on my head, on their heads. >> a solidarity ceremony at kuhn 's home supporting the afghan people and praying for peace. >> many people here have worked for roots of peace and have family back home in afghanistan. they fear for their safety. >> they are really scared. >> hamid hopes his sisters can escape the country. this person from concord has gotten messages from her friends saying goodbye. >> i tell me, you will be alive. you are safe. >> in 2015, cheryl jennings traveled to afghanistan with writs of peace and interviewed president ghani. back then he was hopeful for the future. >> it is a reborn love. people are reengage in with their country. >> heidi kuhn says she is not pointing fingers about the crisis in afghanistan. >> i don't think this is the time to cast blame. i think we need to take this day and get this country back on its feet. dion: we are jennings' exclusive reports from afghanistan at our website. they include her interview with the president and afghan women who risked their lives to work. those stories are at our home page, abc7ne air a special report tonight a

it's been a nonstop effort for founder heidi kuhn and her team, communicate with u.s. state department officials and seeking ways to help the more than 350 of its afghan employees get out of the country. >> it is of tremendously grave concern, because not only are women targeted, but those who are in leadership capacities. >> reporter: as images of chaos in a country overrun by gun- toting taliban forces continue to flood social media and television screens, afghans living in the bay area, like dede, are trying to help. >> it's really sad for me. since last night they were just crying, please help them, because we are not safe. >> reporter: she met kuhn and former secretary of state condoleezza rice before her soccer game as a teenager and just reunited with roots of peace to help in any way she can. >> i'm trying to be strong. i'm trying to be. i'm fighting for life. i'm fighting for my family. i'm fighting for my country. >> reporter: roots of peace has been helping farming communities for decades in war- torn countries like afghanistan, by maximizing income potentia

i flew to afghanistan, to the kuhn our valley. a rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction, that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to lead the country, and that more an endless military force from america could not create a sustained in durable afghan government. i believed that our presence in up stand should be focused on the reason we went in the first place, to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. we did that. we accomplish that objective -- accomplished that objective. host: that is president biden from april of this year. asking you this morning, what did the war in afghanistan mean? we are taking your phone calls as well as listening -- reading your tweets and text messages. one writing in, i don't know what this means because a generation of afghans who've experienced a different life, we don't know. alan saying it means we should have left a long time ago. how many days are going to talk about

i saw the general about highway in the spillover impact of kuhn are in lot of mine in the east and province. a strategic province, a major hub would be felt. so that that is, i thing a constant question that every african is asking. why are these places falling? why are african governments soldiers not putting of a fight? and i had a chance to listen to prison. nation. one is message. very tired. he look tends. you said that he wanted to prevent further bloodshed by working for a political settlement, but he fused to elaborate what that would mean. there was talk of resignation. obviously that is not true as of now. so all of this compounded has created a climate of uncertainty among ordinary ones with that in mind. and he says he's not going to quit. he says he's going to protect the people. but what realistically can the president do, given the leaders of fleeing and abandoning the people to their own devices and troops are pretty much doing the same in so many areas without much resistance. what does god have left? i think you are looking at a severe crisis of leadership within the secur

. >> reporter: heidi kuhn, ceo for the bay area nonprofit roots of peace, says hundreds of her organization's employees in afghanistan need protection. she's heard stories about women and girls. >> not only these young girls are being raped, but they are being branded, branded with hot iron on their arms after being raped. >> to move from afghanistan -- >> reporter: jawid came to the u.s. only five years ago and helped the u.s. as a translator before he left afghanistan. he hopes the u.s. will protect those fleeing today like he's been protected here. >> afghanistan being destroyed by these radical extremist groups. >> reporter: of course all the families are closely calling their families, checking on all the developments in afghanistan. reporting live in fremont, i'm sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> it is a very difficult and complicated situation. thank you. >>> our reporting on this continues online. head to nbcbayarea.com. we have the latest on the evolving situation there. click on the afghanistan link on our trending bar. >>> let's bring you to the south bay where san jose mayor s

i sat apart in kuhn, our province close to the border with pakistan. charlotte bellis has more now on gotten his address in campbell. and there was a lot of talk here this morning that this was going to be a resignation speech that he was under a lot of pressure. and that he was addressing the public in order to explain what he was going to do next to that did not happen. it was more speech of reassurance. he said to his people, i know you are worried, we are doing everything we can to look. i'll see you. he thanked security forces, you said way prioritizing the coordination of security forces and he said, i will do everything in my power to stop the blood shoot. the big question is, what does he intend to do to stop this further bloodshed? he did mention that he is in consultation with local and international policies, and those negotiations are ongoing fireplaces that managed to put all out all the fires in one of the provinces we've been covering. but there are still 35 other flare ups elsewhere. the army has been deployed to help fight the fight, but many rural areas still lack eq

anthony kuhn says the main concern from service members they've heard from it.pproved yet, but until the waiver is official from the white house, there's little in the courts that can be done. hopefully the federal government does the right thing here and doesn't rush the minute that presidential waiver goes into effect. assuming it well than the court case is going to get a little more. um i don't know. maybe 50 50, but we expect that the service members will will win in federal litigation, #### said after fda approval legally, it will be trickier, but it is possible, he said. first and foremost service members need to handle the situation calmly with their command, even if they decide to leave the service in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news. are still to come tonight. putting guests in your tech is suffering much more money out of your pocket books lately and tonight we're learning the pain at the pump likely will not be subsiding anytime soon. and a very weather a bit of a cool down today. that's a cooling trend continues in your sunday forecast, but a

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county nonprofit roots of peace are racing to rescue their employees in afghanistan heidi and gary kuhnaveled to turkey to be closer to the situation. they told an italian media outlet the taliban has taken control of the roots of peace headquarters in kabul. the kunes have secured special immigrant visas for 34 of their 360 employees. heidi is pleading with president biden to open new channels of communication in an effort to get everyone out safely the efforts house chronically homeless seniors in santa clara county received a much-needed boost today dignitary stage a ceremonial groundbreaking on a 93-unit complex. on the side of the old -- supermarket on fourth street in san jose that project will be developed by path ventures path is short for people assisting the homeless local governments as well as google and apple also part of this public priv. partnership no one can do this work alone, right? it takes many parts and many different components to be able to develop these types of projects. they often take a lot of time fortunately. this one was able to move forward more quickly.

gary and i to leave the premises meantime bay area nonprofit routes of peace founders heidi and gary kuhn working around the clock from istanbul turkey to get their 76 employees out of kabul overnight their bus turned away from the airport after 10 hours due to security threats despite in august 31st us troop with joel deadline. heidi is not giving up. let's roll. we have two more to get these deserving afghans. out to safety where americans we will find a way in the east bay cornell bernard abc 7 news and keep in mind. there are a lot of ways that you can help afghanistan refugees for ideas. go to abc 7 news.com slash take action on that same page. you'll also find some supportive resources, especially for veterans during this difficult time. by meteorologist drew tom at drew we've heard about the weather in tahoe and the gulf coast. but what about here in the bay area we'll find better air quality moving in over the next couple of days jr. some cooler temperatures as well, especially by tuesday air quality right now. it's pretty across much of the bay shoreline from san francisco to oak

heidi kuhn of roots of peace is trying to manage the situation from her office, which she says is veryting. she has americans and afghans working together to grow food, now she is trying to get her people out of there. so far, she has six of the seven americans pulled out of afghanistan, but she is very worried about the 350 afghans who have worked with them. >> little did we know, the political landmines that have been laid this past spring in terms of what has occurred with the military pullout. that has made the farmers at risk for their lives, because they have now been uncovered for working for an american ngo run by a woman. kumasi: she has been signing -- amy: she has been signing documents, trying to get them to safety. she does not know if they will be allowed to cross the taliban controlled border. even then, she says they would be held in a refugee camp. while this is personal for the nonprofit directors we interviewed, they say this will have a global impact. they are worried about future terror attacks possibly coming from that part of the world now. live in the newsroom,

i flew to afghanistan, to the kuhn our valley. rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction, that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to lead the country, and that more an endless military force from america could not create a sustained in durable afghan government. i believed that our presence in up stand should be focused on the reason we went in the first place, to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. we did that. we accomplish that objective -- accomplished that objective. host: that is president biden from april of this year. asking you this morning, what did the war in afghanistan mean? we are taking your phone calls as well as listening -- reading your tweets and text messages. one writing in, i don't know what this means because a generation of afghans who've experienced a different life, we don't know. alan saying it means we should have left a long time ago. how many days are going to talk about th