the the breaking news this monday morning here went off into national. after an absence of nearly 2 decade, the taliban announces its box in total control about gunner on following the capture of the country's capital. on sunday, it came after a week of rapid territorial gain by the me died of russia to evacuate every american from the country. the us to put the brave face on it 20 v. a mentioned that officials advocating the withdrawal, but refusing any claim to repeat the infamous exit from the slide gone in the vietnam war. european states also about the way that nationals from campbell and great concerns about a possible flood of refugees. coupled with the new terror, that other news or an aussie is an optional, a huge earthquake in the caribbean,

nation of pacey, pills, at least a 1300 people. local hospitals are struggling to cope. ah, it's been a 24 hours a breaking news here on the national. welcome to the program. i'm role research. we just not this monday morning with a dramatic event that have been continuing to unfold enough galveston over the last 24 hours to the taliban has now declared an end of war in the country. that's offers, fight is effectively captured every major city, including the capital cobble it means now that off to nearly 20 years, the entire nation is now back under the control of the militant group. the

soldiers right here coming is, was it all to the national. this is unverified for now, but as we understand this footage is just come in, is showing us troops there for a moment, opening fire at the cobble international airport when they've been deployed to secure the safety of people desperately trying to flee the country. well, let's show you how the airport looked a bit earlier on sunday night. the only part of a city that still remains out of the hands of the taliban. a thousands can be seen desperately searching for any opportunity to leave. commercial flights have resumed after they were suspended for a short time on sunday. at the airport is now the only option to get out of the country as old board post, as we understand. and now to be on the taliban control. meanwhile, insurgents have seized the presidential palace in cobble after president ashcroft ghani fled the country. the taliban says it will shortly declare and islamic m a root of afghan on a representative of the groups still viewed as

a terrorist organization. by most states around the world has already addressed the nation because i'm going to be diplomatic institutions that function properly for the past 20 years should continue to function as a representative of the afghan people i ask you to continue your work and to establish diplomatic relations with the afghan people, the process of power transition if peaceful and ongoing. my great request to the people of couple is to come to their workplace is open markets and shops. local and international organizations are requested to continue their activities as long suffering. people are solely needed. on sunday, after rounds of talks, president ash rough ghani resigned. it's something he confirmed. on his facebook page, he said the move was to avoid bloodshed and his departure was part of a peace deal proposed by the taliban. now conflicting reports addressed, he's now in one of 2 neighboring countries tajikistan or was breakfast on. however,

both countries currently deny those claims. let's bring you another video here, reportedly showing inmates released by the taliban from the country's largest prison. earlier they also sees the background, the military jail located just 25 kilometers north of the capitol. reports claim about $5000.00 convicts was set free. mostly taliban fighters ready to join the assault. and the following footage circulating on line shows the taliban setting up a road block between july le, bad, and cobble people driving through, reportedly being checked for documents with men without bid being asked if they are muslim. now the taliban ramped up. it's offensive in april, following jo biden's confirmation that he was pulling out american troops. and you can see here with the numbers on display, in just a matter of months, the group has successfully swept across the entire country just for a moment here on the program. let's take a look at how all these events unfolded. the

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now as people are trying to flee a couple and i guess in the entirety of africanist on through the international airport couple we understand now that commercial flights for the 2nd time in 24 hours have been banned again. in the meantime, the u. s. administration has again increased the number of troops at sending into afghanistan to evacuate american citizens. additional $1000.00 to now being sent on top of the $5000.00 already allocated over the next 2 days. meanwhile, helicopters and planes were seen flying over the ascot capital, as nato sought to ensure the safe accusation of foreign citizens. hundreds of americans have already left the country and thousands of others a trying to follow suit. the u. s. embassy in the capital load its flag off the all staff were transferred to the airport now back in washington, amid all of this, the large crowd gathered outside the white house and people of voicing that concerns over the fall of the african government and the troop withdrawal in waving

american flags and holding signs, proclaiming america betrayed the afghan people undemanding. the country opens its borders to bend immediately. well, let's get some perspective and all of these are eager to turn off. now joining us this monday morning here in the studio, good to see you. so the former us president donald trump, he's already come out. now lam busting washington, calling the withdrawal. the disgrace saying joe biden should step down, but it was trump the previous sets of bite, and he was the one who actually did. he signed the piece deal with the taliban in february. off. you're agreeing to pull out us troops. well, bring us that domestic front from america. how is all of this being viewed in the us? well, trump, of course, regardless of his him being completed or not in the us handling this withdrawal, he does what he does best. yeah, he's mocking and you know, coming up with nicknames and making very bold statements and accusations. but after all, he is, he has a point because just think of it the will in galveston has been going on for just

short of 20 years. it means if you're an afghani teenager in 19 going on 20, it means you don't remember a different country. you don't remember country without the us personnel station that it's a whole generation of people who all the, no, excuse me, all the, you know, in their life is americans being present in afghanistan. they tried to be tried to fix up dentist and some experts estimate the cost of the war at trillions of dollars if you factor in well inflation and the interest rate. because america borrowed of all that money for the war. thousands of americans, american soldiers died, and that's not even counting the 10s of thousands of, of ganges of civilians and so on and so forth. and what we have now, now we have the talib militants posing next to humvees, posing next to helicopters. all they could mount in that time was a machine gun on

a truck. now they're mounting laser guided weapons on aircraft. so not only did the u. s failed to cripple the taliban into world to decapitate the this, this movement. they even emboldened it. they expanded its military power by an order of magnitude, giving them the most advanced weapons in the world. so, and when it comes to the going to the going forces to the security forces, nobody in the united states could really predict, even having trained them for 20 years. nobody could predict that they would lay down on so quickly. the inability of asking security forces to defend their country has played a very powerful role than what we've seen. we invested the international community invested over 20 years. billions of dollars in these forces, $300000.00 of them with an air force something the taliban didn't have with the most modern, sophisticated equipment. and unfortunately, tragically,

they have not been able to defend the country. and i think that explains why this has moved as quickly as it's moved. it's not easy to defend the whole situation or the may him that sling to the withdrawal. but this is exactly what the us security secretary of state is doing here, pinning all the blame on the gun is. but this is quite a bit of a change in tone because just days ago the american government had full faith in the us. trained i've done security forces, have a listen. ali bon take over that. gash that now inevitable. is none. because you have the afghan troops have 300000. well equipped as well as crypt is any army in the world and an air force against something like 75000 tale mine is not inevitable over the last few days or the by the ministration has been facing claims as going through a bit of a new vietnam,

i mean hardly surprised you think about it by and he took a lot of flack over this weekend because he was essentially many and he was hiding as he retreated to the presidential retreat. come david up on the north, east coast of america. he apparently begrudgingly then came out with a statement about a gun as tom, but a lot of the guys in washington and around the world to saying it's vietnam part to well it, it is very difficult nor to draw parallels between the 2, especially given that the pictures given that the images of, you know, they withdraw from capital and the withdrawal, the evacuation from saigon are so similar. i mean, look at this, to the, on the left we have the situation where we have the military transport helicopter flying over cobble to the right. we have the withdrawal and the evacuation from saigon and the irony, the bitter irony is that moved days ago, we had joe biden saying, promising it will not look like saigon, as he explicitly said, that nobody will be picked up of the roof tops with

a helicopter well, well, i don't think i need to come, i mean, pictures, they speak for themselves really. but of course, i mean there's no other way for the incumbent president and his administration to but to whitewash and to try to keep their face in this situation. so this is what they're trying to do with their government right now. again, have a listen to when we succeeded in achieving those fundamental objectives and the idea that we would sign up for remaining there in the midst of the civil war for another 510 or 20 years, was simply not in the national interest. well, i don't want this whole thing we're doing here to turn into a lecture on history. but in back in 2001 the americans, they entered gaston on the pretext of hunting down, been logged in a very achievable goal. and we don't know if, if, if americans would have still been, and i've got to spend 20 years on had they had a chance to capture and kill us. i'm a been logged in in 2001. but alas, he escaped. so he fled. so, i mean, if he's, if blinking here is brandishing,

is brandishing this whole mission a success because the gun down to everybody involved in the 911 and everybody who orchestrated 911 then, well, some of been lodging was gone down back in 2011 what were you guys doing in afghanistan? other, the next 10 years, what, what was all that for? so again, so he began again a some, a lot. he wasn't killed in afghanistan. he was killed in pakistan, of course. and, you know, he was killed living in a $2000000.00 compound in august on how was he living there. and nobody knew that that's a whole nother story. that's a whole other story. and as well as other stories of terrorists being from saudi arabia and, well, we can, we can go on, it can go on and on and on and on. but we'll, blanket is, he's satisfied. he says that, well, he says that the cache that they helped create, well, this is just how things are and now now apparently 20 years on this whole thing turned into a domestic affair. you say blinking seemed satisfied in his comments just as he looked really nervous. i thought,

i don't think he looked confident at all or i don't see because don, oh do you did. thank you. well, the war has now claimed the lives of a almost 2500 us soldiers with many of our colleagues now questioning what was it all full to us veterans including one that helped to reopen the u. s. embassy in cobbled back in 2001 share their thoughts well at this point for, for all of the men and women of our country have served in afghanistan, who have lost friends, who, who seen people injured, have gone through terrible emotional and physical trauma. as a result of this service and had hope that in some way they were helping afghan stand for all of these people. most of them are sad, some are angry, but really they're sad and they're asking the question and i think it's been reported widely. why, why was, why were we there? what were we really doing? because we did not achieve any mission that was sold to our soldiers. jar,

young men and women who served there. what they were told they were doing was not, i'm sorry, it was not the mission that was accomplished. ok. we didn't accomplish that mission, whatever mission the biden and trump, and george bush and obama were hoping to accomplish that was kept a secret from our troops that troops were told of very positive things about the future. but again, a stand and none of it was true and, and i until committee knows very well that it, most of it was based on fall. so it's been imagining imagination, the veterans on iraq, the veterans of afghanistan, all of us veterans ought to be going to our congress to say no more wars. because every one of these conflicts has ended up not only with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of millions of citizens of the countries we've gone into being dead or wounded. but certainly the veteran population of the united states that continues to suffer suicides at $22.00 a day and long term mental problems that affect not only them personally,

but their whole families and their communities is something that our us congress and our politicians ought to be held accountable for forgetting us into these endless wars the when was for the defense contractors of the united states of america, they got really rich and those apt and said that help them on a high level not really rich, but those that actually implemented the projects didn't get rich and now the, the retribution and retaliation from it's all about who said you'd never should have been working with the u. s. government on in any of this anyway. is tragically going to happen. meanwhile, the 1st batch of british troops arise and cobble on saturday to safeguard nationals and help relocate format of guns doff. we understand $600.00 soldiers are expected in total. other european states have been evacuating that national. on suspending diplomatic missions, denmark and norway temporarily shutting that shared compound,

germany and finland the closing that facilities, citing the deteriorating situation. and more than 60 countries have called on august on to ensure the safety of those who want to leave. given the deteriorating security situation, we support a work into secure and colon all parties to respect and facilitate the safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and afghans who wish to leave the country. those in positions of power and authority across have danced on their responsibility and accountability for the protection of human life and property. and for the immediate restoration of security and civil order. let's get some reaction from europe now crossing lots of power, se paul asleep. joining us here on the program, paula european leaders already expressing jitters over the situation. and i've got this, donna, what is the general consensus among them? if indeed, there is a consensus?

well, i think it's fair to say that not just your opinion leaders, but the world in general is in a state of shock. here in france, the priority is on evacuation. we have heard from the french presidency saying that the immediate and absolute powers, he is the securing of both french nationals and african citizens who are there enough county done on the spot. and he had a particularly talking about african citizens who had assisted the french government. the 1st flight is slated for monday. and it comes as the french military st. reinforcements to the united arab emirates, to facilitate with the evacuation process. now all of this is happening as i balls are being raised in questions i've been asked as to how the taliban was able to achieve such a quick victory. and certainly we have more more people asking questions as to the policies of foreign countries when it comes to engaging in was take

a listen. i uploaded the u. s. the feed in vietnam. i am sick and by the routing of galveston. it is time to think things over before embarking on debt and wars, because if war doesn't solve anything, defeat changes everything. now it's not just france, but indeed it's many countries that are expressing better comments as to what have been the long term achievements when we've witness foreign troops in afghanistan for so many years. this is completely humiliating for the west. we assembled the most incredible, technologically advanced lines. the world is ever seen. and with being defeated by an insurgency that armed with a k 40 sevens in all p, jeez. this will be the biggest own goal made by the west. so far this century, the humanitarian disaster that's about to unfold will be catastrophic. the migration challenges will be huge. we will see further terrorist attacks. at the

moment, there is no clear statement as to whether or not countries planned to recognize the taliban as the official government of afghanistan. we have heard from the british prime minister boys johnson urging countries not to act bilaterally in terms of recognizing the taliban. what he wants to see is a kind of united front with like minded countries responding in the same way. and he believes that that will be the way to prevent going is done from becoming a breeding ground for further terrorist activity. you know, perhaps worthwhile reminding all of us you know, the taliban it's not just a militant group. it's also a political entity that was recently welcomed by officials in china. much more paula about that of the european continent now. because yeah, i guess in the past 10 years and less, we've had just every now and again, an exodus of refugees and migrants flooding into europe. now it looks like it's going to start all over again. do you think europe can handle another wave?

well, this is the $1000000.00 question. many people here don't want to see a repeat of what happened 56 years ago with the migration crisis that unfolded then . and certainly speaking to people here on the streets of paris, many of them are nervous that we could be seeing additional room, a piece of that migration crisis again, as far as europe itself goes, the continent is split, particularly in terms of what to do with african refugees who've made their way here, but actually don't have the white papers in terms of remaining in us as refugees. we did see a number of countries, right. and later to the european commission, insisting that they have the right to same back to afghanistan. those african refugees who don't fit the criteria, but subsequent to that, we did see a number of countries backtrack. so we said the seeing the split inside the rope itself in terms of what to do with these migrants. the main concern being expressed

by european countries is that they don't have the capacity actually to handle another huge wave of migration lie. the clock has run out on how we can wait to dub, the complete overhaul of europe's migration and asylum rules we need. now, at the moment be asked gun refugee community comprises about 10 percent here in france. it is the 2nd largest refugee community after the syrians. we are expecting the president emanuel crohn to address the nation at 8 o'clock this evening local time on the situation in afghanistan. so it will be interesting to see what exactly he has to say at that point. it will be checking in with you, paula, to see what the french president has to say about the unfolding development in afghanistan policy. i live in paris. thank you. well, while most of the foreign diplomat emissions are closing in cobble,

the russian embassy is one of the few, the chosen to stay and remain operational managed to get a comment directly from the russian ambassador to afghanistan on the power vacuum a significant of course, there is gas fire in the city armed looters. we know about the smell of burning. the important thing is that the taliban, as they themselves promise are interested in a peaceful transition of power. they guarantee the safety of foreign embassies, including our embassy. we have significantly reinforced our security and advice. now there are no threats to our diplomats. our property will continue our work here in a calm and normal manner. meanwhile, a member of the russian federation council. there's expressed concern that a resurgent taliban will try to spread its influence through former soviet countries. the reports of the taliban on negotiating with the authorities and most likely on the surrender of the city and the transfer of power to the taliban. who's to blame the usa? they brought in troops 20 years ago,

supposedly trained an army that's losing ground, that a fight under being abandoned. now if they are trying to attract the world community, then let them call the un security council and let them decide how to stop what's happening. and i've got this done because bloodshed may begin, the security council may decide to enforce peace and may even use the troops of other powers to restore peace enough ghana, stan, let's compare that to the withdrawal of soviet troops back in 1989. that was an organized pull out. we left nancy buller there who defended. i've got to stand for the movie, dean for years. the americans have not yet managed to leave the territory of afghanistan. and this army, which they supposedly prepared, has turned out to be completely demoralized. we can say for sure that it's unlikely that russia will enter, got this done. and even if there are some peacekeepers, it's unlikely that russia will be part of that. one of the most dangerous things

though, is that if the taliban head to the north, where are allies tajikistan and cut? augusta and we will have to do our duty and protect those states. so with the taliban once again holding the reins of power in the country, those who have opposed the group all these years now live in fear of potential revenge. so what will happen to them? we got opinion from a range of analysts. i don't think the situation in this country of the stuff anytime soon, even in a medium term, because that kind of long don't want to be a part of the government not want to newly different goals of the state. but i want to have all power in that one is done and has to be see the talent but one landslide victory. but it wasn't good. they just gave back and they just gave a couple and

a lot of managers to tell by the level to fight. and i don't seem to be hosted in that situation. it's very, very bad. and they just show us is that one down, either them out harder, power reach, presidential that might, than failed to accept this. certainly a lot of anger among atkins at the moment. much of it cancelled on the, on his clothes on too much of that channel that the americans at the international community for abandoning them once again, people are afraid because they've been here before. they don't know whether to trust the telephone spokesmen promises about a move in peaceful transition, but there's going to be a general m b. but there are people who are justifiably concerned because they were working for the government where they were working in ministry and they're afraid of retribution. let's also ember that. there are those who will say that the money

isn't one group anymore. it's not a centralized body. and that the don't negotiators may not necessarily have control over the fighters on the ground, that there is the kind of divide that there's multiple telephone rather than one group. in the news that i here on our team international, we understand nearly 1300 people in our into being killed after a huge earthquake struck the caribbean island of haiti on saturday. the tremor brought down homes, churches, and schools. more than $6000.00 people injured and hospitals are overwhelmed, render them running out of supplies. it's feared and approaching tropical storm. now the students sweep to the region on monday night will only worsen the situation . ah,

ah ah. well let's bring you now. some of the very latest developments coming to us this moment from afghanistan, we're going to show you some pictures you might find disturbing. there are unconfirmed report stating. several people have been killed at the capitals at port . again, these could be following a disturbing images for you. now here when are you into national? a bodies can be seen on the ground at the airport this morning. the image coming off on verified video which had emerged on line report lead capturing the moment us troops were firing into the air. what they call preventative fire at the airport is not confirmed if it led to the death of those people. again,

the us soldiers said they were shooting only in the air. some report suggests these people might have been killed in a stampede, as people were rushing and storming planes to get out of the country any which way they could. the same time, the ass guy, navigation agency has sighted opens the countries as space for military aircraft, but is advising normal commercial transit planes to avoid the area. well, the story continues to be updated every moment at r c dot com for the meantime. your program, return me the join me every 1st day on the alex simon show. when i was speaking to guess on the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me

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