and ashok k. moza foundation. ♪ ♪ >> i've concluded that it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. >> afghanistan's government has fallen to islamist militants who make up the taliban. >> afghans are thronging to kabul's airport, desperate to get on planes and leave the country. >> the situation is growing increasingly dire for thousands of afghans trying to flee the taliban. >> pentagon just announcing that the last u.s. troops have withdrawn from afghanistan, marking the end of america's longest war. >> narrator: kabul, august 31, 2021. the last american flight had left the night before, after weeks of chaos. ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. troops left last night at 1:00, and today at 8:00, zabihullah mujahid called us to come for a press conference here inside the airport. >> narrator: with the americans gone, "frontline" correspondent najibullah quarishi is on his way to hear from the spokesman for the new taliban regime. >> look at the mess they left here. people were desperately try