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dr abdullah abdullah, hamid karzai and many _ it?id karzai and many other _ karzai and many other politicians who belong to the republic decided to stay in kabul, when ashraf ghani left, and they became a bridge between social groups, and the taliban. it started out about safety and security and it is getting into different effects. it will be interesting to see what the taliban is going to put on the table and how others will react. is it going to be inclusive enough? will it be acceptable and embrace all of society? 0r acceptable and embrace all of society? or is it going to be a 2—stage approach where on one hand you have a transition system and on the other hand you work with others to order. all of this is been discussed right now and the hope is that they realise there is difference in afghanistan but i'd only go so far than action and deeds. i'd only go so far than action and deede— i'd only go so far than action and deeds. , , , and deeds. the message seems fairly clear _ and deeds. the message seems fairly clear that _ and d

sorry to interrupt you, is that dialogue beginning to take place with dr abdullah abdullah and indeedause dr abdullah has been i think actually hosting some of the taliban leaders, in terms of agreeing to meet to discuss a possible way forward, at his own home. what is the situation as you understand it there? dr abdullah, mr karzai and many other politicians who belong to the regime, the republic that mr ghani left behind, decided to stay in kabul, and so they became a bridge between afghan political constituencies, society, different ethnic and social groups, and the taliban. and this discussion has been going on for over a week now. it started out about safety and security. now it is getting into politics. so it is going to be interesting to see what the taliban have to put on the table and how the others will react it. is it going to be broad—based enough? is it going to be inclusive enough? and will it be acceptable and embrace all of society? or is it going to be a two—stage approach where, on one hand, you have a transition system, and on the other hand you work with others tow

you and hamid karzai and abdullah abdullah all say, "we must engage. a national dialogue. "we hope to achieve a new political settlement "in which there is a sharing of power." well, you tell me, after two weeks, do you get any indication from the taliban at all that they are willing to share power? first of all, what is the alternative that we have? do we have to engage in war again, another cycle of violence, or should we give a chance to talking to them? and particularly, when you hear words of assurances that we need to hold them to, let's say hold them to their words so that they're delivered upon. so it's not a stooge thing. it's a responsible thing which we are doing. and secondly...secondly, it's only been two weeks that kabul just as unexpectedly and suddenly fell and it was a shock to us. it's been a pleasant shock to the taliban as well. they did not expect that. they were not ready for that. we are ready to give them days so that they discuss things amongst themselves. we just saw a statement by the taliban spokesperson that the past three

in the last i few minutes, we have a hearing from abdullah abdullah, the head of the conciliation, indoha, he has given a message on facebook saying the ex—president has left the country, and that that means president ashraf ghani has left the country. that is what we understand, with tullow news, a respectable tv channel in afghanistan, saying that ashraf ghani with his talk team has left the country. so we are getting from two different sources, we have not heard anything from the palace about it, but it is coming from mr abdullah abdullah, he is part of the negotiations with what is going on in doha. so it looks like this is probably, that we do not know if he has resigned, still, to his left, but all we know is that calling —— according to mr abdullah, mr ghani has left the country. it is according to mr abdullah, mr ghani has left the country.— has left the country. it is only the one day since _ has left the country. it is only the one day since ashraf— has left the country. it is only the one day since ashraf ghani - has left the country. it is only the one day since ashraf gha

he worked very closely down the years with abdullah abdullah. we understand he will be front and center here in class are either tomorrow or the day after that when it comes to these reinvigorated discussions between the taliban and some sort of skeletal core representation. for whatever's left of the afghan government, what's the silver bullet that abdullah abdullah can bring to that process to get both sides to agree on the form on the nitty gritty, the detail of whatever the interim administration slash government council, whatever it's called, whatever that will be all very much depends on who, who will represent now and how cobble is going to act as a side because that size now obviously as being used to be and his team from the palace, including the 1st vice president. so that create the constitutional issue as well. we don't know what has what has happened to 2nd vice president where he is. but obviously the 6 succession system in place. but as far as the high is concerned, it all depends also on what baton bon wants. if the toner gone wr

was assassinated by a palestinian who viewed abdullah as disloyal to the palestinian cause, which wasalestinian independent state. and king hussein was with him as his grandson when he was assassinated in jerusalem. >> suddenly i saw someone rush from behind a door to the right side with a revolver in his hand, and before anyone could do anything, he fired a shot. my grandfather was hit and fell. it was a shock. i tried to rush for the man, and he turned and fired. i received a bullet that ripped off a medal off my chest. >> there's a story that king abdullah, before he was assassinated, pinned a medal on prince hussein's chest. and it was that medal that saved his life. >> as king hussein in jordan search for stability, the rest of the arab world follows the lead of a very different kind of ruler. >> the most powerful regime in the arab world was egypt. president nasr was essentially almost for lots of arabs, someone who is equivalent to the prophet mohammed. he was extremely influential. he could, by just a word, topple a regime. >> abdul nasr was the leader of egypt since 1956. >>

who hated king abdullah. as the king entered to pray, a fan fanatic killed him. >> abdullah was assassinated. king hussan was with him when he was assassinated in jerusalem. >> certainly i saw a rush on the right side with a revolver on his hand and before anyone cab do anything, he fired a shot. it was a shock, i tried to rush for the man and i see the b bullets. >> there is a story that king abdullah before he was assassinated pinned a medal on hussein's chest and it was that medal that saves his life. >> the rest of the world follows a lead of a different kind of ruler. >> the most powerful regime is egypt. >> the le leader of egypt, he w incredibly handsome and de decisive. a new dawn for the arab world is coming. >> there was a sense of finally somebody is standing up and definiing imperialism. now it gave them a sense of pride. he was offering them a glimpse of hope and that i am coming to your aid, fear not. >> in israel. when we looked at nassar, he terrified us. the israelis were confident that they

abdullah, who was— doha by doctor abdullah abdullah, who was part of the power—sharing government withbeen with the delegation for some time, _ been with the delegation for some time, trying to negotiate with the taliban _ time, trying to negotiate with the taliban. they are now very confident and very— taliban. they are now very confident and very sure that in the coming days— and very sure that in the coming days from — and very sure that in the coming days from wat suhail shaheen, the taliban— days from wat suhail shaheen, the taliban spokesperson, said to me, they will— taliban spokesperson, said to me, they will reimpose an islamic state, they will reimpose an islamic state, the government of the taliban, and that is— the government of the taliban, and that is what they call themselves, back across the country. this is some _ back across the country. this is some of— back across the country. this is some of what he had to say. their properties, their lives are safe. our leadership have instructed our forces to remain at the gate of kabul and not to enter the city. we are waiting a

leading afghan politician abdullah abdullah has been taking part in the talks in kabul with taliban leaders media. mr abdullah — who is chairman of afghanistan's high council for national reconciliation — said the former president of the country hamid karzai was also in attendance. mr abdullah said the �*security of the people' and �*inclusive political process�* were discussed in the meeting. he said respect for national values, including the flag, was raised too. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more on the taliban and says there have been reports of violence against afghan citizens. there are two questions that float to the surface here. there are a number of really chilling and disturbing reports which the un secretary—general mentioned about people being coerced. door—to—door hunting down of people from the former regime and the question is, othersjust one offs former regime and the question is, others just one offs by a few hot—headed militants acting on their own or of a secret order issued from above? the big question, i think, is referring to what you are referring to t

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abdullah, we've seen all types of emotional here's one from veggie resident travis campbell.s. i didn't get the vaccine. that's okay. i made a mistake. >> okay, so abdullah, what i think is so powerful about that is the reference to all of the tv and social media, right? that in addition to the structural problems, which is, do you have the time off, do you have the access, there's also this question of the disinformation and the misinformation that has been so rampant throughout this pandemic. how do you undo that piece? how do you address that piece one on one? >> it's difficult. i mean, it's really hard to try to have that conversation, especially if you're going against like, you know, podcasts or things that they say on facebook. it will take a long time, and they'll be patient. however, we also have data from the cdc about what young people are concerned about. and specifically, young people who are unsure of taking the vaccine. and that data says that they are really, really concerned about side effects, and that they haven't seen enough information about side effects.

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like kingsessing abdullah of jordan. abdullah is the son of ali shareef from mecca.and is considered by many in the muslim world to be a descendant of the prophet. >> abdullah is this magical wizard. a brilliant political, very shrewd mind, even smarter than those who came before him. >> the british liked him. he liked them. he saw himself as a moderate man who could make an arrangement with the british. >> it was part of the british mandate abdullah wanted to be the kingsessing of this arab land, and possibly by being an ally of the british in the war he might get wounded. >> jerusalem, city of faith and fury airs tomorrow night at 10:00 right here on cnn. tweet me@pamela brown cnn. follow me on instagram. thank you for joining me. see you tomorrow night starting at 6:00 eastern. lisa here, has had many jobs. and all that experience has led her to a job that feels like home. with home instead, you too can become a caregiver to older adults. apply today. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, wit

i'm a connie was pictured meeting national reconciliation chairman abdullah, abdullah and the former president hammock cause i didn't cobble the counterbalance co founder and political chief has returned to afghanistan. abdul ghani brodder arrived to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban, brought to lead the groups negotiators and talks with the us and the afghan government. he was free from a prison in pakistan at the request of the united states 3 years ago. when after taking part in cobble, the afghan taliban is now and talks with the pakistani government come out. hydro has more on that aspect from the town of tour come in pakistan. a sunnier of delegation comprising of his, of our leaders in august on, at the moment. they've already had an important round of dogs with the country's military leadership. they have met the bugs on the prime minister. bog. it's gone is stretching on the point that has to be an inclusive government. the taliban have already signaled that they will tolerate other religious minorities as well as admitted written down to varman

the taliban leaders have negotiated with dr abdullah abdullah and former president, hamid karzai.the republic and the afghan security forces folded rapidly. it is also an issue whether they want to include leaders who are so associated with the past corruption and who they decried as apoststates, as stooges of the west, but i wouldn't focus on those leaders, i would focus on whether technocrats are purged, executed or whether they are allowed to work in the taliban government. whether we will see ethnic representation, and of course women, at least in some form, being allowed to work in the government and outside the household. could this be a bit like iran, then? immediately after the revolution in 1979, a lot of the technocrats were expelled, a lot of professional people, for want of a better word, were punished and indeed executed, but then not very long afterwards i have certainly spoken to iranian expats in this country, who say relatives of theirs who held senior positions in things like the national banks were urged to come back because the revolutionaries realised they act

there is a committee formed within afghanistan, including hamid karzai, abdullah abdullah and anotherhat the future government would look like. but we haven't heard from the taliban. rumours would that one leader had landed in kabul. but he has not. we will have to see tomorrow as to when the taliban take over all of kabul as to what the next step fr them would be. —— step for them would be. a huge amount of uncertainty and anxiety, what about your own personal situation? what are you going to do. what can you do? again, as i said earlier, _ going to do. what can you do? again, as i said earlier, as _ going to do. what can you do? again, as i said earlier, as unsettling - going to do. what can you do? again, as i said earlier, as unsettling as - as i said earlier, as unsettling as all of this is, i do not want to abandon my country. i want to be here. i want to be able to have this discussion and here's to hoping that the taliban have it within them to have that discussion with academics, with people who represent the public. my friends have been stranded. some of them were trying to

but there was never that demand with abdullah.e part of the government, but i think he will play a key role in the negotiations that happen over the next few days. whether that entails there being a role for him, that is not clear, but he commands respect in afghanistan. he has rivals, but he is someone that all the quaysides would view as someone who could play a key role in whatever government emerges. d0 a key role in whatever government emerues. ,, ~ a key role in whatever government emerues. ~ ., ., ., , emerges. do you think negotiations are made easier— emerges. do you think negotiations are made easier by _ emerges. do you think negotiations are made easier by the _ emerges. do you think negotiations are made easier by the fact - emerges. do you think negotiations are made easier by the fact that i are made easier by the fact that cities have begun falling without a fight, there hasn't been battle in kabul, the taliban has not been attacking the us as it departs, for example? t attacking the us as it departs, for exam - le

, abdullah and the former president had ca, sy, in cobble. the taliban co founder and political chief has returned to afghanistan. abdul ghani baroda arrived to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban. brought to lead the groups negotiators and talks with us on the african governments. he was freed from a prison in pakistan at the request of the united states 3 years ago after taking power in cobble. the afghan taliban is now and talks with the pakistani government come, all hider has more now from the kind of to come inside pakistan. a sunnier of delegation comprising of his, of on leaders in august on, at the moment. they've already had an important round of dogs with the country's military leadership. they have met the bugs on the prime minister buckets on his dressing on the point that has to be an inclusive government. the taliban have already signaled that they will tolerate other religious minorities, as well as admitted written down to varman inclusive government. it is going to be important to see what kind of

he was advised that the former c, e, o of afghanistan, abdullah abdullah. he joins us from washington. well miss, i'm a good talk to you again. so what happens next? do you think? well, we're going to have to see what decision honey in his team in the palace take. are they going to stay? are they going to leave? is he going to resign? is he going to pave the way for a transitional period? and who is he going to work with? and obviously there are some meet there, somebody's going on right now. the taller bond team is waiting for an answer. so. ready it's, there's a bit of an unknown there. all kinds of rumors going on right now that the president may have left the country and, but it has to be confirmed. on the other hand, others say that he's there and he is working for. ready some kind of a political solution to the problem that exist. one, the taller bond or the gate to cobble, but the central government doesn't have many cars left to play here. surely. no, unfortunately. busy they run out of cards, they want a card that is left is a decision on stepping

and the for connie was pictured meeting national reconciliation chairman abdullah, abdullah and the former president. i'm a cause i in the capital cobble and the televisions co founder and political chief has returned to afghanistan. abdul ghani baroda arrived to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban brother, led the groups negotiators in talks with the u. s. and the african governments. he was freed from prison in pakistan at the request of the united states 3 years ago. let's go live now to the white house and our correspondence that this our mike can . mike, as far as the u. s. is concerned, there are still thousands of people trapped in afghanistan who worked with and for the united states over the past 1520 years to the u. s. have any plans to help them? well, yes, indeed. there are a number of individual visas that are being issued. the non, the process of being issued, the u. s. has provided facilities that 3 separate bases here for an estimated 20000 afghans who used to work for the us government one must as well. we've heard from the pentagon about the ra

and president connie has left the country top official, abdullah abdullah, is among those to confirm the news. referring to connie as the former president's combo streets tens, despite the taliban or dreg. it's finances to stay on the outskirts of the city for negotiations are held on a transfer of power. many fear a return of the brutal taliban rule of the past. the group is trying to be assured people of the kind of government it will lead, say, womens fights will be respected embassies are moving out there. staff with helicopter shuffling between those buildings and the airport in kabul will shortly will speak to heidi joe castro in washington. dc 1st, so let's head to rob mcbride. he joins us from the afghan capital robes. there are conflicting reports of the taliban answering cobble. they are. what are you hearing? yeah, it's been a day of incredible development which continue in today's sunday evening here. and it's all compounded of caused by the absence of president or the former president ref gunny. we had been anticipating that he had been involved and may well have been in

abdullah abdullah, the chairman and abdullah matullah are together, and they have presented to the gathering and presented their ideas going forward. now i want to be clear, there is daylight between the presentations that have taken place so far, but the fact that they remain engaged in this, and the fact that the international community is speaking clearly, speaking resolutely, and speaking with one voice, we intend to move forward with that process, to continue at it, and to continue to support these intraafghan talks in the hopes and ultimately something that we will do all we can to support, that this ends up in an afghan-owned, afghan-led political solution to what has been, again, not three weeks, and not three months, and not six-months, but really 40 years' of conflict. the people of afghanistan deserve an end to this conflict. they don't want to see 40 more years of civil war. they don't want to see four more years of civil war, and we don't want to see four more months of conflict. we are realistic about the difficult road that we have already been down, and the difficult road tha

the top afghan police official abdullah abdullah has described ashraf ghani as the former president andnt situation in afghanistan. roads out of kabul have been packed with people fleeing the taliban. the militant group has told the bbc they will respect the rights of women and allow a free media. that is the line being taken on major tv interviews. as well as taking every major city, the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us airbase at bagram. the us has has begun evacuating staff from its embassy with chinook heliopters soon flying over the city. the bbc has been speaking to the taliban today. the bbc has been speaking to the taliban today. my colleague yalda hakim spoke earlier to taliban spokesman suhail shaheen who is in doha where peace negotiations have been taking place. he said there would be a peaceful transfer of power and that women would be respected. the city and the power should be handed over to the islamic emirate of afghanistan and then in future we will have an afghan inclusive government in which all afghans will have participation. when you s

abdullah, the former councillor, or leader, in order to fill the void that has been left behind by the and to keep law in order, to facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. 50 facilitate the peaceful transfer of ower. ., facilitate the peaceful transfer of ower. . ., facilitate the peaceful transfer of ower. ., ., ., power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, _ power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i _ power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i suppose - power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i suppose there j power. so the talks in doha now l become crucial, i suppose there is talk about whether the taliban will insist on being allowed to govern alone, orwill they insist on being allowed to govern alone, or will they include others. as i say, i think it has said time again, the taliban, from the very beginning, were pushing for exclusive power, i would say, and they would bring others under their umbrella, it is not like a shared government power, with other governments, they would like to be at the top of the power, and then share some of the mist in

abdullah, the former chief executive of afghanistan.ch forjoining us here on bbc news. just to start with what is your assessment of the situation on the ground now. the situation on the ground now. the situation on _ situation on the ground now. tue: situation on the ground now. tte: situation on the ground now. tte: situation on the ground now. tte: situation on the ground now has two focuses. one is the airport, evacuation and the tragedy to happen today. the next five days the us and its allies will have to take as many ex—pats, as many as ivs and 78,000 security and military personnel out of afghanistan, as well as select others. and what happens in terms of counterterrorism now. those who were able to maintain security and instability and kabul and other provinces and not only of the next five days but also beyond august 31 and the third thing will be what will happen politically on the taliban and other figures agreeing to a power—sharing arrangement or not. to a power-sharing arrangement or not. , . . . ~' to a power-sharing arr

little bit of this, i don't know what i'm looking for with the it turns out that neither jeff nor abdullah have ever played football before the lose lose. jeff, i concedes the goal after the very 1st shot. he takes off his gloves and leaves the pits with de la close behind. they refuse to play any more than become spectators instead of de la, even hides behind the officials table. yeah, the the me that a minute the just a national exhausted. i thought it was, why don't we do that? then we have the potential coming to everyone. this is the 2nd time. so today the for the 1st time, former isis members, jaffar and up dollar of simple boyish smiles on their faces. the me and the money in your. busy menu, and they and nothing you and that's that's if they need for that us and it's simply not that old double bond, you know, they got a lot i mean, you need to have it in by that is used by that. i mean, i'm not much a bad and i know, i mean you need to buy me a new mine or my music. you know, i've been coming to the pretty much and i get that. why in void by that you want to pull that up in apple,

eventually brokered a power sharing deal with rival abdullah abdullah in which ghani was declared president. one of his last acts before leaving kabul sunday, a security call to appeal for calm. >> translator: i have guided the defense ministry to take full responsibility for the security of all residents. secretarily, those people that are noise about rioting, looting and killing people, we will deal with them with full forceful. >> reporter: his critics who have long believed him to be too controlling, blasted his departure saying he abandoned his country to a dire future. >> translator: god will hold him accountable and the people of afghanistan will also judge him. >> reporter: afghanistan's acting defense minister tweeting, they tied our hands behind our backs and sold the homeland. damn the rich man and his gang. ghani always had a contentious relationship with the taliban. they viewed him as a puppet of the americans. on social media, ghani said he left to avoid further bloodshed. but in the end he randal before the taliban took control. potentially escaping the fate of a previously

abdullah abdullah, one of the leaders of the northern side, met with the how connie hi network. creating the building blocks. chief among them, the united states did not have to make a deal with the taliban. they are withdrawing. they are literally withdrawing. there is no peace deal to be made. they didn't need the permission of a terrorist group in order to leave afghanistan. united states also has been negotiating with the taliban and their al qaeda brothers who are represented in the haqqani network in al qaeda itself. pakistan knew exactly what the taliban was doing because they are based there and the u.s. has said nothing about pakistan's role in this. absolutely nothing. there were 400 other examples about how it was engineered and it's not accidental. >> harris: we are going to break into this because we have breaking news and nixon capitol hill. -- suspicious car and bomb threat near the capital. >> we don't know what the motives were at this time. >> what can you tell us about the suspect? do you know if he is veteran of the afghan war or the war in iraq? >> we don't

abdullah, and develop a way forward in afghanistan, political way forward in afghanistan that has buy-in that's the optimistic scenario. the pessimistic scenario is that the taliban overreach, they monopolize power and invite backlash against themselves. in that case you're like ly to see a wider civil war, likely to see afghanistan descend into war and that's the scenario in which international terrorist groups are more likely to come back. >> can the u.s. credibly address the terror threat from afghanistan from outside the country, right? now that troops are out, they're going to have to do missions from kuwait, from qatar, hundreds of miles away. the drones will have to fly from bases outside the country, less time over target. can the u.s. protect itself from outside afghanistan? >> well, the united states does it from -- protects itself from terrorist threats across the world where we don't have troops. so the short answer is, yes. the longer answer or the more complete answer is, look, we've got to work with what political agreement emerges on the ground in kabul. there's an unfold

eventually brokered a power-sharing deal with rival abdullah abdullah in which ghani was declared presidentone of his last acts before leaving kabul sunday, a security call to appeal for calm. >> translator: i have guided the defense ministry to take full responsibility for the security of all residents. secondly, those people that are making noise about rioting, looting and killing people, we will deal with them with full force. >> reporter: ghani's critics, who have long believed him to be too controlling, blasted his departure, saying he abandoned his country to a dire future. >> translator: god will hold them accountable and the people of afghanistan will also judge him. >> reporter: afghanistan's acting defense minister tweeting, they tied our hands behind our backs and sold the homeland. damn the rich man and his gang. ghani always had a contentious relationship with the taliban. they viewed him as a puppet of the americans. on social media, ghani said he left to avoid further bloodshed. but in the end he ran before the taliban took control, potentially escaping the fate of a previous

abdullah abdullah who was recently in the government in afghanistan.that but what he did say very clearly was that the united states should not evacuate its embassy, should keep a diplomatic presence inside kabul. the reason for that, he says, the taliban can be trusted. this is how he explained it. >> they should trust us when we sign the agreement with them during -- from the beginning up to now. we have not attacked the american forces. not a single american soldier has been killed because of our promise and commitment. >> reporter: you know, so, i said to him, okay, so, you say that, but the united states is pulling out. does that mean that they don't trust you? and he said, they should trust us. and this is -- this, of course, is the crux of the issue. what should we believe about what the taliban is saying? saying today? they are certainly putting on a different play, if you will, in kabul at the moment, letting international reporters roam relatively freely around the city. domestic reporters, on the other hand, are getting knocks on their doors

you get -- one guy is abdullah and abdullah number two, they get $25 worth of ingredients and they have2 flying at 20,000 feet is not going to stop these two people from making their bomb. terrorism is a private -- sometimes it needs lodge is at s support. i believe that what you need is -- you need cops, you need people who blend into indigenous populations, you need undercover. you need spies. know, it is very difficult to stop total anarchists from creating chaos. you do the best you can with tsa at the airport and so forth and so far so good. howie: thanks for doing double duty, geraldo, good to see you. >> okay. howie: still to come, chris cuomo defends his role in his brother's resignation and the new host of jeopardy apologize as he steps down. where our new auto rates are so low, ♪ you'll jump for joy. ♪ here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. introducing aleve x. you're in good hands it's fast, powerful long-lasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. because with the right pain r

into the coalition government, they're in meetings right now hamid karzai, the first president, abdullah abdullah meeting with members of the hakani network, the most aggressive arm of the taliban, a figurehead, a coalition government in name but trying to come up with a government that is led by the taliban but have some sort of legitimacy and packaging around it that makes it seem more presentable to the afghan people. it is very, i can't think of a comparable situation. >> all of this is happening on the world stage while world leaders are trying to figure out what their next move is. peter, president biden has started speaking with other world leaders. i cannot imagine these conversations are going very well. what can you tell us about these conversations? >> reporter: at least one took place late yesterday, president biden speaking to the british prime minister boris johnson. a lot of the foreign leaders are bystanders to this decision by the u.s. to withdraw by the end of this month. johnson told by ten downing street emphasizing he hopes they could focus on an effort not to give u

this is abdullah in virginia, on our line for a finished in war veterans. good morning -- for afghanistan war veterans. good morning. you are up. caller: good morning. host: when were you in afghanistan? caller: i just went to afghanistan in 2001, 2002, the beginning of 2002. i had been there until 2013. host: what was your role when you were there? caller: first i went to afghanistan, because i am an engineer by profession and i thought it was time to go to afghanistan, to do some land development and wound up building a city. that is a successful project. i was partnered with -- host: forgive me, i am just trying to understand your role. were you working with the u.s. military? were you a contractor brought in on these engineering projects? caller: no. i designed from managing the project and i came back home. taxpayer money being wasted in afghanistan. a conference, i stood up and talked about -- the head of logistics asked me to come to the headquarters. i did a presentation about projects, how the projects are being selected and all of that. they sent

abdullah.hank you for joining us, ambassador. first question to you, we know many afghans who worked with the u.s. will be left behind. i've spoken to some, they can't get to the airport. they can't get on the flights even if they're taking off. what is the risk to them? are their lives in danger? >> obviously anyone who decides to stay behind takes a risk. the state department, important state department announcement that the embassy, the u.s. embassy in kabul in the state department has since april told american citizens and permanent residents of the united states in kabul, in afghanistan, to leave. so obviously things took on a different turn once the taliban entered kabul. at this point there are four categories that are priority, priority issue. u.s. citizens, foreign western citizen, u.s. permanent residents, siv applicants with the legal documents, and the american and foreign forces who are on the ground who have to leave by august 31st. >> so we know those groups, and the fact is i've

abdullah. so due to that, the taliban have not formed a movement, and this gives an opportunity to isis. isis in afghanistan has fashioned itself as a taliban rejectionist movement. it is telling disillusioned taliban constituencies that while the taliban may have moderated on a certain issue, may be ready to do business with the united states, they are there, you know, holding on to their hard-line positions, willing to take on the united states government. and that gives isis-k an opportunity to recruit in this uncertain time. >> president biden made the decision to leave afghanistan because he said it wasn't in the u.s.'s national interest anymore to be on the ground, that there wasn't the expectation of a direct threat to the u.s. homeland from afghanistan. has that changed in the chaos of the last few weeks? how will the security situation in afghanistan be ring fenced if possible on the ground, or do you see this met astasizing in some way, in ways that many people within the u.s. governm

and former president karzai or abdullah abdullah or the others who are now in discussions with the taliban absolutely. as you know, matt, there continues to be dialogue between the afghans. that is to say representatives of the islamic republican and the taliban. for our part, we have been in touch with relevant and key stakeholders, individuals who are taking part in intra-afghan discussions with the taliban. we're not in a position to read those calls out. this has been primarily on the part of our team in doha, our team on the ground in afghanistan to make sure that we have a regular line in to those afghan stakeholders. >> so they have not been in touch with -- >> no. >> so how are the talks going? >> so, those talks. >> you've been listening to ned price there, state department spokesperson, about the ongoing evacuations. still so many questions about the numbers, how many americans, how many afghans who've applied for special immigrant visas, and every day we do get more numbers, but not all of the numbers. >> and not the numbers that most people are looking for specifically, how man

abdullah, issued a small video message saying they're in touch with the taliban. so the conversation is going, the tone is pof, positive, and there is mutual respect. i don't expect mr. karzai or mr. abdullah to be part of the taliban government, but they will be respected elders. and some day they might even be part of the council, or as we call it, "shura." >> lisa: ali jalali, a positive tone we just heard, and we just heard from torek farhadi, the best of all possible solutions. do you agree with that, about what the taliban is doing right now? >> yes. you know, it all depends on how you interpret these rhetorics into actions. people have very bad memories from the time that the taliban were in power. and later on in the areas that they controlled, about their behavior. so people are in the mood of shock and anxiety and uncertainty about what is going to happen. i think the people i spoke with, they want any government to come soon so that the people will have their normal life. and that will take some time. but immediately, now, people are concerned about the

abdullah, the former chief executive. an inclusive government and abide by international standards of governance and human rights, then i think there's a lot of space to work with this new government. but it is simply too soon to tell. >> how much does financial leverage have to do with holding the taliban to what they say at least publicly at this point? you have "the washington post" reporting ten days ago the biden administration froze billions in afghan reserves. do you get the sense, sir, that cash can be used as leverage to get them to comply? >> it is one element of the leverage, not the only one, but it is important because with cash you pay salaries, with cash you can provide humanitarian assistance, keep schools open, keep health care running and so forth. so cash still makes afghanistan run even under the taliban. there's other forms of leverage as well though. taliban leaders wish to be removed from the sanctions list, which has long been held by the united nations, and, fundamentally, at least the afghan tali

one of the top afghan peace negotiators, abudllah abdullah, urged the taliban to negotiate a peacefulnsfer of power and called ghani “the former president of afghanistan” >> ( translated ): the fact that the former president of afghanistan has left the country, and left behind the nation and the country in this situatn, god will hold him accountable, and the people of afghanistan will judge him accordingly. >> sreenivasan: there were reports of gunfire at kabul's airport, and the u.s. embassy issued a statement to “shelter in place” and not come to the embassy or the airport. but throughout the day and night helicopters steadily flew back and forth to the airport-- a rushed effort to evacuate people theminded some of the end of the vietnam war. this morning, secretary of state anny blinken rejected a comparison to the 1975 evacuation of the u.s. embassy in saigon. >> this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11, and we've succeeded in that mission. the objective we set was bringing thoseho attacke

and connie is the picture meeting national reconciliation chairman abdullah della and the former president. how many cars i in cobble prisons, prime minister tells parliament the u. k. will do all it can to a vote to humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. bars. johnson says he doesn't believe minute reaction against the taliban is an option. johnson also ruled out an inquiry into british conduct in the country. in haiti, heavy rain is complicating search and rescue missions off the saturday. the earthquake officials, a warning damage buildings could collapse. many, 2000 people were killed in the framer. australian officials a warning current of virus cases of not yet peaks in the city of sydney. i say people should braced themselves for more death. the state of new south wales reported a record of daily increase of more than 630 cases over the past 24 hours. new zealand is reporting 9 new cases of code with 19 taking its total to 10. the government announced a 3 day long down from tuesday when the 1st case was announced. all the new cases, all the delta various and have been linked to the out

we learned last night from a source that even senior figures, former politicians, doctor abdullah abdullah, the former president hamid karzai who had until the past couple of days their own security detail and their own vehicles and now essentially holed up in a house without their transport and without any of their own security protection. many vulnerable, many afghans from top to bottom of society will be feeling exceptionally vulnerable, and that is fln indication of how the taliban works. if the hope is for them to be a reasonable partner for afghan allies, other members of former of the afghan government or the u.s., that one indication there. i'm jim sciutto. thank you for being with us. that is flick robertson with me there. "at this hour" will start now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i'm kate bolduan. we're continuing this follow the major breaking news in afghanistan. there has been an explosion outside of kabul airport. officials also say this appears to be a suicide attack. let's be clear. this is still unfolding and there are many questions and things are still very f

abdullah, and another person, and three of them are called the coordination committee who are supposede taliban and discuss what the future government would look like, but we have not heard from the taliban and we don't know what their next move is. the rumour is that the leader has landed in taliban, but he has not. we will have to see what happens tomorrow when the taliban take over the whole of kabul what the next step will be. fix, take over the whole of kabul what the next step will be.— take over the whole of kabul what the next step will be. a huge amount of uncertainty — the next step will be. a huge amount of uncertainty and _ the next step will be. a huge amount of uncertainty and anxiety _ the next step will be. a huge amount of uncertainty and anxiety at - the next step will be. a huge amount of uncertainty and anxiety at the - of uncertainty and anxiety at the moment. what about your own personal situation? what are you going to do? what can you do?— what can you do? again, as i said earlier, what can you do? again, as i said earlier. as — what can you do? again, as i said

the bbc�*s abdullah bakhtiar in kabul explains how important the americans still are in the fight againstiban. yeah, so, the us support- for the afghan forces is very vital. as you know, the us forces have recently bombed some taliban . positions in lashkar gah city, i which have apparently inflicted casualties on them, too. so, the support of the local forces, which are called - the people's uprising forces, are very important _ for the afghan forces. and they're actually helping - the afghan forces in many cities. for example, ismail khan, - who was a formerjihadi leader, leads the people's uprising forces in western herat province. - in the meantime, the presidentl at a session in parliament called on the mp5 to use their influence and you know in the provinces . and make the people stand against the taliban. - so, giving the people support is very, very much importantl for the afghan security forces. well, the final withdrawal of us troops is due within the next five weeks. general david petraeus is former head of the cia and was commander of the us forces in afghanistan in 2010 and 2

the question is whether you're in touch with dr. abdullah and genetic mature tom because the motor but let's say shaded on the bus and very soon we will be witnessing the formation of the government. them all these things are meant the most. we will do our most to make sure that we are in touch with all the good that we're done with. we have been communicating with them. we are continuing our communication with them. we will want to make sure that all are included. nobody should be left out with any other than anybody who is in the nation, the willing to serve donation. they're not going to be ignored with them, you know, in this office. so the future government to be introduced funding so as to when our lease is going to enter the country. and to couple that i should mention that very soon the decision will be made and the governments will be announced and all programs were solved and come, it was the more want a little book on him. of course, we should wait a little bit more, maybe because it's like an emergency at the moment. and we will make sure mom is everybody's included and we'