a historic moment at 329 p. m. eastern time here in washington, general kenneth mackenzie, the head of central command, uttered 12 words that essentially ended the u. s. is a 20 year occupation of afghanistan is 12 words where i am here to announce the completion of our withdraw from afghanistan. and that was some of the 1st words that he uttered in this. in this briefing here. very interesting briefing. he said that it was the last 5 military aircraft that left a 100 cars, a international airport. he said that the commander on the ground was on the very last plane, as well as ross wilson, the us ambassador to have dennis den they were on the last plane. and those planes are now out of afghanistan airspace. he said the also that, that, that a lot of the military assets that the u. s. had at the airport have been destroyed . and that in terms of handing over to the taliban, he said some very interesting things. she said that the taliban has been in his words, helpful and useful over the last several days, especially helping to secure the perimeter of the airport. he was quite frankly, l

a historic moment at 3 29 pm eastern time, here in washington, general kenneth mackenzie, the head of central command, uttered 12 words that essentially ended us is a 20 year occupation of afghanistan as 12 words where i am here to announce the completion of our withdraw from afghanistan and that was some of the.

and that a sensually parallels with what general kenneth mackenzie, who's the head of cent. com us central command said earlier today during a print and pentagon briefing that the u. s. has a now forces has adequate forces on the ground right now in cobble at the airport to get the mission done to get several 1000 americans who are still in country evac out, evacuated out of the country. as far as this mission, president biden said, it's one of the largest evac airlift missions in history. he says we can and we must complete the mission, and we will, he said, we will not be deterred by terrorism by terrorist attacks. he said, we will strike isis at our time and moment, and the moment of our choosing, he said america will not be intimidated. and he added that for those who carried out the attack quote, we will not forgive. we will not forget, we will hunt you down and we will make you pay as far as that attack. we know, rory, that 12 us service members were killed. 11 marines, one navy medic, 15 others wounded. no american diplomats or officials were killed or wounded. according to official

a u.se cent com commander general kenneth mackenzie says they are still looking for answers to the attack outside the kabul airport that killed at least 12 service members. i know this. he did not get inside the he did not get the insulation was at the interface point where they try to come in with this attack occurred. and we just don't know more right now. u.s. officials say a terrorist suicide bomber is responsible for the explosion at the gate. there are also a number of additional reported attacks. mckenzie says the u.s. is working to ensure troops and those people still in the process of leaving the country remain safe despite this attack. we're continuing the mission because he says there are currently about 5,000 evacuees waiting to be flown out of the kabul airport and he says the evacuation won't be cut short. he adds the u.s. is prepared if the terrorist threat continues. we believe it is their desire to continue those attacks and we expect those attacks to continue and we're doing everything we can to be prepared for those attack. mackenziu says while they continue with the ev

this is all confirmed by the marine corps, general kenneth mackenzie. he's the commander of us central command. he confirms the last troops have left down his don or the us ambassador to afghanistan was also said to be on the final c, 17 transport plane taking off from cobble airport. the u. s. has reportedly evacuated a 123000 civilians before leaving afghan asked on that is, according to the center. com command of the u. s. federal aviation administration has issued notice to amen warning that cobbled airport is still uncontrolled. and that those air cough that may be coming installed at this time of the night, should use extreme caution. well, let's cross live now to ca, both with this breaking news and join our teeth out guys via my dad. good to see you. it's approximately $11.00 half plus 190 2 in the morning. away you are. now there's a bit of a delay. as i'm speaking to you, it's gonna take about 8 to 10 seconds for you to hear me. what is the situation there on the ground now? well there's, there's a lot of gunfire. these gun fire isn't, it isn'

general kenneth mackenzie, the head of central command are cent. com said isis carried out the attack specifically isis k or isis correson. and will likely continue to try and launch more attacks, adding that others have already been forwarded by security forces and cobble. the general went on to say to attack and hold to suicide bombers detonating explosives outside the abbey date of the airport and nearby hotel. the hotel, followed by isis gunman, opening fire on civilians, men, women, and children. along with us troops and military personnel. there are warnings about to attack and it's certainly raises more serious questions about americans evacuation efforts. why it has become so incredibly catastrophic and also pass comments from president, bite himself about america's effort in afghanistan and the war on terror. listen to this mission, to degrade the chairs, tread about kind in afghanistan and kilo summer been lot and was a success. i believed that our presence in that gas dance should be focused on. the reason we went in the 1st place to ensure afghanistan would not be used as

a u.se cent com commander general kenneth mackenzie says they are still looking for answers to the attackrt that killed at least 12 service members. i know this. he did not get inside the he did not get the insulation was at the interface point where they try to come in with this attack occurred. and we just don't know more right now. u.s. officials say a terrorist suicide bomber is responsible for the

well, there's general kenneth mackenzie, who's the head of central command that you just heard from there was asked specifically that question, what measures now are going to be put in place? and he basically said that they are reevaluating everything that they're seeing what potentially went wrong. that allowed for this to take place. but what was very interesting was he said that they would continue to collaborate if you were, if you will. those are my words, not exactly his with the taliban because he said that the taliban is working very closely with the u. s. in terms of providing an exterior perimeter security around the airport. and he said that that has been pretty successful. so far. he said that he thinks that that could have potentially have stopped many previous attempts, tax against civilians and u. s. interest there at the airport. so essentially what he was saying was that the exterior rim of the, of the airport is, isn't, is, but is it is in charge with the taliban. and he says they're working with the taliban to say what roads they want now closed? what roads they want op

and interestingly enough, kenneth mackenzie, the centcom commander, was very complimentary towards the taliban saying that they were in his words, very helpful. especially in the last few days in securing the perimeter of the airport to allow the us to pull out of the airport and do their evacuations over the last 2 weeks. bottom line know is as of this moment, the u. s. completely has 0 troops or diplomats in afghanistan as we saying now ending this 20 year war. indeed, a very historic moment many things about gabriel and his under that 1st in washington dc. well, as we mentioned earlier, the un security council adopted a resolution to let people who want to leave ask honest on do so safely, but it's not known. if the taliban will go along with this. the u. s. hopes the resolution will protect people's rights to leave afghanistan, no matter the reason. consistent with the right to leave any country including one's own, everybody must be allowed to safely leave afghanistan for whatever reason, when ever they want, by air or by land. this is the utmost, this is of the utmost importance

washington time, kenneth mackenzie, the commander of central command, said to the american people and said to the world 12 words, it'll go down in history. i am here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan, and that pretty much confirmed that the us had completely pulled out of afghanistan once. and for all, he mentioned that the last 5 u. s. military planes left the very last one he said, carried with it the military commander on the ground as well as the us ambassador to afghanistan. and then it was rolling down the, the plane rolled down the runway and wheels up and that pretty much ended it. he did confirm that there are absolutely no u. s. military personnel at all in afghanistan at this hour. he said that he believes that there, this is the biggest, completing the biggest evacuation ever carried out by the u. s. military just to give you some numbers. mackenzie said that 823000 civilians were evacuated by the military, u. s. military and their partners in the last few weeks since the taliban gain control of cobble. he said that 6000 us citizens had been eva

general kenneth mackenzie, the head of central command, are sent. com, said isis carried out the attack. specifically, i k or isis correson and will likely continue to try and launch more attacks, adding that others have already been forwarded by security forces and cobble. the general went on to say that today's attack involved 2 suicide bombers detonating explosives outside the abbey date of the airport in nearby hotel. the baron hotel, followed by isis gunman, opening fire on civilians, men, women, and children. along with us troops and military personnel. there are warnings about today's attack, and it's certainly raises more serious questions about america's evacuation efforts . why it has become so incredibly catastrophic and also pass comments from president biden himself, about america's effort in afghanistan and the war on terror. this mission to degrade the tears tread about kind in afghanistan and kilo some been lot was a success. i believed that our presence in that gas dance should be focused on the reason we went, the 1st place to ensure afghans that would not be used as a

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

and then according to us officials including the sent on commander general kenneth mackenzie. then isis gunmen open fire, not only on us personnel, military personnel, but also on the crowd as well. so horrific, devastating attack and the president for those responsible and again, basically the blame is being pin on isis, isis k. this is what president biden had to say. to those who carried out just attack as well as anyone wishes america harm. no. this we will not forgive. we will not forget we will hunt you down to make you pay. and he said also one final. no, he, there have been reports here in the united states about us officials who are saying that the united states military has been turning over the names of us citizens and afghans with permanent residency to the taliban. who wants to get to the airport. basically given the names and locations and the president said, basically he confirmed that he said that the us military has been coordinating with the taliban on getting american citizens and permanent residence to the airport and evacuated out. and he said, and there a

well, that was, we were listening to us general kenneth mackenzie, who is 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 attacks, 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'd been warnings, it manifested itself with these explosions and cobble today. he believes he said, we believe the attacks will continue. he said, at this point, at least 20, there were 24 casualties as well. and that number, as i said earlier, rory remains fluid. it really continues to change. so the death toll could certainly increase of us casualties. along with the, the number of wounded pentagon spokesman john kirby tweeted out a statement earlier, confirming also the death of us service members and what he called today's complex attack at cobble airport. adding that a number of others were being treated for wounds a

will you take a couple questions marine general kenneth mackenzie speaking at the pentagon saying it's a hard day today but the mission remains the same to get the remaining americans safely out of afghanistan. marine general speaking just hours after two suicide bombers attacked near the airport in kabul at least 12 u. s service members are dead others are injured we just learned mike that an afghan official says at least 60 afghans were killed and 143 more wounded in this airport attack the attack believed to be the work of isis the general also voicing concern that while they are searching for those responsible there are is concerned that there may be another attack as they continue to move people. off the installation onto planes and then fly them out of afghanistan he said. there is the possibility of a rocket attack there's a possibility of another suicide bombing attack, whether it's a suicide vest or even in a vehicle he said that they are working closely with the taliban and trying to close some streets around the area i thought it was interesting that he he did describe a lit

centcom commander kenneth mackenzie said very real terrorist threats, including a possible rocket attack or using a car or truck suicide bombing. for "cbs this morning," charlie d'agata. >> president biden says it will continue. ed, good morning. >> the president takes responsibility for what's transpired recent days. there's no word how the u.s. will respond, the president made clear the u.s. will retaliate. we will not be deterred by terrorists. we will not let them stop our mission. we will continue the evacuation. >> while some republicans want mr. biden to expand the mission. >> retake bagram and other airports as well. >> the president said his advisers said moving forward to plan to depart by august 31st, despite likelihood of more attacks. >> thought this would happen sooner or later. tragic there was this much loss of life. >> the president, top advisers, military commanders have warned for days of potential attacks by isis-k, the afghan affiliate of eyes. stay away from the airport because of security threats outside the gates. then hours later, explosions left dozens dead as t