i'm a seat kabul to begin to register their interest in relocation to the united states and began to prepare immediately for departure. we know they're not notified when the embassy shut down. and other staff were evacuated. light wasn't that done sooner? all departments and agencies will transmit their priority population to be considered for relocation p1/p2. that is a very early on. at the very last moment per the question is with the planning, the deadline approaching from the spring on , despite the covid outbreak in the kabul embassy why was there more planning outsourcing some of the paperwork? p1 and p2 categories established earlier, why was it done so close to when it's impossible to get these others out and many are still there. >> there is a lot in that question for there's a lot in that report we would take issue with. let me start by saying that no single document, i'm not going to speak to the specifics of a reportedly leaked docket. no single document is represented of the totality of months and months of work and planning on any issue. >> begin to the population, to

like thousands of others, zaman and his family made their way to the chaotic scene outside the kabulort, desperate to get out of the country. just getting to the airport... >> getting to the airport. >> sreenivasan: yeah, how hard was that? >> that was very hard. in hours, we just get close to that gate, then taliban trto push us back and beating us. and they beated my son, as well. i tried to stop him, and then he said, "if you try to stop us to beat people, we are going to kill you." and we just left there, and we just... >> it's all right. it's all right. >> i got that calland i heard that he said, "don't give away." >> sreenivasan: "don't give up." >> keep going to the front, not back. >> sreenivasan: zaman and his family eventually got to a gate where they at least had a chance to be admitted inside the airport. and that was due to a huge effort behind the scenes and thousands of miles away. >> we had a lot of people with documentation that couldn't get anywhere. >> sreenivasan: joan lynch is a former network television producer. along with two others-- startup consultant lindse

and from desperation to addiction, work is scarce, hunger is on the rise, and a growing number in kabul are turning to drugs or i'm escape ah, i'm british energy. welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us of janice on needs international funds, but it can't have them. it's mainly for 2 reasons. thought about role isn't recognized and they have denied women and girls work and educational opportunities . i live in the week. they promised to do better at a meeting with you representatives, the group promised a return to schools for girls of all ages. by the end of next month, in return, they demanded international funding to stave off a desperate humanitarian crisis. this is what they got. special envoy of the european union for bonus don thomas class on treated after the meeting that the you would deliver 500000000 euros in assistance to the u. n. and g o. as but not before expressing grave concern over enforced disappearances. women's mistreatment and the denial of rights of women and minorities. now, similar concerns were expressed by gulf nations at the start of the week. also

and good afternoon kabul and other places. i'm honored to be part of this panel and talk about this important and timely discussion. i wanted to thank the wilson center for hosting this discussion, but i also wanted to thank the informal group in -- on afghanistan, organized by ambassador and the country did so much with the assistance in having these discussions. now straight into my opening remarks. just a bit of background, the afghan economy was already reeling from a compensation of jobs, third wave of covid and the displacement, that were intensified. but let's not forget that this could have been avoided had the taliban not captured by force and had the international community not suspended abruptly , we might not have been in this dire situation. while we would not talk about humanitarian assistance, but i wanted to mention that afghanistan needs more than humanitarian assistance. the economy has collapsed. people will not do it and ensuring service delivery such as housing, development, to start with, our crucial firs

troops died after an isis suicide bomber struck outside kabul airport.n of the attack released friday said everyone died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. service members. by explosively directing ball bearings through a packed crowd. >> reporter: a review unearthed this brief glimpse of the bomber. cnn spent four months investigating the incident reviewing medical records and analyzing video, photos, and audio of the scene and speaking to over 70 witnesses or families of the dead, doctors, hospitals staff and survivors who insist some of the dead and wounded were shot. the analysis and testimonies raise hard questions as to whether the bomb can explain all deaths. >> you mean the soldier came directly and they started firing. i laid down when they start firing like this. >> cnn spoke to doctors and medical staff at five hospitals who spoke of seeing or treating what they say were gunshot wounds. an italian run emergency hospital told cnn in a statement about that evening their doctors assessed,

last summer. including one in kabul last summer-— including one in kabul last summer. , h , includingr. yes, let's pick up on that one. a lot _ summer. yes, let's pick up on that one. a lot of— summer. yes, let's pick up on that one. a lot of us _ summer. yes, let's pick up on that one. a lot of us will- that one. a lot of us will remember it. it was just as kabul fell to the taliban back in august was of the us claim. takeit in august was of the us claim. take it out an islamic state mosque for a suicide attack on the airport a few days more. in actualfact the airport a few days more. in actual fact they targeted an aid worker driving home from work and they killed a total of ten civilians. tell us, how are you able to prove this really quite soon after the incident? what her techniques did you use and what material we you use in? , ., , , and what material we you use in? , ., in? this happened, artistically remember _ in? this happened, artistically remember on _ in? this happened, artistically remember on a _ in? this happened, artistically remember on a sunday - in? this happened,

why the day before kabul fell, the day before kabul fell was the state department and the defense departmentrting the plan for the evacuation of civilians? how incompetent can you possibly be? >> i reached out to the democratic chair nor reaction to this report. i have not got ten 1 back. senator imhoff has said there will be another hearing on afghanistan soon. martha? >> martha: let's bring in jack keane, fox news contributor. good to have you with us. so it is a very critical report. basically says there were intelligence reports that were imminent, that were ignored. what do you make of it? >> first of all, we're finally getting something in writing that we've all seen on television certainly. an absolute debacle for sure. the program -- we had problems with it back in the trump administration because while they made a decision to get out of afghanistan, they never accelerated the special visa program. that was belabored by far too much congressional rules in that. it was designed to protect the american people from a security risk of somebody slipping through. but most all of this blame

we go to our speaker in kabul. over to you. >> thank you. -- central bank -- to operate as a commercial -- bank. the situation remains difficult as the gradual degradation of the economy -- although inflation is being driven by traits of basic household goods, the demand for laborers continues to decline. -- private sector employees still leading the country which has created a significant challenge. -- continues to depreciate. -- the banks are still shrinking and availability of cash has decreased. it is been decreased in the market. the financial sector -- therefore it is important to give priority to the sector to bring financial stability. the banking sector in afghanistan has already experienced three shocks. the first shock is when -- in 2022 -- as a consequence some banks in afghanistan -- the possibility -- the second shock when the previous government -- all businessmen and women transferred -- from the banks in afghanistan to their accounts overseas. the third shock is when the taliban took over kabul and

withdrawal, a deadly attack at kabul airport killed 13 u.s.vice members and at least 170 afghans. pentagon investigation into the attack released friday said everyone died as a result of the blast, the work of a lone suicide bomber. a four-month cnn investigation into that attack raises serious questions about whether that has been investigated fully. nick peyton walsh has our report and a warning that this contains graphic images. >> reporter: a blast into the crowd. >> dead people. i saw a lot of hands, legs without their bodies. >> reporter: at least 170 afghans and 13 u.s. troops died after an isis suicide bomber struck outside kabul airport. the pentagon investigation of the attack released friday said everyone died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. service members by explosion civilly directing ball bearings through a packed crowd and through our men and women. >> reporter: there was this brief glimpse of the bomber. cnn spent four months investigating the incident, reviewing me

this happened in the city of kabul, but you wl not find these incidents reported in the press.rces close to the brothers we got these photos. to the left, the soldier. another brother was killed. the deputy spokesperson of the taliban government did not want to be seen, but was willing to answer my questions about the group carrying out revenge killings. >> i strgly reject these allegations. the policy is not to harm our people. yogita: we have investigated these cases ourselves. if the taliban is not doing this, who is? >> no one will find a case in which the taliban forces have systematically killed everyone after amnesty was announced. yogita: the u.n. said it received 100 credible allegations of reprisals. the more we looked, the more cases we found. a car was the only place this man felt safe to talk to us. he said a former intelligence officer he knew well was taken by the taliban for questioning and then shot dead. i know i am risking my life speaking to you, but i want the world to hear us and not recogne the taliban as they are right now, the man told me. living under

they would go to moneychangers in kabul to offer us dollars in exchange for their money. fortunately, it is an electronic system and it can be and should be scrutinized extremely closely by the u.s. and other authorities. this is not aid. this is not money for the taliban budget. this is money the central bank -- so the center but can function. what that would allow to happen is it would float the value of the afghan money. the papers that they used to go to the bakery to buy bread, that paper would retain its value, but it would also mean that the baker's, and they are buying wheat flour, that the traders have u.s. dollars to buy the wheat flour that comes into the country and goes into the afghans daily bread. >> when i was in couple -- kabul , we were in armor and helmets, armored vehicles, pulling up to the meeting with the afghan women. teachers, nurses, they arrived and had no armor. they had no protection. when we finished the meeting, we put back on all of our armor to get down to the vehicles and the women just walked down back into the streets of kabul. how do w

not choice in kabul but choice in washington, london, and berlin. i'm here to appeal to members of the subcommittee to lead the charge for an urgent change in u.s. and international policy. on monday, i spoke to some of our staff across afghanistan. they begged me to be blunt with you today. current policy will indeed need that the starvation is crisis -- starvation crisis killed more afghans than the past 20 years of war which is an indictment of the current policy makes. it's true that afghanistan has been uniquely dependent on western support for 20 years. that means that the end of public sector salary payments by the international community decimates living standards. the figures of 40% of the economy and 75% of government public spending comes from donors. that's absolute we write. this economy has been frozen. the banking system has had its capital frozen. there's a liquidity crisis in the banking system. the value of the current -- local currency has fallen. bank branches lack cash. sanctions which are meant to be on the taliban and up freez

this is hours before kabul fell. why weren't they planning earlier? >> as part of the national defense authorization bill, which passed the congress last year on a bipartisan basis, we're establishing a bipartisan, independent commission to look into everything that happened in afghanistan, from beginning to the very last days that you just talked about. and i'm sure that they will look very closely to how this was handled. what was done right, what might not have been. but i want to emphasize the point you led with, which is this is the largest evacuation of civilians and humanitarian evacuation in the united states history. 120,000 people. that doesn't mean we shouldn't look at every part of it. we should. >> and i should point out the state department and white house said this is only one memo, one part of the overall planning and that they were hampered, they say by legislative demands on 14 requirements before those translators passed thesis, i should say. that said, there's been a lot of evidence that they did not start planning soon enough last

troops died after an isis suicide truck outside kabul airport. died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed 113 u.s. service members, my explosive directing ball bearings to a packed crowd. >> reporter: they unearthed this brief clips of the bomber. cnn subpoenat four months investigating the incident, reviewing medical records and analyzing video photos and audio of the scene and spiking to over 70 witnesses, family of the dead, doctors, survivors, who insist some of the dead and wounded were shot. the analysis and testimonies raised half questions as to whether the bomb can explain all the deaths. >> i mean the soldier came directly and they started firing remember i stopped firing when they were leak this. >> reporter: cnn spoke of what they say were gunshot wounds, an italian hospital told cnn their doctors assessed quote gunshot wounds on nine victims who arrived dead in the hour after the blast. seven were shot in the head, they said. but there was no autopsy done, it was rare in afghanistan. so they assessed the appearance of t

fell, there were still thousands of people in kabul who had ignored the travel advice.y didn't have, there was no air war going on, so kabul airspace was permissive and we were able to do what we did. this is a totally different thing. firstly, travel advice changes because it needs to change. the threat is imminent, people need to leave immediately. secondly, if there are fighterjets, artillery shells and missiles flying backwards and forwards in the airspace over ukraine, it will be impossible for any sort of military mission like the one people saw in the summer. people need to leave now by whatever means they can, and whilst commercial air is still available. the british embassy in kyiv remains staffed, does it? unlike the american embassy. well, the embassy has adopted the appropriate posture. but my approach of planning for the worst, but hoping for the best and keeping diplomatic channels open in order to have a meaningful engagement, you need the trilateral engagement with the ukrainians, russians and our allies in the west, so i think the foreign office are bra

marines trying to help while securing the kabul airport. this image is what the bomber would have seen approaching the airport's abbey gate on that august afternoon. masses of people lining a canal. and for the first time, we see the suicide blast itself. it is only a few seconds and some 50 yards away, but slow it down, and you see a lone figure dressed in black who investigators now say was the bomber. >> in that space between the marine in the foreground and his antenna is where you're going to see that individual. the blast seems to emanate from this individual. >> reporter: and three minutes after the blast, a u.s. drone records the catastrophic aftermath 13 service members, mostly marines, and 170 afghans killed by the ball bearings propelled by 20 pounds of explosives on the bomber. surviving marines gathering up the wounded and dead, and hundreds of afghans running for cover. the pentagon also looked at whether this tragedy could have been avoided. the investigators saying the leaders did follow proper procedures, and in the end, gi

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she had recently attended a protest in the afghan capital kabul, calling for women's rights to go tonies they are holding her. despite taliban crackdowns, women like her have persisted. they may well be the world's riskiest feminist movement. and these afghan women, among the bravest, on the streets, to demand their rights. they are defiant, in full view of taliban gunmen. >> ( translated ): we try to find ways and make sure to film the protests, so it makes the news, and the world knows. >> reporter: these women know that as long as the cameras are rolling, taliban fighters are less likely to shoot them dead. e men here not only have guns, they now have an entire government to back them what have these women? iphones, their voices, and the hope the world hears them. >> ( translated ): when we specify a location to protest in, armed forces move to limit access to that location. we do not go there as a group. we must get ourselves to that specific location in groups of two or even sometimes by ourselves. we mtion this in the invitations that we send out. >> reporter: this is the voice

it was just as kabul fell to the taliban back in august.n for a suicide attack on the airport a few days before. in actual fact, they'd targeted an aid worker driving home from work and they'd killed a total of ten civilians. tell us, how were you able to prove this really quite soon after the incident? what sort of techniques did you use and what material were you using? this happened i distinctly remember on a sunday, and we were monitoring accounts on social media and we started seeing videos come out of what looked like the aftermath of something. smoke rising from a residential home, people pouring water over a courtyard, and these videos were coming out at the same time reports were coming out that the us had carried out a drone strike in kabul. so our team immediately set to work — the first thing we did was try to geo—locate, which is something that you and ben have both spoken about already. so, where did this happen? there was very few details at the time but there were some details that the us had released about how far from the

troops died after an isis suicide bomber struck outside kabul airport.gon investigation of the attack released friday said everyone died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. servicemembers by exploding ball bearings through a packed crowd. >> reporter: this brief glimpse, cnn spent four months investigating the incident, examining records and photos of the scene and speaking to over 70 witnesses or families of the dead, doctors and survivors who insist some of the dead and wounded were shot. their testimony raised hard questions as to whether the bomb can explain all the deaths. >> the insurgents came and started fighting. i laid down when they started fighting like this. >> reporter: cnn spoke to doctors and medical staff at five hospitals who spoke of treating or seeing what they say were gunshot wounds. an italian-run emergency hospital told cnn in a statement that evening their doctors assessed, quote, gunshot wounds on nine victims who arrived dead in the hour after the blast. seven were shot

in cities like kabul, there is food, there's just not enough money to buy it.st not enough cash in the country, for this country to function. it's really shocking that the world is allowing things in afghanistan to deteriorate to such an extent and at such a speed that an entire population is at risk. it's unconscionable to me, to be honest. i genuinely can't see how this situation can change, unless there's major shift in thinking at the international level. some of the hunger here could be stopped if sanctions were lifted. but that could help the taliban maintain their grip on power. nobody has recognised the taliban. _ every country in the world has reservations about the - ideology, the past behaviour. so i entirely understand why some restrictive measures l and sanctions should remain in place. - i don't think anybody wants the taliban to get hold - of free...foreign exchange, dollars or pounds, to go. and buy arms from arms. dealers around the world. nobody wants that. the uk government says it remains committed to the people of afghanistan and is providi

embassy on the day that kabul fell.g in rooms and others operating with absolutely no sense of urgency. a senior administration official told fox many of these allegations are flatly untrue. marine brigadier general farrell sullivan, part of evacuation planning said engaging the embassy was like pulling teeth. he wanted to stage supplies in kabul by mid july to evacuate 5,000 people. ten district as day were falling to the taliban. the army investigation of the sworn testimony from commanders that had to carry out the dangerous evacuation paints the clearest picture about tensions in the u.s. military and the administration in the last few weeks of the afghan war, martha. >> martha: quite damning in that report. let's bring in tom tillis, on the armed services committee. thanks nor being here. that's quite a report that came out today. talks about them slowing the efforts at the white house policy people and the state department, resisting efforts to evacuate and being urged by this brigadier general sullivan at a time

leon: un informe del pentÁgono revelÓ detalles del ataque suicida en el aeropuerto de kabul durante lalas imÁgenes las vimos . los cuerpos de las vÍctimas tiradas con sangre y sin vida de todas las edades se veÍan por todas partes. este ataque mortal de isis en medio de evacuaciones en el aeropuerto de kabul lo ejecutÓ un solo agresor suicida. no fue una operaciÓn sofisticada como se creÍa el principio, dijo el pentÁgono. >> un solo dispositivo explosivo matÓ al menos 170 civiles afganos y 13 militares estadounidenses. claudia: sostuvo el jefe del comando central. no hay evidencia de que estadounidenses o civiles hayan sido asesinados por disparos, fue resultado de la investigaciÓn. >> eso quiere decir que los talibanes si controlan y que isis no puede operar de manera tan libre. claudia: el pentÁgono mostrÓ el Único vÍdeo de la explosiÓn. se aprecia a estos tres marinos a 48 m de la bomba. se puede ver como la explosiÓn es inminentepara un grupo de civiles que estaban detrÁs de uno de los marinos. este vÍdeo grabado con un dron muestra el momento de la explosiÓn y luego se ve cuerpos

still working on an evacuation plan the day kabul fell.anistan? >> it is impeachable by nisbett and the elected office in the nixon administration. he was warned afghanistan was going to fall months prior to it. the intelligence services told him it was going to happen. like i said we all fall short. it's horrifically regrettable site impeachable's lying to the american public that is an impeachable offense in my opinion. elizabeth: congressman scott perry thanks for your service to our country thanks for coming on the show at thank you. gop lawmakers were in the border crisis so out-of-control the white house is not even know the number of illegal aliens deported or didn't show up for court case. human smugglers and human traffickers are finding new and disturbing ways to get illegal migrants across the border but we are going to break it down next to the former top dhs official chad wolf. keep it here on "the evening edit". >> president biden is lying to the american public. he knows exactly what is taking place but he knows he has cause

. >> up next, massive confusion at the white house as the taliban moved on kabul after the u.s.ithdrawal. first though, here is what some our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 6 in milwaukee where a fight began with the social media post escalates to a shooting outside of a high school basketball game. five females, most of them teenagers, were injured tuesday night when an adult male opened fire on the group. fox 5 in baltimore where a memorial service is held for three firefighters who died on duty late last month. for the first time in its history, the city fire department routed calls to local agencies so that every member could attend the service. the three firefighters were killed when an abandoned row house collapsed as they were fighting a blaze. this is a live look at cleveland. one of the big stories there tonight, dolly parton, eminem. judas priest and some of the 17 artists and groups nominated to the rock and roll hall of fame. they were picked for impact on youth culture and other musicians. inductees will be announced in may. that's tonig

kabul fell. so, yes, it is important to question claims and intelligence. the other exchange yesterday over a reporter just doing their job, asking about the raid in syria that killed the leader of isis. npr reporter questioned white house press expect jen psaki on board air force one. >> i know the u.s. has put out a statement that the, you know, they've detonated the bomb themselves. but will the u.s. provide any evidence? because there may be people skeptical of the events that took place in what happened to the civilians. >> skeptical of the u.s. military's assessment when they went out and took out an isis terror -- the leader of isis? >> yeah. >> that they are not providing accurate information -- >> yes. >> -- and isis is providing accurate information? >> i mean, the u.s. has not always been straightforward about what happens with civilian, and i mean, that is a fact. >> doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties was his priority and his preference. >> she went on to say it's a fact, right, that information has not always been correct wh

this and what happened in the afghanistan withdrawal, congressman peter meijer was on the ground in kabult he also sits on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, do you have confidence in the biden administration's handling of the situation in ukraine? many are making those parallels to what happened in afghanistan. they say it was completely botched. >> simply put i do not have confidence they're doing everything they can to make sure we are tearing further aggression from vladimir putin from the forces that are already just south of ukraine. the so-called training exercise for they will give them some grudging credit they are being far more explicit about the risks if you recall in afghanistan, up until essentially the fall of kabul they still said the government would last for several more months. and so they are being much more upfront about the very real dangers here than they were in afghanistan. >> there's one school of thought that essentially says this is an administration that is sitting on his heels appears waiting for the invasion to happen before it takes action pa

jane: in kabul, we saw this for ourselves.etting word the women were going to launch a rally, we rushed to the area, aware they often only have a few moments before the taliban show up. they don't want them talking to us. what we're doing is writing my name and cell phone number on little pieces of paper to give to the women, so that we can slip them in their pockets, hoping that they can contact us. as soon as we arrived, we were forced back into our car at gunpoint. one young woman who came to speak with us. woman: it is very dangerous, but we should do it. it is very hard for a woman. they cannot go to school, university. and they also lock them. jane: she barely gets a few sentences out before the taliban gunmen order us to stop filming. the women, just about 30 feet from our car, filmed this footage on their phones that day. they are surrounded by taliban gunmen, unable to move. the rights of women in afghanistan have been decimated since the taliban takeover in august 2021. education for girls over 12 is restricted, and