mission. there are and this i can speak personally to there is a generation of public servants in this country who entered public service in

the weeks, months couple years after the 911 attacks in my case i, i, i was, i was a freshman in college and i knew on that day as i climbed to the roof of the dorm here in washington, and watch the smoke rise from the pentagon that i wanted to pursue public service. so many of my colleagues are, have a similar story. it unites us unites many of us as public servants, so it's also. busy painful on that level. right now, what we're doing is a couple things. we are working around the clock in the 1st instance to maintain, to regain positive control over the airport comp out. this is something that our colleagues at the department sense have been working urgently to reestablish for

a couple reasons. one to be able to resume u. s. military flights. and my colleague, john curry will be briefing shortly and he'll be able to give you an update on that . but importantly, this is also a civilian airport. we are seeking to re establish positive control in order so and so that commercial. busy travel can also resume, so that many of these atkins, whose images we have seen, whose images have been so searing, will be able to reach safety in many cases, that will be with a helping hand from the united states government. we have spoken to our efforts on behalf of the so called special immigrant visa applicants. you ask why we didn't, why we haven't done more. let me just offer a bit of context. through the course of this program, the united states has resettled brought to their new lives more than

75000 afghans who have in various ways assisted the united states government over the years. the special emigrant visa program provides well as it was initially conceived and legislated by congress. it provides a visa to the united states. when this administration recognized that the security situation was becoming was, was quickly evolving. many weeks ago, we launched operationalize refuge. this was something that was never envisioned in any s i v program, including the one we had an incident or the one we had in iraq. that is to stay a gargantuan us effort not only to process adjudicate, and to grant visas to the so called special emigrants,

but to actually bring them to united states with a massive air lift operation has been through that operation that 2000 afghans have been able to reach the united states, most of those afghans have now been able to start their new lives through resettlement agencies. i just, it was a month or so ago we recognized that the need could be even greater for afghans who are vulnerable, who may be at risk. that is precisely why we initiated a so called priority to p to refugee status program that went beyond beyond the statutory definitions of who could apply for and be eligible for the s i b program to include those brave afghans who not only had helped us government over the years but it helped the american people we knew.