>> trace: welcome back to continuing fox news special coverage tonight. i'm trace gallagher. 11:00 p.m. in los angeles and 2:00 p.m. on the east coast in 10:30 in afghanistan. all eyes on afghanistan after suicide bombers near the karzai international airport killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 72 afghan civilians. residents rushed their injured neighbors to help amidst the chaos and confusion that filled the city streets. hours later, president biden address the american people and

promised to continue the evacuation of american citizens and afghan partners. >> we will rescue americans. we will get our afghan allies out. our mission on the line from america will not be intimidated. >> some lawmakers were not convinced by what the president said. >> we know that his heart is empty, his head is empty and it is costing our lives. >> trace: the latest on what is happening in afghanistan, let's bring in senior foreign affairs, amy on the line with montes, amy. >> hi, trace, of course, the casualty numbers are changing. at this point, we are saying 13 american service personnel lost their lives. unnamed taliban official is saying 28 people from that organization were killed and afghan hospitals this morning are saying 72 civilians, afghan

civilians were killed and despite the deteriorating security situation, trace come evacuations are continuing this morning. some countries have wrapped there was up but they united states along with some of the allies continued to get people out of country. now, this seems poor and the aftermath of the attacks yesterday were extraordinary. heartbreaking and terrifying. people were evacuated anyway possible and in many cases, that was in a wheelbarrow. two bombings took place from at least one he suicide bombing. attack map claimed by isis correspondent in afghanistan and pakistan abbey gate commit choke point for the massive people scrambling in the last couple of weeks to get out of te country before the august 31st deadline set by the united states for ending them mission there. and another by the barren hotel

close by. again 13 u.s. forces, ten marines and navy killed from 18 wounded. one of the two explosions near a canal filled with sewage knee-deep into which people thrown by the force of the blast. isis gave the lead thursday of the terrorist groups operating in afghanistan and reportedly pay said translators and collaborators with the u.s. army were targeted and they attack and the taliban said the perpetrators come from "evil circles would be suppressed once foreign troops leave." the prime minister called the attack "evil, inhumane on the nsm braid." the holiest site has condemned the attacks and incompatible with religious principles and moral and human value. the condemnation of the attack, trace cannot continue to come in with so many highlighting the heroism of those u.s. service personnel who gave their lives

trying to get people to safe harbor and those afghans living in fear for, we don't even know how long and now, of course, they are worried that those remain remained compounded by the fact isis k is putting their money where their mouth is, trace. >> trace: lives, amy, the attack in kabul for tetley estate for u.s. troops in over a decade, this tragic loss on capitol hill causing lawmakers to point fingers and shift blame. fox news correspondent kevin corke lives with the latest on that in d.c., cabin. >> evening, trace early morning in the nation's capital where continuing and even at this late hour to monitor the situation on the ground and earlier today, we really just sat here and hour after hour after hour on the country and indeed the world waiting to hear what president biden might have to say they are the leader of the

free world about that devastating terror attack at the airport and kabul. he's had a number of things much of what we will cover with the ground. and i will share a couple of points, he said i bear responsibility for fundamentally all that has happened as of late. ask if he stands by his decision to withdraw u.s. forces mr. biden said yes, i do. then there was a spirit speak the american service members who gave their lives, and overused word but totally appropriate here, where he rose. heroes who had been engaged in the dangerous selfless mission to save the lives of others. >> trace: meanwhile fierce criticism of the president on capitol hill. senators marsha blackburn and josh hawley calling for president biden to sign over the chaos in afghanistan. in the meantime former president donald trump not shy about sharing his thoughts about

biden's exit strategy. >> it is a sad day for our country and a great embarrassment. beyond embarrassment. it is a very dangerous day for our country. because of what they are doing, we are leaving in disgrace. we could have left with great dignity. >> so much to say there by the former president and a number of americans, obviously listening to what he had to offer tonight in the interview by sean hannity. in the meantime, the vice president kamala harris to campaign for california governor gavin newsom in the golden state later today, but given the unfolding drama in afghanistan, she has pulled out of that appearance. meanwhile, as you see the sun is up in kabul and we will monitor the situation on the ground as the fate of perhaps thousands of americans, trace, hang in the balance. >> trace: kevin as the news comes out kabul afghanistan, kevin corke from the nation's capital, thank you the briefing

on the bombing is receiving harsh criticism and some are calling it tone-deaf leaving many to wonder why this tragedy was not prevented. for more insight president and ceo of the center rev security policy, fred, a late night and thank you for staying up with u. we appreciate it. i don't know if you saw the pentagon briefing today but a lot of people were saying tone-deaf because you had general mckinsey out there. it appeared in a day we lost 13 u.s. service members that he spent a lot of time talking about the evacuation. seemed like kind of, hey, look what we are doing, these evacuations. is there a sense among security community that may be he didn't quite read the room and might have been a bit tone-deaf? your thoughts. >> trays, that is exactly right. everything seems to be repeated and statements how many people had left the airport and very little about the security environment of what we are going to do to rescue americans and

rescue afghans who were left behind. i think the reason for that, trace, we will not do anything. we are going to leave on the 31st and leave thousands of americans behind and we are not coming back. spilling the attack at the airport, fred, they knew about this threat for a week in the present keeps talking about over the horizon and intel, surveillance, drones, their equipment and yet the attack happens and we couldn't stop the attack. what do you make of not having eyes, i really, eyes on the ground in afghanistan? >> i think it is a big problem. we gave up a lot of capabilities. we just had the airport left. this over the horizon capability really doesn't -- it's a bit of an exaggeration given that we don't have any basis in afghanistan except for this airport. everything we are doing is coming out of the airport. on the horizon a set of eight hour plane ride for male craft

carriers to the persian gulf, it makes it extremely difficult to understand what is going on in afghanistan. president biden has limited what our troops can do to rescue people and to conduct special operations. we have done some lately, but the hands of our military and the cia tied until the last few days. >> trace: i want to read this. this is michael goodwin from the op-ed "new york post," "truly if he accepted responsibility, biden would own up to the obvious fact that his actions played a big role in this horrific outcome. instead, his claim every commander agreed with him on the withdrawal plan is a bald-faced lie. we know for certain military argued against this hasty exit." gave alternatives but he sent for no, 50 years joe biden has always known that when things go off the rail, he dares to hide behind the generals. i think the big picture michael goodwin is trying to paint here is the fact the president is

saying everybody agrees there was consensus. this was the way they thought we should handle this whole thing. it is hard to believe that not one general raised his hand and said "mr. president, maybe there is a better plan b." >> we know the military did not agree with this and general miller said pulling out of the karzai international airport was technically unnecessary. joe biden had bad instincts with foreign policy when he was a younger man. now, he's an older man and may that simply don't make any ef who up to him when he makes another decision, frankly bunkers,

concerning national security. >> trace: i want to go back to what you said, and contention for a lot of people but how critical do you think giving up the air base was for this entire mission? >> it was really disastrous decision because try to rent these operations out of the extremely exposed kabul airport in this populous city has been a security nightmare. if we had three runways the kabul only has one, we could get more people in and out. we could do it in a way that would be much safer. this terrible risk to the troops to guard the airport and to let people in and out. words about the marines have exposed they are in jennifer griffin asked "why weren't so many marines in this navy medic killed by one ied?" what is being done to protect them? i hope more is being done now. >> trace: this is chuck grassley iowa g.o.p.

senator, the tragic death and this perilous moment did not need to happen because the focus should be squarely on getting every single american and now i out of harm's way. politics can wait but the day the disorganized and disastrous exit will have to be answered and americans deserve accountability from leaders who ignored warnings and put us in this catastrophic situation. it is kind of pitting the stomach piggybacking on what jennifer griffin said today. what in the world is basically her question. your final thoughts, sir. >> i don't know why so many soldiers so close together that they were killed. we had the military capability to get more americans out but i have to tell you, biden will not send forces end. the afghan will not help americans get out. those americans over a thousand and may be more than a thousand will be left behind after the 31st of august. >> trace: i'm sure those 1,000 americans and thousands of americans helping their name does not appear on a taliban list. fred fleitz good to have a late

night, early morning on the west coast, east coast, thank you, sir. >> good to be here. >> trace: coming up the taliban rise to power and clear threat from isis k commit is not just afghanistan. we will have want that next.

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>> with the taliban takeover and isis k territory is there anything but grim future for afghanistan? what does this mean for neighboring countries in the region? could they also be affected? the senior fellow at the foundation of democracies joins us now. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. that is the first question. you have the taliban controlling the country. clearly isis k involved in this. what do you see for the immediate may be a long-term future of afghanistan? >> welcome it is a pleasure to be with you, but certainly not a pleasure to see the scenes coming out of the afghanistan most predictably, this is going to be the end of the beginning. i expect more scenes like this, more terrorist attacks and strategic competition between the isis which is responsible for the attacks which killed americans and afghans and many

others between them and of course, the taliban. and a situation for the afghans on the ground, african-americans on the ground and the americans remain stuck there most unfortunately. and then deteriorating strategic situation for u.s. address there as well. >> trace: you look at the region of the world and it really does affect the neighbors as well. the deputy director as the asia program at the woodrow wilson center said much is in geopolitical flux right now has afghanistan neighbors figure out how to adjust to an emerging taliban regime. not only has the taliban traditionally anti-india groups seize power but in these, chinese and pakistani rifles to deepen their footprints in afghanistan. so what does this mean in your estimation for the neighbors have afghanistan? >> there are several ways to slice this issue looking at this

crisis in afghanistan right now from the prism of afghan neighbors. you know the eastern/western borders are porous with three different types of smuggling, drugs, weapon, and people. and the people front of course massive refugee influx. multiple stories confirming flows of afghan refugees. pakistan, of course, as well as multiple stories confirming they are afghan refugees in three different checkpoints going over into iran, which had 3 million afghan refugees since late 1970s, early 1980s with the soviet beijing leader. and iran has strategically abused the population of what the population they created south asia she has fighting forces and afghan specifically. and inside a place like pakistan, of course, likely bolstered by the taliban. and pakistani fashion of the taliban and of course terrorist group which is carried out in

india. they will certainly welcome this. and of course, strategic level great power of competition level, the chinese are moving closer to the taliban and looking to twist the knife in washington right now when it comes to great power competition. this really is a better lesson. the regional complex certainly has the global dimension to them. >> trace: you talk about pakistan and india but i want to go back to that if i could appear to take outside of afghanistan. does this embolden pakistan and give pakistan, you know, does it give a lot of people in india that are concerned may be pakistan do something to india in the coming months or years because of what is happening in afghanistan? is that an overstatement? >> i certainly don't think it is an overstatement and an overstatement looking at the major parties that we talked about, and of course, noting the role of the isi commit which did serve and support there too many

of the forces and factions, which don't treat the border that exist between pakistan and afghanistan as an actual border. they support the insurgency. i think they will certainly try to draw on what comes next to manage the situation. i think if you are a u.s. partner like india, you certainly are concerned. >> trace: you go back to afghanistan and talk about the taliban running the country and isis k and you talk about al qaeda and a lot of people say al qaeda and the taliban attached at the hip. how does that three way dynamic work in a country that size? >> well, most unfortunately you can expect more these terrorist attack, whether competing with one another through acts of balance with afghan population or whether members of the afghan population that supported the u.s. force mission. there for about two decades or of course, civilians or those that they try to reign under their control through acts of

violence and impose tree lawn. most importantly, they apartheid alliance have evil and afghanistan will be the afghan people that suffer the most. it is horrific to watch. >> trace: yeah can the very quickly and lastly, china and russia. how does this affect them in the immediate future, sir? >> china is looking to capitalize on the political messaging component. they are moving closer to best taliban government and kabul or the bailiff and government that the taliban takeover and kabul. they know what this means from the optics perspective, the u.s. long treating this conference has been at work don't make backwater and get these results in the end. the chinese are looking to signal that they will not let this major american defeat pass unnoticed. whether in moscow, beijing, they are looking to capitalize on the scenes that we are seeing in afghanistan.

>> trace: behnam ben taleblu, great insight and thank you. we appreciate your time here is. >> pleasure, thank you for having me. >> trace: senate majority minority leader mitch mcconnell size president biden handling to withdraw from afghanistan saying "terrible things happen when terrorists are allowed to operate freely. this murderous attack offers the clearest possible reminder that terrorists will not stop fighting the united states just because our politicians grow tired of fighting them." joining me to react director of national security law program and chores done at george mason university and chief counsel and foreign relations committee, camille jaffer. it is great to have you. mitch mcconnell makes a fair point. you see the terrorist attacks and does it give you pause mike do you think that we will see more terrorist attacks against u.s. interest and possibly even in this country? >> well, unfortunately i do think that is a serious

possibility. with the taliban taking over control of afghanistan and at the same group, by the way, hosted usama bin laden and through the terrorist attack september 11, 2001, we can expect isis challenges the taliban but also shares against the united states and will return that region. al qaeda will return they will once again use afghanistan as the base for plotting against the united states of america but also abroad and allies in europe. >> trace: "the wall street journal" editorial writes this in part reading "the kabul massacre compounds the humiliation of botched afghan withdrawal and further in building jihadist. mr. biden telling americans afghanistan won't become a terror hate them but it. hundreds have jihadist released from prison with a taliban victory already on the attack. more americans will become targets and far beyond the borders of afghanistan. is that a fair assessment of

"the wall street journal" part? >> i think that is right. even worse, that terrorist actually in charge of security in the capital itself. and very closely aligned with the islamic state and islamic state and so this idea of the terrorist aren't going to be it, they are there now. let's not forget the taliban itself is a terrorist group. they are the ones who host to bin laden and the u.s. had turned them over, they refused to do that because he was they were cast on the day he part of the attack that killed nearly 3,000 americans in new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. >> trace: tell us how this works. on the ground isis kate active in afghanistan. you have al qaeda coming back. we know al qaeda and the taliban are very close. what is the alliance situation there? it is a tribal nation. what happens on the ground? are you having terrorist attacks, civil war? what is the dynamic on the ground in your sense? >> unfortunately, it is all of

the above. they will fight one another but while we are there they will fight us. one of the things they are all aligned around is going after all let the people that supported us here at all if i were afghan allies come all the american citizens, the green card still in the country having a challenge getting out, you have great groups and veteran, human rights groups come allies, i'm working with, trying to get green holders or afghan allies out. and we will not get them all out as we leave the country rapidly. that will be a real problem because you know the taliban, isis k, and al qaeda are looking for our people and the people who worked with us. >> trace: yeah, and i guess the question, by the way we should point out the evacuation error lifts have begun. again at kabul airport. we are expecting hopefully to get thousands more out today. the deadline is fast approaching. it is now the 27th in afghanistan. we have about four days left

before the taliban expects everybody to be gone. the president to say once again reinforcing the august 31st deadline is in fact solid. he wants everyone out at the kabul airport by the 31st. the question remains to you, what happens to the people who are left after that? the americans and the afghan allies? what happens to them post augus? >> i'm deeply concerned about the situation of our american citizens who will still be there american green card holders having a hard time getting to the airport, getting into the airport afghan allies. there are thousands of people who work as interpreters interrogating for taliban from islamic state. all of these folks, the taliban knows who they are. we know that they are. it is our responsibility to get them out. if they don't did that, we will lead them to a very, very bad state. that is not a good situation in

a terrible situation for them so you know, groups the entire afghan effect effort and a group americans working feverishly and will continue to work with the u.s. government there or not but a very difficult nation once the u.s. leaves. >> trace: and a catch is, we are telling american citizens, don't come to the airport. we have four days to get them out and tell them don't come, don't come because it's dangerous. pick up the best people can do is american folks who have friends and allies there and have interpreters they are register on the websites. you have, as i said, ally 21 and get them to register so we know who they are. we can work with the state department, work with the department of defense and get them out in this limited time we have left and those that are still there work to get them out. it is critical that we did the right thing as everybody has been saying so far, we have a very tough situation on the ground right now. forget who is responsible for it. we need to get the people out into safety and that is the most

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trace the looming deadline to get refugees out, how many resettled in the u.s.

remains elusive. the u.s. officials have so far declined to provide exact numbers. but the white house had on thursday, more than 100,000 people have been evacuated since august 14th, the day before the taliban entered kabul. what is certain thousands of evacuees clean taliban rules are subject to extensive background checks before they ever arrive on u.s. soil. a 14 step process is required tt visas available to those afghans in danger due to working u.s. officials over the past two decades. the commander of u.s. european command said the vetting process has already yielded results. >> do you have any numbers at any of the screening taking place in terms of any watch list, and a number of people appeared on any watch list that you've had to deal with? >> 7,000 plus evacuees process. we had 52 flagged in that area that require further screening. upon further screening with the

dhs counterparts, all 52 have been cleared in the green. >> president biden is at the u.s. hopes to effectuate between 50 and 65,000 afghan allies before they august 31st deadline. refugees arriving in the u.s. in the coming days and weeks will be dispersed to military base is located in virginia, texas, wisconsin command new jersey. once there they will receive health screenings and apply for work permits. they will also be connected with u.s. refugee resettlement groups, which can help with the housing, food, and other basic needs, trace. >> trace: marianne rafferty life los angeles, president biden will avenge the death of 13 u.s. servicemen in afghanistan. he said we have some idea who perpetrated the attack, and we will hunt them down. he is risking more deaths by continuing the evacuations, but sticking to it august 31st deadline could result in americans being left behind.

dr. grant with national security and military analyst and also the president of iris independent research. dr. grant, great to have you on. we appreciate you coming. the president wants all troops out, as we said come afghanistan everybody out by august 31st. he wants to go after isis k. can you do both? >> well, there is no question that central commands already has air strike options that are preraised, and we heard president biden talk about three different categories, leadership facilities, isis assets. yes, our military can do it, but biden is really running out of good, military options. and i would like to see him slow this down a little bit. >> trace: yeah, you said slow down a little bit. i want to play something the president played today and get your response on the other side, watch. >> and want the commanders of operations to strike isis k in

leadership and facilities. we will respond with force and presentation at our time and the place beaches in the moment of our choosing. here is what you need to know commit these isis terrorists will not win. >> trace: when he says moment of our choosing, i'm assuming, dr. grant he means post-august 31. >> two points, first we know the u.s. air force military can do this but .2 biden is on the defensive. so he is trying to give himself some room but who knows what this means. general mckenzie, central command has said, we have to figure out who associated with this and for technical reasons, they want to leave themselves vulnerable that right now it is unclear. i worried that biden may not be up to this pier that he may not want to take that decision to strike. i think he should strike soon and get this initiative back to

the u.s. military. spelling you know, i thought the very same thing. when you hear some of the general and the secretary saying we need to figure out exactly who this is. we need some time to be able to go after this. like a detective, right, time to put this together. it means delay, delaying the game. my question to you is "how long can you delayed this before having political ramifications to say, and nobody's done anything about the isis k attack on u.s. service members back in late august?" >> exactly everyone in america and around the world is watching to see what biden will do but political is the word. the military always has plans ready and they have the targeted analysis, that calvary analysis ready. it is the political decision that is always the whole depth. we have seen fresh mistakes every day from this white house.

this lack of getting ahead into military planning cycle. they can do this but the longer they delay and fool around, the worst this becomes an just fresh mistakes every day, so heartbreaking. so when necessary. spelling you mentioned the defense secretary lloyd austin is at the following, quoting here, "we will not be dissuaded from the task at hand appeared to do less now we dishonor the purpose and sacrifice these men and women have rendered our country and the people of afghanistan." so that is another kind of reinforcement of, we will did this first. we will do what is happening right now at that kabul airport and august 31st, we will go away and then we will worry about isis. at least, that is the way i read it but maybe you had a different take. >> it sounds like that is what is happening. hard to say. we know national military commands at the pentagon are waiting and watching for all of this to happen. i am bothered by how closely they are on their language with

the taliban. the taliban has to protect us, the taliban has to do this. clearly, there is planning going on and isis knows we struck them hard 2018 and hit their leadership and hit many targets of afghanistan before. we can do it again. i think it is going to happen. >> trace: two years ago, three years ago, 20 years ago, would you ever have imagined hearing the phrase "the u.s. sharing intel with the taliban?" >> no, it is crazy. and this piece deal had a lot of different procedures in it that have not been followed. and the military for a second, just a complete disaster. now, i really hate seeing this policy piece where we are talking about economic assistance to the taliban and we want the taliban to block the street for us. who want the taliban to do xyz. hey, the taliban failed and let that happen. so we are in able new world and

i hate to see it. my heart goes out to the military. but leave you with this thought, the u.s. military is really ready to strike any time. and isis leadership should be very, very worried today about their safety. >> trace: don't leave me because i have one more thought for you. >> good. >> trace: i have this concept they have the ability to go after isis, i'm wondering now, when you pull everybody out of afghanistan and let the bagram air base go away, do you still have eyes on the ground that you need? we talk about over the horizon, surveillance which takes time, you know him it takes a lot of military power and time to do that. do we really genuinely have what we need on the ground in afghanistan right now to go after these different factions of isis k if we can identify them? >> oh, yes, i'm sorry bagram,

but general nelly said f-16 to 1:30, drones, watch every street all the time. and right now, they are aircrew up in that region using their sensors and they can see a lot and they have that right. because they have ready to go. yes, we have good can americanize on that scene right now. feel and even post-august 31st? >> they can still be there through the drowns and i would like to see martha counterterrorism development having stayed. definitely a loss on the ground. but do not forget that our air capabilities are outstanding at this point and that stays in place. >> trace: still the best in the world, dr. rebecca grant, thank you and we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> trace: coming up shocking video out of kandahar partly showing u.s. military equipment

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left behind. joining us now scott and former director of fbi terrorist explosive device analytics center. he tracked the hussein. great to join us when you see video like that of the taliban claimed that black hawk helicopters for a man in your industry. it's got to be a bit concerning. >> it is, trace, good morning. this is a stuff of nightmares for the u.s. we are concerned for the small arms left behind. but when you look at the bigger systems, more sophisticated systems like a u.s. army blackhawk, you began to wonder really what was left behind and how capable are the taliban operating potentially using it against us. >> trace: yeah, jan banks, the congressman said g.o.p. congressman said the taliban have more black hawk helicopters then 85% of countries in the world. he goes on to say "a former

military sails officer i acquired american military equipment to equip the afghans with. you can imagine how shameful i find at that today all of that equipment has fallen into the hands of the taliban." is this equipment a win for the taliban in your estimation, scott? >> i don't think there is any other way to see it other than a win for them because it positions all the rifles, pistols, and other sorts of items that we left behind. there are a lot of very sophisticated things that we left behind that clearly we left in such a hurry that we were not able to take the steps to destroy items like this that can be used against us. >> trace: do you worry, specifically what are you worried about? clearly we show the video of the taliban flying or cruising around the error failed black hawk helicopter, is that a big concern.

are you concerned about some secrets they might gain or's concern about weapons that might have been left behind? you don't have to reveal secrets that might have what been left behind but things specifically that concern you that we really haven't talked about? >> yeah, they are all broad categories of things. i was talking to a colleague just today about explosives that the afghans were receiving. it is very, very sophisticated training. and when the order to get out came, it was given with such haste that there was something on the order at 15,000 pounds of high explosives that were left behind. that is just one training site. sibley did a good job. the coalition partners really did a good job over the last year of drying up the supply of explosives that were in that country and forced a lot of

these terrorist organizations and the taliban certainly among them to resort to make their own explosives. now, they don't have to do that. now they have mass, mass stockpiles have u.s. explosives that were left behind, good, quality ones. and we are going to see the negative outcome of that for probably a decade. >> trace: yeah, the national security advisor jake sullivan said this last week quoting here "we don't have a complete picture, obviously every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount has fallen into the hands of the taliban." obviously, we don't have a sense they will readily hand it over to us at the airport. that seems like yeah, pretty good gas that they will not get this stuff up. is this year's? we would like to turn it back over to you. >> just in looking at the videos over the last few days, one of the things that has alarmed me

are the number of taliban carrying u.s. rifles with really advanced optic systems. this is one of the things that gives the u.s. an edge on the battlefield. the optics that are on some of the rifles and some of the other weapons. i'm talking about thermal sites, advanced optics that cost thousands of dollars. so instead of having a fighter that just has a 30-year-old russian -- now he's got a frontline weapon, the sort of things carried by our soldiers including special operations. and they also have night vision. and to get down that give them this, that is very worrisome. and we are going to see the consequences of this over the coming days and months. >> trace: we are, indeed, scott sweetow, good to see you and thank you for coming on. >> thank you, trace.

>> trace: stay with us, special coverage if i can bet it's a little bit after 11:00 in the morning and kabul, afghanistan, 11:30 in the morning. the evacuation flights have lifted. one day after suicide bombing attack took the lives of 13 u.s. service members. continuing coverage of the crisis in afghanistan next

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rebecca special coverage of the terror attacks at the home and car the international airport. terrorists targeted the airport killing 13 american servicemembers and at least 72 afghan desperate to get out of the country before it is too late. president biden says the us will complete the evacuation is scheduled next week, that he is valid revenge. >> to those who carried out this attack, no this. we will not forgive.