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that a huge number of people have gathered near the airport and there was a threat that the single person, one person, the low can carry out in the computer people in order to damage the taliban reputation. and islamic state affiliate enough got us on known as ice. k is thought to be behind the twin explosions in cobble that the taliban condemns to terra group . and in the wake of the attack in kabul, germany announces ending lives out of afghanistan. as the situation is just too dangerous, while other nations, the u. k. and abroad in place to carry on with their evac. ah, they're just after 11 p. m. here in the russian capital, this is the international and we do continue this our with our rolling breaking news coverage from afghanistan. according to our correspondent,

they're on the ground. there's been a 3rd blast near cobbles international airport. earlier, there were 2 confirmed explosions outside the hub where a chaotic evacuation efforts been on the way ahead of the u. s. military withdrawal . according to the afghan health ministry, at least 60 people have been killed and 150 injured at the pentagon is just now confirming 12 american soldiers are among the dead. with 15 americans injured as well. of the attacks come just hours after western governments had been warned of a security threat. that's how i know the downplayed terror threat warnings as a provocation. and it's now saying several of its own fighters were injured in the blocks along with various women and children. now during a recent media conference, the taliban spokesperson warned of a possible attack on the cob all airport. busy but the problem is that a huge number of people have gathered near the airport and there is a threat that the single person, one person alone,

can carry out an attack and killed people in order to damage the taliban reputation . this is not a significant, not a big threat. we're monitoring the situation at the airport, but are crossing life out to cobble and he's and what i got the of joining us once again here live on the program as well after midnight where you are non but out you were you were discussing earlier to confirm the explosions of the airport today, you have since heard more blas as i understand it's difficult to identify exactly what you're hearing. yes, exactly. we believe we have her where they have now been 77 blocks, according to local press and other dentist. we have distinctly heard 4 to 4 explosions in the last half. now we had 2 more to move. one of them was much more powerful than the rest. we have since learned that at least one of the detonations was a controlled blast carried out by the american military us troops. here there is also

ceaseless nato activity in the sky. we're talking about jets presumably as support, which is why there have been rumors about as strikes though. again, we are unable to confirm to confirm those rumors. as of now, the situation here is there is no other way to describe it. is it is ted's. it is very ted, this was one of the deadliest days in years. in many years for the united states military 12 troops killed, 15 injured. and the pentagon had said those behind these bloss, these 2 attacks at the airport that set this all off, that those will be held accountable, isis as since come out and claimed responsibility there was speculation and was believed that it was them that carried out these attacks before but they have now confirmed that on their cecil channels it is absolutely devastating the footage,

the grizzly seems that we have seen the aftermath of these bought a visa to bombings at the airport. bodies spread out across the canal across a checkpoint at east end of the in the east and end of the airport just to bring everyone up to speed. there were 2 blocks, one of the northern check port, northern entrance to the airport in one of the eastern end at the barren hotel, which had previously been used by us and british serviceman, as well as diplomats to the afghans and to approve evacuations. it hasn't been used as such in that capacity for several days, but the press of people is ease. you know, it's hard to believe until you see it with your own eyes. there are no, there is no drone footage due to security reasons. and you can't capture the

massive people the, the press of the mob with just the simple video, you know, short, short from up top, a 2nd floor or something. it is impossible to provide security at the airport as the situation stands. i it is believe that but of the suicide bombers was, was seen as he approached the airport. he was detected by the people in the crowd and the upon detection. he hurried over to the american personnel at the checkpoint and leave it in such a tight pack of people at the explosive device. you, you said also have devastating consequences. what is it i believe at this point, 60 people killed more than 150 injured value that keeps rising. and rising, they determined that seems now to prevent more attacks. but as the situation stands, the taliban said themselves, it is impossible to provide the guarantee security here walls. all those people have that they blame the united states for this, this, these crowd, this press,

this mob outside the airport, which stretches for kilometers which circles the entirety of the apple say that the united states encouraged them to come and said it would evacuate them, bring them the greener pastures that, that the, to europe, to america. and the taliban says that until the united states leaves, it will not be able to provide the security needed to prevent these types of attacks. whether you believe that or not. well, it depends on who you are. many people here at the airport. they believe that they can stay, that the taliban will to keep them as a threat to their lives, to the safety of their families. other people in that more than that, press there for the opportunity trying to get out of got this done. nevertheless, the situation remains incredibly ted's. above the taliban and nato countries have warned that there is a persist, that, that's the threat is high, and it is ongoing. those behind this bombing here here in the cottage,

in the residence that they have cause then, undoubtedly they, they, they will try again. so at this point the taliban says, unless the americans withdraw by the 31st of august, there is bound to be more trouble. oh my god, the live in cobble, thank you. which is a bit earlier in the program. we spoke with ali hassan, who was in the cobble airport when the 1st explosions happened to dave into the airport of cobbled i was, is standing on to get i will need to get to and they used to sort of like 5 minutes away. i just saw there was like 45 minutes and they had to run. there was looking look danish people, the new devotion parliament, a difference of them. the type of the type of wording i guess we're looking were suspicious. they didn't have gums, but they were looking for the airport. they were looking to be used troops. will it

100 the mentors when they get back to them to my line. when they get back to the line, i was with the people like after 12 or 2 minutes. an explosion happened when they began, it was near, it was near to the lake 1st, then away. an accident happened the 1st of the year. it's gone for the victim the same. it's a big guy. and so i was in the camp when they get to the line, they use it to say it. i think the guys that there was behind the use of looking them guns. i mean with your camera after the used through, they call the people that stay away, stay away with the people that didn't move. that doesn't mean they are joking because they did these distinct money times. they was always didn't get serious. and then the us started tubing, gas, gas and smoke. when the people the day you know, the, to like 6 to 7 gas in people. the people who really need to get injured. i saw

there was like 5 to 6 woman danger dear face was born and it was sitting there was going on the grounds. less than an hour ago top pentagon official revealed how many of us servicemen were killed in the car bull attack. at this time, we know that 12 us service members have been killed in the attack. in 15 more service members have been injured. we were listening to us general kenneth mackenzie, who's the head of saint com, which is central us central command. and what he confirmed it was that 12 us service members were killed, 11 us marines, one navy medic, and he said that the attack, the explosions were then followed by he said, isis gunman, opening fire on both civilians and u. s. military personnel as well. he said the isis threat quote remains extremely real. it manifested itself, there been warnings manifested itself with these explosions in cobble today. he

said, we believe the attacks will continue. the question is, how it was carried out. they said they're, they're continuing to gather the evidence to investigate exactly the circumstances . but what it sounds like is that there's this sewage drainage ditch that runs along the side of the road and goes basically to that gate and that hundreds of people is not more. we're basically waiting through the, you know, the need deep water and that it's possible that this isis attacker basically mixed in with the crowd and a designated those explosives. and that they were probably government thought by the sound of it. also mixed in with the men women and children. there were certainly warnings we've been talking about this happen. the u. s. embassy in cobble issue warnings to americans late wednesday to avoid going to the airport, and particularly the airport gates varying to leave immediately, australia, britain, likewise issue and comparable warnings saying there was a high threat of a terrorist attack. you know, and this is something that the binding ministration, particularly with isis k isis in the course on,

has warned about and is likely based on us officials and their evidence likely. the culprit behind today's attack, president biden has been in the situation room at the white house, basically all day meeting with senior us officials, including sect, f, secretary of defense, went austin, secretary of state anthony blake in and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark, millie le group calling itself isis k claims. it was behind the attacks. it's a splintered g. hottest group based in the eastern providence of a horizontal according to you and reports it has up to 2005. as i said, k carried out about a 100 times on civilians and i'll be honest on packets. on between 20172018. it also talk to the taliban in the past. as well. or short time ago, i spoke with a max blumenthal editor of the gray zone, who says isis k is a direct by product of the us invasion. we did hear about this group, for example, and i believe,

april 2017. when trump and essentially authorized the pentagon to drop the mother of all bombs in eastern afghanistan, i believe in the non ga har province on isis k. but the roots of this group in its existence is poorly understood. and of course, when we hear these press briefings at the pentagon, there's very little context. this group actually is a direct byproduct of the us invasion and occupation of afghanistan. it grew out of the pocket study taliban, who were disgruntled taliban members who wanted to carry out attacks on us targets inside pakistan and afghanistan. one of their most spectacular attacks was on camped camp chapman, u. s. military base where they used a c. i turn coat to attack us soldiers. there are several other attacks on american assets. and this all led to a rise of terrorism inside pocket on directly related to the u. s. presence in afghanistan, 6 years ago, the pakistani taliban,

which was widely suspected of being used by the african government, backed by the u. s. against pakistan turned into isis k. and today it is led by very interesting individuals show, show how much i will hide year shabamo hygiene, who is actually not afghans. he is an arab, and he signals the return of the kind of foreign jihad to afghanistan and a direct link to the anti soviet jihad of the 1980s. and now we see afghan. it's then becoming increasingly a base for foreign jihadists directly as a result of the u. s. d stabilization of the country. well, for days that had been warnings of an imminent tower, a talk outside carpool lab port with multiple european leaders now readjusting their plans in the wake of today's blasts. it comes out as the 31st of august deadline, fast approaches past which no western forces ought to remain in capital. earlier i

heard from europe correspondent peter oliver. i do not in you k isa ali, who both brought us up to speed on the latest international reaction. peter will start with you. have we heard anything concrete yet from the decision makers in europe's capitals? well, not just in year from the us as well. i'm 20 are good. seattle has just recently has said that he will be convening a meeting of the un security council on monday. specifically to talk about the ongoing situation in afghanistan here in year. if we've heard from sha michelle, the council president who condemned the attack and said that he hoped this wasn't going to see a resurgence in terrorism emanating from of gun a stun. nato secretary general yet installed in, but also adding his voice to the condemnation of this attack. he said evacuations would continue that, that remained the priority, getting people out through cobble apple, where they possibly could when it comes to germany,

they hi denounce through an incorrect kind of cut him by the german defense minister that the german evacuation mission had been completed. that's the evacuation of all german soldiers diplomats and the remaining german police officers. there were on the ground in afghanistan. they have since sent one transport plane back to cobble apple. this is a special called go transport plane for, for taking people who require immediate medical assistance, taking people from the ground, their who are being caught up in this horrific terrorist attack and flying them off to what we understand to german bases in beckett's dawn where they can receive medical treatment there. we've also heard from high co master and foreign minister who confirmed that there were no german personnel, no german citizens involved in the, the terrorist attack, you know, no, no germans were among. busy be killed or wounded on the grounds, and when it comes to the evacuation process,

they said it had being completed angle medical, the german chancellor, describing this attack as despicable said be the window of being able to get people out of the country. well closed pretty much and i'm going to come cut about the defense minister blaming that window. closing on the taliban, taken into consideration, this evening's events. we see that the risk, hello. so this is a high pressure situation in which to evacuate people from the country and operate an al lift. we know that the time window is narrowing the anomaly the, the attack that we saw today, and of which had been warned in recent days. and also this morning has made it clear that the pro geishas of the operations in cable is not possible. the security situation on the ground and the telephone's refusal to allow an expansion pass the 31st of august, have made this impossible. well here in rome, the defense ministry confirm no italians had been caught up amongst the killed other wounded from the terrorist attack on friday. what we have seen though. busy

is a number of those countries announcing the end of that to ation programs. norway said it was impossible for them to take anymore people out they've been joined by belgium, poland. busy and canada all saying there was no more left to be involving their personnel from the grounds fronts. we heard from a manual cross, the french president speaking in dublin, during meeting with the irish leadership. what he said was that there was 20 boxes of french nationals on the guns that france was wanting to evacuate from the country. 20 pulses waiting near or right at cobble airport that they intended to try and get them out. but it didn't good for them doing that so far. he said that the embassy was being evacuated in the, the french ambassador to afghanistan would continue his work from rome to london. isa over to you, any reaction from downing street because it wasn't so long ago that london it was

saying he would like to actually see the deadline extended? absolutely. we've been seeing, in fact, over the last few days, the warnings coming from u. k. officials that there would potentially be some type of attack, specifically targeting the evacuation attempt warning go their own systems, of course, about the potential threat of this attack. and it's now played out bars. johnson the prime minister. however, saying that the need will be abandoning day will they see that responsibility to continue to get people out of the country and say those efforts will still continue . we're going to continue without operation and we're now coming to towards the, the end of it to the very end of it. in any event, what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work. i mean, as far as efficient amount as possible in the hours to remain to us and that's what

we're going to do. the case manager of the fans have been saying today that they are working closely with best sources in their own assets that are in. 3 trouble to try to stop michigan. exactly what happens is we've been hearing this evening and it appears that the attack is being attributed to the so called state in some group who of course in the past attacked the town and i had johnson interesting lease himself. he wouldn't be drawn and exactly who was responsible, but took the time to explain and point out as well. that how about members as well have been killed in this attack? likely bar is something that realizing that of course, and talk about how been assisting those of attempts, but also not wanting to call on them because of course those lines of communication, those lines of negotiation are going to be key in the coming days, not just again for that continuing inoculation effort, but of course going forward about the type of government we might see in

a crowd is done and what role the canada case in that and what influence the u. k. would like to keep going forward. so, bar johnson, as it was still continuing to decidedly have that evacuation attempts continue, but also of course not costing any blame as administrative say. that's still establishing a full facts. why, of course, lived out a brian, a terrible le coordinator of voices for creative non violence. he's joining us here on the program on our team to national great to see you this evening. thanks for coming on with us here. both the west and the taliban knew about a probable terror attack on campbell lab board. yet of course, thousands of people still gathered there. let's be realistic about this. i mean, do you think more could have been done to get people to safety or are we just hoping and asking for too much? well, i think it's, it's certainly too late for that. the, the this is a situation that that's as

a previous speaker just had is born of the us occupation. and us battling going back to even before the 198979. when, when the lucia dean were being funded by the, by the carter ministration. the, the situation of ghana stan now is so so predictable is horrible. consequences were so easily foreseen and so inevitable that it's difficult to, to not come to the conclusion that to stay on some level. it is that it's deliberate left years ago, stanley mac crystal, when he was the u. s. general ahead of us. and it forces nap dana stand, put it mathematically, he said, for everyone we kill. we are creating 10 enemies. and general clinton,

who later famous for his work with the trumpet administration under obama, was the head of the pentagon's defense intelligence agency. and in 2014 he said, the more weapons we get, the more bombs we drop. it just fuels the conflict. and so we, we've been fuel and yet, and the u. s. weapons manufacturers have become rich and life in ghana. stan has become more and more dangerous, so it's become a war torn country as, as we all know by now. but clearly, i mean as, as the investigations are shown, there were no afghani is involved with 911. there were no iraqis involved with 911 . i that they were mostly saudis, and a couple of yemen. he says, well, why did america? i nato essentially go into afghanistan. do you really think? i think you have to say, especially because by november of 2001 the taliban was ready to surrender. but the

united states didn't want that, and even before the us invaded, they were ready to turn over a solid, been locked into a 3rd country for an international tribunal for, for his suspected connections to, to the 911 attacks. but that was rebuffed as well. i think the united states, i'm sorry to say water to war, and they got one, and they, they had a, clearly they had iraq in their sites even before this. but after us, dan came up as, as an easy, easy target. and i'm thinking about the people i've been to cobble 7 times in the last years and the population has been burgeoning. the people who are there already, refugees, their internal refugees. the question is, if is cobble, can cobble be safe? but millions of people are there because their homelands, their homes in the, in the private since have not been safe. and now cobble isn't safe. there isn't a,

there's never been a military solution to this. and there certainly is not. now, of course, you know the graveyard have and pause. it's got a good name for it for a good reason. brian, i wanted to ask you said you've been to cobble many, many times. i assume that's over a fairly recent years. how have you seen it change since the war on terror kicked off? will tell you i've since 2015 the i've been hearing reports of the road to the airport is considered kind of safe, but that's not my experiences in 2015. the united states announced that it's right, like the day after i arrived there personnel, the embassy personnel were not to be allowed on the, on the road. the airport is a mile and a half away from the u. s. embassy, but no embassy personnel were allowed to be on the street. which made of course the u. s. was entirely cut off because it would only visit places that had heliport. so

everyone would take a power helicopter to the embassy. my last is that was 2018 and i believe i was the only one who got off a flight from dubai that went through customs and walked out the front door to the parking lot. because every, every other, the only westerner, all the other westerners, apparently, apparently, were all going to catch helicopters someplace. because this is, this is not been considered a safe place for, for citizens to the united states. germany had the same kind of rules. most of the foreign governments who were involved that road was considered safe and the to approach the airport 2 of these, these, these gates, as i'm sure it's been mentioned, are, are actually, you know, a quarter of a mile from the actual airport. they're surrounded by blast walls and razor wire and your 1st search very diligently,

long before you get to the airport. so it's been recognized as a flash point for, for, for many years. brian, you over the past 7 years or so, you've seen certain parts of i've gotten astonished. certain parts of the capital undergo some change, but i wanted to ask you because i've interviewed some afghans in recent days in recent weeks. and some of them have said to me on international television that under the us occupation, life enough canister improves infrastructure, came roads, networks, highways. the internet arrived as well. people wearing i phone, wrists, watches, some people saying that life improved under the us occupation. now it looks like the holla, bottom will be the foremost controlling power of chemist on and yet when you look at the speed with which the taliban took the country back into its own hands, you might think actually despite the past 20 years and some people think it's been a good life and i've gone on. it looks like perhaps a taliban has widespread support across the country. what do you think?

why don't think don't know about the the taliban having support, but i do believe that the that the us occupation and the and the afghan government that we had put in place and supported the popularity of that has been very exaggerated in some, in some ways. yes. in the, in the city of probably the are some more education opportunities and some people did get some good work with it with, with the working for westerners, but by and large around the country. and even even, even in cobble, very dangerous. and, and, and hard, hard place to live bryan, tell us if he would about about the issue of corruption in afghanistan. you just mentioned the former president ashley gunny. he made

a press press statement recently saying i left with only the clothes on my back. and one pair of sandals and yet we know that he took a convoy of cause to a private helicopter with so many suitcases of cash that he couldn't even fit them all in the helicopter and abandoned some of the cash on the heli pad. talk to us about the issue of corruption in afghanistan will decryption. first of all is, is in the united states because there are people who have taken advantage of afghans as well. the special investigator for the reconstruction about canada. stan made several reports of the past few years and, and the united states has its reportedly spent more money in the, in the reconstruction of afghanistan than the entire marshal plan. after world war 2 were all the cities of western europe that were, that were, that were leveled,

were rebuilt. and an afghan to stand except for the roads leading into the mil, between the military bases. you hardly see you hardly see a possible filled the cigar. this especial inspector found that the united states had claimed to build us a i. d had registered that they had built hospitals and gave the coordinates and they would go go there and they could not find the hospitals and hospitals in the exist. hospitals and schools were, were ghosts and the other. there is great corruption in the afghan government and i'm sure mister guy had a lot of money already outside the country before he, before he left with his clothes on his back in the sandals, already waiting for him. but, but the vast majority of the vast majority of the corruption look.