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well, you affective state anthony, bring concerns. if working with a new african government will serve his country's national interest in washington, we'll do it. we did with a ton of under, in the past few weeks to enable our evacuation operations going forward. any engagement with the taliban government and the ball will be driven by one thing only or vital national interest. if we can work with a new african government in a way that helps secure those interests, including the safe return, my fears, the u. s. citizen has been held hostage in the region since early last year and in a way that brings greater stability to the country in region and protects the gains for the past few decades. we will do it. but we will not do it on the basis of trust or faith. well, i white house correspondent, kimberly how can join us live now from washington, d. c. kimberly's to the taliban said in that press conference. they want good relations with all countries and we heard the u. s. secretary of state anthony blink. and they're trying to frame the

well, your secretary of state anthony blinkin says if working with a new african government will serve his country's national interest, then washington will do it. gabriel, alexander has this report. after 20 years of war, america has gone from bombing the taliban to complementing them. i can tell you this though, about what the taliban has done. they established a firm perimeter outside of the airfield to prevent people from coming on the airfield during our departure. and we worked that with them for a number of days, but they were actually very helpful and useful to us as we close down operations. the u. s. military released this photo, they say is the last us commander on the ground cobble airport boarding. the last u. s. military flight out of afghanistan. in the past 2 weeks since capital fell, the taliban, 823000 civilians, and 6000 us citizens had been evacuated, making it the largest mass documentation undertaken by the military in us history. secretary of state antony, blinking, estimated under 200 us citizens were still in afghanistan, wanted to leave, but couldn't. and call

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s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln, who has announced that the u. s. has now suspended operations in kabul and transferred its operations to doha. this comes, of course, off to the united states on monday, completed its military withdraw from afghanistan. he went on to make the point that this doha post will be used for diplomacy, as well as humanitarian assistance. he said less than $200.00 americans. he believed, remain in afghanistan and that they will endeavor to do everything they can to bring these people back to the united states. so just to sum up, we've just been listening to a briefing by the us secretary of state anthony blink. and giving talking to the media that talking about what is going to happen next in terms of the u. s. as mission in afghanistan, the speak to all correspondent rosalind jordan, who is at the us state department who's been listening in to that briefing. what stood up the roseland well, it's pretty much what reporters have been expecting. hearing washington to hear, we knew that the secretary was meeting earlier on monda

ah, while the us secretary of state anthony blinking is due to be speaking at the state department will bring you all of the context and all of that live when it happens. and of course, what's it all about? well, the final u. s. plane is taken off from kabul. the war in afghanistan is officially over. the confirmation came from the pens again within the past hour and a half, bringing to an end, 2 decades of conflict. and of course, 2 weeks of chaos on the ground. i see 17 transport planes took off at 929 gmc and cleared afghan airspace as the announcement was made. i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan in the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens for country nationals and vulnerable afghans. last c, 17 lifted off from hammered cars international airport on august 30th this afternoon. at 3, 29 pm east coast time, and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the air space above afghanistan. we will soon release a photo of the last c 17 departing afghanistan with major general chris donahue and the u. s. in bastrop. jeff gast and ross wi

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of diplomatic efforts, secretary of state anthony blinking will hold a virtual meeting with several allies and regional powers, including katara and turkey, while france and the will urge the un security council to create a safe zone in cobble to protect humanitarian operation. they are seeking to involve both russia and china, who are permanent members of the un security council. we have 3 correspondence covering all the latest developments in afghanistan. charlie angela is live in london for us. alan fisher in washington, d. c. but 1st, let's go to charlotte bellis in cobble. so charlotte, what's the latest the we're hearing on those attacks in the airport in the fall out from that. so the rocket attacks have in this morning i still has just claimed responsibility. they say that they shot 6 petition office would be a force. residents told us this morning in the area where they were shot from that there was a car that these rockets were, came from a trunk and the direction of the fort about 4 kilometers to the waste. at the end of the runway. one had a building, another we understand land

so us secretary of state anthony blink. and they're talking earlier about how diplomacy will replace the military efforts in afghanistan. talk us through what more he had to say and what it actually means. right, well the secretary of state took to the airwaves of the united states to kind of convey to americans in the world. what that diplomatic engagement will look like. and it is still a little bit unclear what the main point of the secretary state was. is that the taliban seeks legitimacy on the international stage. and in order to achieve that, it will have to be earned. this is the message that the secretary state delivered, but it's one that the administration has been really kind of trying to focus on in recent days. but i have to admit watching the, the worse than any sort of some of the reaction that we've seen already in the united states. there's a lot of skepticism by the american public with regard to whether or not the taliban can be trusted. in fact, the secretary of state as well as be your president at tim

. >> will discuss the latest plans to get americans out of harm's way with secretary of state anthony blinken and then will get reaction from republican senator ben sasse, member of the intelligence committee which will soon hold hearings on what went wrong and the president struggles to explain his decision. >> plenty of time to criticize the second-guess of this operation but now i'm focused on getting this job done. chris: will oscar sunday panel about damage to the biden brand in the u.s. and around the world. plus the white house approves vaccine booster shots and pushes back on governors over bands on masks in schools will speak with surgeon general vivek murthy of sharing more of the vaccine stockpile all right now on "fox news sunday" ♪ ♪. chris: hello again from fox news in washington, it's been a brutal week for president biden foreign policy as a u.s. continues its chaotic evacuation from afghanistan and the president tries to rewrite expectations for americans and u.s. allies. in a series of appearances the president contradicted his own advisors from the terror threat in

. >> x, secretary of state anthony blinken the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan and the state department's efforts to locate any remaining americans. >> good evening, everyone. 18 days ago, the united states and the allies began evacuation and relocation operations in kabul. as you just heard from the pentagon, a few hours ago, that operation was complete. more than 123,000 people have been safely flown out of afghanistan. that includes about 6000 american citizens. this has been a massive military, diplomatic, and humanitarian undertaking, one of the most difficult in our nations history, and the extraordinary people, logistics and coordination's under some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. many people made this possible. i want to commend our outstanding diplomats who worked around-the-clock and around the world to coordinate the operations. they volunteered for duty at the kabul airport, flew to transit countries to process thousands of afghans bound for the united states. they deployed to ports of entry and to american

they're to leave immediately. us secretary state, anthony lincoln says about 1500 americans are awaiting evacuation from the country . alan fisher, who's more from washington d. c. while there seems to have been a specific threat made against people gathering outside the airport, particularly americans from iso k, which is the militant groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is carried out a number of attacks across the country during this year. certainly the airport was considered to be a vulnerable target. it's something that the americans are aware of. undoubtedly during the conversations with the taliban, it's something that has come up. in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on isis. kate, members of 170 indigenous groups in brazil are waiting for the supreme court like a crystal ruling on rights to their ancestral lands. rights group appealed against the state to view the tribes can only claim land if they lived there. but indigenous people say many of them were expelled from their land decades before us . fe

the secretary of state anthony blink, and maintains that the us will continue to have the ability to attack targets in afghanistan without soldiers on the ground. we have the capacity around the world, including an f can't stand to take to find and to take strikes against terrorists who, who want to do us harm. and as you know, in country after country including places like like yemen, like somalia, large parts of syria. lydia places where we don't have boots on the ground on any kind of ongoing basis. we have the capacity to go after people who are trying to do us harm will retain that capacity and f canister. o u. s. president joe biden has participated in a ceremony to bring home the bodies of service personnel killed in campbell. they were among the 175 people killed by suicide by suicide bomb cities. apples on thursday earlier on sunday by met with grieving family members of some of the fallen service members in our, the headlines hearken either as maitland for long the gulf coast is a powerful category for storm. as hundreds of thousands of people in the u. s. takes shelter, st

in the us, the secretary of state anthony blinken we can do right by the people who stood with us ino worked for the embassy, worked for our military. we have a massive effort under way to bring afghans at risk out of the country, if that's what they so desire. and ultimately it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. we spoke to our north america editor jon sopel who's in washington for reaction of the us secretary of state's comments on the situation. well, i think he was trying to put a brave face on a situation that has turned chaotic, because, look, you can debate the policy about the wisdom or otherwise of pulling american forces out of afghanistan and there are many people, republican and democrat, who think you can'tjust sign a blank cheque forever that american forces will keep, prop up a government in afghanistan that doesn't command the huge support of the people and if the taliban come knocking, maybe that is the result. but the way it has unfolded, joe biden seems to have

the post timeline of event also indicates two days before kabul fell, secretary state anthony blinken republican house members have already introduced articles of impeachment against secretary of state blinken. >> we have a job and responsibility as members of congress of oversight of the executive branch. why are we not back in? getting the fact -- nancy pelosi called us back in a special session only to pass about $5 trillion. denying us the ability to have any oversight over afghanistan. >> speaker pelosi's office has pushed back on this. they did so late last week underscoring that the focus right now in the moment should be on the evacuations. leader mccarthy will have a roundtable on afghanistan later this afternoon. he has on his schedule an event in california for wednesday. we'll be asking him if he will cancel that and stay here in d.c. martha? >> martha: thanks. lara logan joins me now. she's reported extensively on afghanistan for two decades. she's the host of "lara logan has no agenda." lara, good to have you here. i want to get to this "washington post" story and your r

charles: less than a minute to go, we just heard secretary of state anthony blinken will be taking overe don't have a diplomatic presence, we tried to control and complement the taliban, how do we get those americans out without a military presence without a diplomatic presence and having dropped the ball to this degree. >> the most important question we left $85 billion of military equipment we will never get back. but will we pay additional ransom to get these people out or will we stand by our guns it's millions for defense not a penny for tribute, i don't know the indication from the secretary of state appears to be that he plans on not only recognizing the new government, abandoning the northern alliance but providing aid to them. if he does that it will be essentially the tribute that we said we wouldn't pay the ransom that we say we don't pay. charles: thank you very much, we appreciate it. joining me nonmilitary and author of the indispensable's patrick o'donnell, you have written 12 books you have done films and documentaries in your considered one of the nation's top combat hi

. >> a few minutes from now we will hear from the secretary of state anthony blinken in his first on conference news conference in the taliban take over afghanistan. with only six days left until the president self-imposed deadline to pull out u.s. troops . your watching outnumber very here today my cohost emily company-owned in kayleigh mc enany, and in the center seat today, are you fleischer, former white house press secretary in fox news contributor. it's going to be another busy hour here on foxboro to president biden insisting we ca evacuate thousands of americans and allies from afghanistan by august 31st. at the same time, he is asking for contingency plans. just in case things go south. as the exact number of american who need to be rescued from afghanistan up until now are being in maybe he will tell as. that's footwear into his abating . the military authority withdraw more than 400 american troops and made concerns of a possible isis threat at the airport. all of this as the taliban is telling afghan civilians to sta home out of the way it reportedly sealing of the airpor

afghanistan, including the civilian airport getting opened his soon as possible. >> secretary of state anthonyal initiative, to try to continue to gets afghan allies, and u.s. citizens, dual citizens, out of afghanistan. in part by planning to reopen the country's main airport in kabul. how is that going to work? and unless and until that happens, one of the other ways out. joining us now is the host of andrea mitchell reports, anemone see, andrea, it's been great to see, it's been too long my friend. it's great to see rachel. >> so, we heard a lot from secretary blinken about americas commitments and thanking our partners, and talking about what has just happened. what is the nitty-gritty in terms of the plan going forward, to get additional people out, who the u.s. has committed to get out if and when they want to leave. >> this is very very tough, and it depends on relying on some very uncertain people, especially the taliban. they say they don't rely on them, that they don't trust them once they prove their living up to those commitments. commitments they have made not only to the u.s., bu

we haven't heard from the secretary of state anthony blinken at all at this point. there were some pointed comments made about the state department from the two generals that we just heard from saying that, you know, basically we can protect people once they get to the airport. the state department has to get them here. at this point we have planes that are leaving that are not full because the paperwork has not processed. we've been hearing stories about people waiting for months to get their visa paperwork processed. many have burned it because they're concerned if the taliban find it they'll kill them. >> it's time to hear from the secretary state. she shouldn't be hiding behind his deputy or a spokesman. it's the case that the military has gone into a very chaotic circumstance. they have secured the air field but only the air field. they have not gotten any americans out from behind enemy lines. it was the state department's responsibility for months to identify the americans and get them out just like any afghans eligible and vetted for security reasons to be ab

. >> reporter: secretary of state anthony blinken insisting there's not much more the united states canmately it's up to the afghans themselves. it's up to the afghan government, up to the taliban to decide the way forward for the country. >> reporter: now conceding the taliban's advances have been far faster than even he forecasted in june. >> i don't think it's going to be something that happens from a friday to a monday. >> reporter: placing blame on the afghan security forces. >> tragically they have not been able to defend the country, and i think that explains why this has boomed as quickly as it moved. >> reporter: pointing the finger at the trump administration's deal with the taliban to withdraw american forces when i may of this year. >> the idea we could have maintained the status quo by may 1st if the president decided to stay is a fiction. >> reporter: candidate biden promised to bring troops home and president biden guaranteed last month there would be no airlifts from the embassy in kabul. saying it was not at all analogous to the messy exit from vietnam four decades ago.

secretary of state anthony blinken explaineded who some of these american citizens are that are leftind. >> they're long-time residents of afghanistan that have american passports and who were trying to determine whether or not they whether or not they wanted to leave. many are duel-citizen americans with deep roots and extended families in afghanistan that resided there for many years. for many, it's a painful choice. >> we've learned many of the americans left behind are in fact babies with u.s. passports born to afghans with green cards that gave birth in the u.s. those babies were dependent on parents to get them to the airport. many of these green card holders wanted to bring a dozen or more non-american family members with them and the taliban blocked them. 20 years ago, the u.s. military defeated the taliban. today the taliban rule afghanistan again. very hard to watch from the pentagon. >> very hard, i'm sure. so tell me -- i keep going back. you mentioned we're close, about a minute away from the president right now. what do you think about what general mckenzie said? if we

joining us now to discuss secretary of state anthony blinken. secretary blinken thanks so much for joining us. take a listen to what president biden was saying less than six weeks ago. >> your own intelligence community has assessed the afghan government will likely collapse. >> that is not true. they did not reach that conclusion. there is going to be no circumstance where you'll see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy. the likelihood there is going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> secretary blinken as you know the taliban has closed in on kabul. we are vac the embassy, burning documents, biden increased troops to the country in three days to rescue those there. this is not just about the overal overall idea of leaving afghanistan but hastily and ineptly. how did president biden get this so wrong? >> jake, first let's put this in context. as we've discussed before we were in afghanistan for one overriding purpose, to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. that is why w

we are expecting an update on that evacuation effort from secretary of state anthony blinken a few hours from now. we'll bring it to you live. let's begin, though, on the ground at the scene. cnn's sam kiley is on the phone on a c-17 about to take off from kabul. sam, that plane is going to be loaded with refugees as well. tell us what you're seeing now. >> reporter: right now, jim, i'm watching a royal air force aircraft, the back end of it closing up to take a couple of hundred refugees. that's going to be packing away. we're going to be loaded with about 450 are going to be joining myself and other journalists who are also being evacuated at this stage as part of the military draw down here. they will be flown to qatar where they are likely to be held for many, many hours, we understand, on the ground, awaiting clearance. this has been one of the real issues in terms of the evacuation. it's been highly successful of getting people out of kabul. it's a lot less successful from a humanitarian point of view later. you were just reporting about isis-k. intelligence -- since the very begin

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>> i do not regret my decision. >> secretary of state anthony blinken and ranking member of the houseommittee republican congressman michael mccall on the rapidly changing situation on the gr

. >> reporter: secretary of state anthony blinken today defended u.s. policy in afghanistan. and its repercussions. >> like it or not, there was an agreement that the forces would come out on may 1st. had we not begun that process, we would have been back at war with the taliban. >> reporter: american diplomats are now at the heavily fortified airport setting up a temporary embassy with limited staff trying to evacuate as many as 10,000 civilians. even the dogs are getting out. >> this is president biden's saigon moment. >> they totally blew this one. they completely underestimated the strength of the taliban. >> reporter: house democrat jason crow, who served in afghanistan, called it heartbreaking. >> i'm calling on the administration to put as much combat power on the ground, hold that airport as long as we possibly can to allow as many of our friends to get out. >> reporter: now, about 500 embassy staff were flownut today. they were airlifted. more are expected tomorrow. the u.s. has now taken over the tower at the airport hoping it can pick up the pace. that doesn't acco

s. secretary of state, anthony blink and says about 1500 americans may still be waiting evacuation from i've gone on. he insist diplomatic efforts will continue beyond august 31st, including engagement with the taliban. the taliban, whether we like it or not, is in control largely in control. the country certainly control is the city of couple and it's been important to work with them to try to facilitate and assure the departure of all those who want to leave. and that has actually been something that we've been been focused on for from the beginning of this operation. because as a practical matter, it advances our interests. the 2nd. we've been engaged with the taliban for some time, diplomatically going back. years and effort says, you know, to try to advance a peaceful settlement of, of a conflict in understand sharla bellis was a couple airport earlier to see how the taliban is operating in a way to control the crowd and try to figure this out. they've been looking for paperwork at different locations around and then putting them on the boxes that these people are actually about to

>> today at 1215 eastern, secretary of state anthony blinken will be briefing reporters on the state department's work to support the evacuation of american citizens and the broader effort to evacuate afghans and others from the country. we will have live coverage here on c-span. ♪ >> we are joined i chrissy a democrat of pennsylvaniaacon, democrat of pennsylvania, a veteran and member of the arms services foreign affairs committee. congresswoman, what is your confidence level that the u.s. can get everyone out of afghanistan that we want to get out by august 31? guest: i would assess that as being pretty low. i think if you do the math, just simple math, about how many people we need to be successful at extracting our own people or those who have helped us, we are not able to accomplish that number of people. i am less than optimistic about that particular date certain. host: what have you heard from the administration about the effort and the way we we withdrew from the country? guest: we had a bipartisan classified briefing with a lot of the different administration officials who

slaughtered. >> bill: rich edson at the state department. >> embassy staff in kabul warned secretary of state anthony afghanistan. a source familiar with this cable says the secretary immediately saw it and approved the response which was an ongoing effort to bring afghans to the united states while they waited for the government to approve their visas. administration also argues the memo noted afghanistan could fall after the u.s. left august 31st, not this early. though u.s. officials say intelligence throughout the summer showed the situation in afghanistan was deteriorating rapidly. the public inspector general report from three weeks ago called the news out of afghanistan bleak. on the ground in kabul u.s. embassy is still telling americans to try to get to the airport. warning the u.s. government cannot insure safe passage. though the embassy now acknowledges the airport gates may open and close without warning and advises use your best judgment in getting to the airport. then there are the tens of thousands of afghans who worked with the united states over the past two decades. we spoke to a f

kabul university lecturer obaidullah baheer gave his reaction to us secretary of state anthony blinkenhe international presence in afghanistan is a success. you stare at that statement and smile. it is quite ironic. a lot of what happened in afghanistan appeared to be as part of a deal struck between the taliban and the united states, and the idea here is that they gave up on the afghans. they left them stranded, everything that we saw, we could have negotiated a transitional government, we could've done a transfer of power, but none of that happened because they did not allow us time, they did not let us plan for it in advance. so it was just done too hastily? yes, it was. you are kindly speaking to us for a second time here on bbc news. we spoke to you a little bit earlier, when you talked about your fears of what was going on, yourfear — you didn't want to leave the house. that was a few hours ago. tell us how the last few hours have been. have things changed ? actually, things have been changing quite rapidly. what happened in the morning was that panic struck. you could see cars s

we go to the state department, and secretary of state anthony blinken. od morning to you, sir. >> good morning, major. >> garrett: your counter-part, jake sullivan, says the united states has secured or is looking into alternate methods to move u.s. personnel from where they are to the karzai international airport. what specifically can you tell us about that? >> first, major, we've gotten about 8,000 people out over the last 24 hours. if you go back to july, when this effort really started, we got about 30,000 people out between our military flights and the charters we've organized to get out of kabul and out of afghanistan. but we've seen these wrenching scenesf ped it i iredy volatile situation, and we're very focused on that. first, we're moving people out as quickly as we can from inside the airport and out of afghanistan to alleviate crowding at the airport so we can get people inside. and second, and most importantly, we're in direct contact with american citizens and others, and we're able to guide them the best way to get to the airport, what to

secretary of state anthony blinken says that there may be as many as 1500 americans in afghanistan left to evacuate. but as anna wiernicki reports, new threats of terror attacks at the kabul airport could hamper the mission. she joins us live from washington with more. good morning, anna. >> good morning. rain. and that's right. is ramping up to evacuate as many people as possible by that august 31st deadline. so far. 82,000 people have flown out of the kabul airport. but just a few hours ago, the people that are still waiting for a flight work told to leave the airport immediately. >> it's a race against the clock to find and evacuate the nearly 1500 american civilians still in afghanistan were aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day. through multiple channels of communication. secretary of state antony blinken says 4500 americans have already made it out on track to complete our mission by august 31st provided the taliban continue to cooperate. and there are no disruptions to this effort overnight. the u.s. embassy in afghanistan issued a security alert urging americans

meanwhile, secretary of state anthony blinken says they're evacuating us personnel from the capital city and deploying thousands of us troops for lisa bolton has the latest for us. >> he did with the taliban is seizing the spoils of war fighters are seeing taking afghan choppers weapons in setting up camp and the presidential palace and now western leaders are forced to send more troops overseas to help with evacuations. the pentagon saying an additional 1000 u.s. troops are being deployed putting the total number of us forces on the ground at 6,000. the takeover happening just weeks before all american and nato troops were scheduled to leave the embattled country because we inherited a deadline. >> negotiated by the previous administration. that deadline was may 1st and the idea that we could have maintained the status quo be on may first at the president decided to stay. i think is a fiction. here is what is likely to have happened had we just had the president decides to do that. during the during the time from when the agreement was reached to may 1st. the taliban has stopped attacki

secretary of state anthony blinken said today that staying in afghanistan was simply not in the best strategic interests of the united states. you know, the in the 19th century, the british were there. we've now been there far longer than they have in the 20th century. the russians were there. we've now been there twice as long as they have as a strategic matter. there is nothing that our strategic competitors would like more than to see us bogged down and mired in afghanistan for another 5 10 20 years that is not in the national interest, blinken went on to say that there would be a small american diplomats. presence at the kabul airport, while americans and others were evacuated earlier today, on mornings on two we talked to a usf political science professor, he says. as bad as it looks right now in afghanistan, it's going to get even worse, especially for women and girls. things are definitely going to get bad, pretty pretty quick and i really hate to think what we're going to see. this could be far worse. i think then when the communists took over south vietnam in terms of the hum

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maybe we're going to talk to heidi joe castro, because heidi to the us secretary of state anthony blinking has been speaking. was he been saying that's our peter. he's been speaking on the morning talk shows here defending the administration's actions, even as they are ongoing. calling the u. s. evacuation of the embassy and cobble ordered and deliberate pushing back on the concerns. and the criticism that you has us has, has been directed toward it, that this has been a chaotic process with helicopters, transporting personnel to account power within the international airport for their security. he did confirm that's happening. he said that the, the embassy staff, which is both civilian diplomatic, is be moved to ensure they can operate safely and securely. and he says that the u . s. has told the taliban that there would be a swift and decisive response.

. >> reporter: secretary of state anthony blinken today defended u.s.y in afghanistan and its repercussions. >> like it or not, there was an agreement that the forces would come out on may 1. had we not begun that process, we would have been back at war with the taliban. >> reporter: american diplomats are now they heavily fortified airport setting up a temporary embassy with limited staff trying to evacuate as many as 10,000 civilians. even the dogs are getting out. >> this is president biden's saigon moment. >> reporter: during a previous briefing for lawmakers mark milley said al-qaeda could reconstitute itself faster than the original estimate of twohey. they completelyunderestimated the strength of the ba tbak >> g onhe adstrati to put as much combat power on the ground to hold that airport as long as we possibly can to allow as many of our friends to get out. >> reporter: now about 500 embassy staff were flown out today, airlifted, more expected tomorrow. the u.s. has taken over the tower at the airport hoping it can pick up the pace but that does

your sector state anthony blinking says about 1500 americans are awaiting evacuation from of gone on. lincoln insist efforts will continue beyond the august 31st and says the u. s. remains engage with the taliban, but does not recognize it as the legitimate government. allen fisher has more from washington d. c. 114 countries across the world have said to the taliban, you have made given assurances both publicly and privately about this evacuation effort. and you have to continue to do that. certainly we know that the taliban are keen to have more international recognition than they did the last time. they were a power in afghanistan 20 years ago. remember then only 3 governments in the world recognized the taliban government. they would like to see a lot more and 20 blinking, know is that the united states, a lot of the allies, the g 7, nato. they have a lot of leverage. so they want to make sure that the taliban are aware of that as well. members of a 170 groups. indigenous group activists in brazil are waiting for the supreme court to make a crystal ruling on rights. their ancestra

i've got to start speaking shortly after the final evacuation slide had departed. us secretary of state anthony blinking praise did evacuation effort while acknowledging that many people are still stuck in afghanistan. this has been a massive military, diplomatic, and military and undertaking one of the most difficult donations history. and extraordinary feet of logistics and coordination under some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. we will continue our relentless efforts to help americans foreign nationals and atkins, leave afghanistan if they choose. we work intensively to evacuate and relocate and work alongside us and our particular risk reprises. we've got many out but many are still there. meanwhile, 90 retired us generals and admirals have signed a letter demanding the defense secretary and joint chiefs of staff stepped down over the chaotic withdrawal. they say the consequences will last 4 decades. david swanson, executive director of the world beyond the war movement, believes america shouldn't have entered. i've got to stand in the 1st place. this has been a criminal e

local time. us secretary of state, anthony blink and says, washington will work with the new afghan government if it's the american national interest, the added any thought a bond design for the just misty and support have to be earn this concern in afghanistan about what the future holds for the nation baton bond says government will be announced in the coming days that here it is a story the day we proud to have reached this day. we congratulate the people, the arabs and all muslims. we are finding, gain our freedom and independence. the future will be bright and we will peace and stability that has the government will take shape in the coming few days. is too early to speak about who will be part of it, but we have covered about 90 to 95 percent and will announce the final outcome in the coming days. so now thank you for a senior political unless model on the shadow. he joins us via skype from paris model on the soviet withdrawal from afghanistan proved to be a turning point in global affairs. all we witnessing one to what you would hope. so in the sense of learning the lessons of the 21st

but sunday morning, secretary of state anthony blinken push back against criticism and stood by the administration's efforts. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission. >> and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9.11 and we have succeeded remaining in afghanistan for another. 1, 5.10, years is not the national interest. >> the u.s. and now dozens of countries are calling on the taliban to keep the borders open, to allow afghans to flee if they so choose. now the big question is will the international community ultimately recognize the taliban government secretary blinken says they are in the middle of diplomatic talks to determine this would ultimately will come down to if they continue to violate human rights or potentially harbor terrorists for now in washington, raquel martin, back to >> thank you for that report. workout. well, still to come on the kron 4 morning news the giants and a's built make for the playoffs. we have the highlights coming up after we get back from break. >> maybe he felt it. i got felton july was the hottest month ever recorded around the

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it's also advising those are ready there to leave immediately. us secretary state anthony blink and says about 1500 americans are awaiting evacuation from the country. alan fisher has more.

meeting with senior us officials, including sect, f, secretary of defense, went austin, secretary of state anthony blake in and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark, millie le group calling itself isis k claims. it was behind the attacks. it's a splintered g. hottest group based in the eastern providence of a horizontal according to you and reports it has up to 2005. as i said, k carried out about a 100 times on civilians and i'll be honest on packets. on between 20172018. it also talk to the taliban in the past. as well. or short time ago, i spoke with a max blumenthal editor of the gray zone, who says isis k is a direct by product of the us invasion. we did hear about this group, for example, and i believe, april 2017. when trump and essentially authorized the pentagon to drop the mother of all bombs in eastern afghanistan, i believe in the non ga har province on isis k. but the roots of this group in its existence is poorly understood. and of course, when we hear these press briefings at the pentagon, there's very little context. this group actually is a direct byproduct of th

just before midnight's, local time, us secretary of state anthony blanket says washington will work with you. african governments. if it says american national interest, he added any taliban disarm for legitimacy and supports will have to be earns sizes of africans still want to leave the country though, the un security council has some sort of resolution to let them go safely, but it's not known as the taliban will comply on the china and russia refused to back the resolution. and in other news, the us has been removed from the european union's list of safe countries. of covert cases continue to rise. b, u is recommending a pause on all non essential travel from america. daily hospital admissions in the us of risk, risen passed 100000. and the 1st time since last winter infections are soaring. in part, due to the delta variance, you had lifted travel restrictions on american travelers in june. i'm not sure it's of age, keep it here on al jazeera, the use continues after the stream. from talk to al jazeera, we what gives you hope that is going to be peace because the situation on the gro

one was hit by what appears to have been a drone strike. us secretary state anthony blink and said it follows a pattern of belligerents from iran. hillary man lever it is a former white house national security official. she says relations in the region are only going to get worse. i'm afraid we're in for a period of a glitch or a tension, especially in bobbing iran and israel. there is no real diplomatic channel or framework to discuss or handle these tensions as, as there was when we had the j. c, p o, a before president trump pulled the united states out of it. that has really taken diplomacy out of the picture. and so there are been, there has been, there's been escalation now for, for a couple of years. we've had israeli attacked on iranian target, their nuclear scientists, their new killer installations, various other targets in iran. that israel either claim credit for or quietly said that they don't know who did it. so there's been escalation now for a period of time. and i think it was inevitable that we would see iranian around in retaliation and, and, and increasing escalati

and that a ron should face consequences. us secretary of state state anthony blank, and also blaming iran, and likewise condemning the attack. so where does it go from here? what's iran strategy with this? so when more on this, this incident, let's bring in former us naval intelligence officer, john jordan, john, great to see you look if anybody knows about these issues, you do. so thanks for coming on. the bottom line here john is really have have traded attacks at sea, you know, numerous times this year alone. and really looking at the timeframe over the last 18 months. israel going after or on, and ships are on targeting israeli win ships. what's the strategy? what's the wrong strategy, though, with this maritime conflict and does are on the use of these, you know, as are called suicide rows represent a dangerous new escalation in warfare or in part in the pond. is iran simply testing the waters? there's 2 parts to this. john, the 1st part is iran. iranian domestic politics. first of all, they just had a new government sworn in. there's lots of different factions inside around tha