and now with the pulled back, apparently you see that the africa command of the us pentagon is now moving into that part of africa. you might recall that just a few weeks ago, africa had one of its largest military exercises in the african continent going back decade. and i would be remiss if i fail to mention the lurking role of turkey . turkey is beginning to make a major move in the areas of africa where muslims predominate and that certainly include tomorrow. well, it's interesting you bring in the idea of turkey. of course, you mentioned washington, russia and china, certainly in recent years, all of them making a lunch for various parts of africa, so called the, the bread basket off the world. let's just remind you of course, that monte was essentially under french rule and occupation from 18922900. 60 since $960.00. it's been more or less independent. you mentioned france. it hasn't denounced it. rather it did to announce the recent crew. i should say in molly, but on this latest event, nothing from paris so far. what do you expect commentary wise from the macro and government? wel

us these days . following the release of a pentagon report on us was on our way to area $51.00 on the so called extra terrestrial highway. we came across this place here, the alien research center. of course, it's not really a research center. if a gift shop and our luck has it, it's close to day, closed or not so called us o tourists are stopping by. on one hand, fully aware that the alien research center is only about so veneers. but on the other hand, also open to the idea that this is a place for a scientific research on adrian. you never know. i mean, we are pretty close to area 51, so you never, you never know it is this, you never know that inherent doubt many people have created by perhaps unwarranted secrecy. that is the problem for people like retired navy pilot lieutenant commander alex d treatment. we meter in boulder, colorado, so i had this experience in 2004, almost 17 years ago. that experience dietrich is referring to is known as the name . it's incident. it shows where dietrich and 3 of her colleagues encountered off the coast of san diego, california. it is just one of dozens of en

in the us these days, following the release of a pentagon report on us was on our way to area 51 on the so called extra terrestrial highway. we came across this place here, the alien research center. of course, it's not really a research center. if a gift shop and our luck has it, it's close to day closed or not so called us o tourists are stopping by. on one hand, fully aware that the alien research center is only about so veneers. but on the other hand, also open to the idea that this is a place for a scientific research on adrian. you never know. i mean, we are pretty close to area 51. so you never, you never know it is this, you never know that inherent doubt many people have created by perhaps unwarranted secrecy. that is the problem for people like retired navy, pilot lieutenant commander alex d treatment we meter in boulder, colorado. so i had this experience in 2004, almost 17 years ago. that experience dietrich is referring to is known as the name . it's incident. it shows where dietrich and 3 of her colleagues encountered off the coast of san diego, california. it is just one

the pentagon says the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then enter chappelle al jazeera sculpture was in jordan in washington, d. c. well, this tell us what the state department is saying about homeless. while the state department is saying that really the success of this change from nearly 20 years of war led by the us and a western based coalition to afghans being and in control of their government really does nail come to how the tall a bond behaves. this is ned price, the state department spokesperson. it is not just the government afghans then it is not just the united states. it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in inter ask and dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the tall onto understands that only through diplomacy, can they garner any sort of legitimacy. now are you getting any sense from any of the u.

the pentagon says the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then. and her chappelle al jazeera as close to and fishers in washington, d. c. eleanor. so they just from the state department, while they're still continuing their regular briefing, we have had from the state department talking about what's going on in afghanistan and really nothing and whitening from them. they continue to part of the lines essentially, that they are committed to the afghan government. we've also had from the pentagon in the last hour saying that the decision to pillow to buy graham was passed to the afghan authorities if it was not sent down the line to local commanders. that isn't really something that the us can do anything about. we have also had from the state department saying that they are going to continue to keep troops in the country. and we know that that's going to be somewhere between 652002 protect the compound there at the american embassy and also the international airport. but the also reiterated

pentagon if he decides to go in that direction. that is very fair to say yes, sir. okay, let's finally turn to haiti. uh the haiti's government has asked the us troops there to deal with the chaos in that country. is. the pentagon prepared to send us forces they are first of all to deal with the situation. and secondly. now that we've had the assassination of haiti's president. is the situation there and the disk, right? is that a matter of u. s national security? well, chris, as for your first question that we are aware of the request by the haitian government, we're analyzing it just like we would any other requests for assistance here at the pentagon is going through a review. i'm not going to get ahead of that process and today an interagency team, largely from department of homeland security, and the fbi are heading down to haiti right now to see what we can do to help them in the investigative process, and i think that's really where our energies are best applied right now in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who's culpable who's responsible and how best to hold them accountable. going forwa

the presence security threat in iraq as preparations continue for the withdrawal of all us combat forces. but pentagon officials maintain that us assistance to iraq will continue as well. a military presence that is transitioning from a combat role. busy to an advisory, one, the strategic importance of the relationship between the 2 countries made clear at a meeting between the us secretary of state and the iraqi foreign minister. we are course closer to partners in the fight against basis. and we can take tremendous pride in the work we've done together to defeat isis, and to make sure that it's safe defeated. but i think what today is demonstrating is that the partnership between the united states and iraq is much broader and deeper than even the common fight against places. this series of decisions by the trump administration massively complicated iraq ties with the u. s. chief among them, the abandonment of the nuclear deal with iran in 2018. last year. it was us assassination of iranian general customs. so the money while he was visiting baghdad, iraq effective b became a proxy battle ground in t

us officials that this isn't going according to plan? well, not on the record. what you heard from officials at the white house at the pentagon and the state department on tuesday was a sense that things have been going to plan that the us and coalition withdrawal from afghanistan is going the way that it should be. and that they are really placing the expectations on the central government and cobble as well as on the afghan people to stand up and try to shape their country in an afghan vision, not in a us lead vision or in a western society like vision. but there is some concern, particularly among security analysts, that the taller bond may be reclaiming territory, not just for its own political ambitions, but really to try to take control once again of the country and perhaps bring along some negative impacts at least from the western point of view closing, jordan, thank you very much. your entire agency's, a warning arise in school kidnappings. in northwestern adria is disrupting the education of hundreds of thousands of children around a 1000 students and staff have been abducted since december. the latest attack took p

this is the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is 90 percent complete.

the middle of the talking to us from john, his book will still come to here and then use our, including the pentagon, sends the alarm off to the taliban. recent gains in afghanistan. well, us horses finalize their with role and find out why the global car industry is growing up a site for you. minium may be harming communities in guinea and depleted us men's basketball team gets a much require booster head of the olympics. that story, coming up later here on your news. ah, china is deployed as military to the province, the central region in china struggling with the worst flooding in recent memory. at least 33 people have not been killed. 800000 displaced is adrian brown. an image of normality turned upside down. like a giant scrap yard, abandoned cars block a tunnel in central gen, joe roads transformed into rapidly flowing rivers. where in some areas boat is the only way to get around. the cities inhabitants are used to typhoons, but they're still coming to terms with the scale of this week's deluge. it was the heaviest rainfall in 60 years. on tuesday, more than $200.00 millimeters fell in just o

suspected of taking part in the assassination of the haitian president, previously received us military training. the pentagon says several suspect full, so had been informants for the us drug enforcement agency. a review of our training databases indicates that a small number of the columbia and individuals detained as part of this investigation had participated in past us military training and education programs . while serving as active members of the columbus military forces, while some background to the haitian president, juvenile, moist, was murdered in his home on july, 7th. so far around 20 suspects have been detained. some of whom wellington us, military training programs, append can spokesmen stress. such programs, instruct trainees to be respectful for human rights. on the rule of law. we spoke with brian cannon, he's head of the institute, the justice and democracy in haiti, who claims the us to conditions that need to talk to the nation. the, even the us didn't, wasn't involved in the assassination itself. the u. s. was deeply involved in creating the conditions that allowed this assassination to

barbara starr is live for us from the pentagon. ort-term or a long-term approach for how the u.s. is going to oppose the taliban despite withdrawing troops? >> well, it looks to be getting a longer-term strategy every single day, brianna. and why is that? well let's take a look at the map. the taliban by all accounts are stronger than ever and they are seizing control in an increasing number of places as the map will show us. they now control maybe half or more of the district centers in afghanistan. and this is forcing afghan forces to fall back and try and rearrangement themselves to defend major population centers, the major cities, the capitol of kabul because they can't be out there in all these rural areas where the taliban are. and that, that move by the taliban to exert all of this control, which they are by all accounts successfully doing, is leading the u.s. to be back into it with air strikes against the taliban. the top general explains why they are there. >> so we will continue to support the afghan forces, even after t

us these days . following the release of a pentagon report on u. f was on our way to area 51 on the so called extra terrestrial highway. we came across this place here, the alien research center. of course, it's not really a research center if a gift shop and our log has it, it's close to day closed or not so called us o tourists are stopping by. on one hand, fully aware that the alien research center is only about souvenirs, but on the other hand, also open to the idea that this is a place for a scientific research on a to him. you never know, i mean, we are pretty close to area 51. so you never, you never know it is this, you never know that inherent doubt many people have created by perhaps unwarranted secrecy. that is the problem for people like retired navy, pilot lieutenant commander alex d treatment we meter in boulder, colorado. so i had this experience in 2004, almost 17 years ago. that experience dietrich is referring to is known as the name . it's incident. it shows where dietrich and 3 of her colleagues encountered off the coast of san

they can no longer use soldiers, troops and diplomats out in the sense of emergency. the pentagondepartment of state going through the process to update the plans, especially as the taliban makes tremendous gains in the countryside of afghanistan. a senior defense officials stresses there's no reason to use those plans as of now and some of the intelligence estimates are all over the place when it comes to what and how the taliban will do next. those plans are being updated. that speaks to how seriously the military officials and other officials see the situation there and if there's a need to get everybody out essentially, to get american citizens and contractors and troops out. >> we're hearing from the top u.s. general in afghanistan. he spoke to abc, and this is what he said. >> we should be concerned. the loss of terrain and the repetity of that loss of terrain has to be concerning. one, because war is physical, but it's also got a psychological or moral component to it. hope actually matters. morale actually matters. >> so anna, you touched on this a little earlier when you

. >> joining us now is nbc news pentagon correspondent, courtney kube. it's not surprising to me that general milley, who wouldn't comment through a spokesperson, he's certainly not going to comment standing behind the podium in the pentagon press briefing room. tell us more how he handled questions about allegations laid out now in a number of these books? >> reporter: that's right. we weren't expecting him to come out and say, that's right, i stand behind everything in those books. he went a little further than we expected. he pointed out, some of the sound we just heard, that at no point did he or the joint chiefs violate their oaths to the constitution. he also shade that they maintained the tradition of an apolitical military. but that's really the point that some critics have been zeroing in on these allegations and with these quotes that have been attributed back to general milley. that's for the chairman of the joint chiefs, a role that is supposed to be purely apolitical, that if, in fact, these comments that are attributed to him are correct an

in the us these days, following the release of a pentagon report on us was on our way to area 51 on the so called extra terrestrial highway. we came across this place here, the alien research center. of course, it's not really a research center. if the gift shop and our log has it, it's close to day closed or not so called us o tourists are stopping by. on one hand, fully aware that the alien research center is only about so veneers. but on the other hand, also open to the idea that this is a place for a scientific research on adrian. you never know. i mean, we are pretty close to area 51, so you never, you never know it is this, you never know that inherent doubt many people have created by perhaps unwarranted secrecy. that is the problem for people like retired navy, pilot lieutenant commander alex t treatment. we meter in boulder, colorado, so i had this experience in 2004, almost 17 years ago. that experience teacher gets referring to is known as the name . it's incident. it shows where dietrich and 3 of her colleagues encountered off the coast of san diego, california. it is just o

that is the big question that we don't have an answer to at this point. >> live for us there at the pentagonaulaugh. it is a clue to how the 2022 midterms may playout. so i know you're interested about what it means. what does it say that president biden is making this his first big campaign appearance since the end of last year? >> you're right this will be president biden's first campaign event for a candidate who is running for upcoming office since joe biden became president. and this is all an effort to show how muscular the biden white house is. thegubernatorial races included. since the 1970s the party that held the white house has always ended up losing this virginia governor's race but one exception. and as we also know that incumbent white houses have a difficult time in midterm elections that end up coming. your base of voters after winning get complacent. and one of the reasons you have joe biden going to virginia to campaign is to get the base fired up. virginia is a democratic leaning state but if their democratic turnout is low, this could end up being a pretty close race betw

boost in the fight against the opioid epidemic in the us drug companies reach at $26000000000.00 settlement in a class action lawsuit. ah, the pentagon is expressing alarm about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in afghanistan. the most senior us general sense the taliban. no controls, nearly half of the countries, $400.00 plus districts. it coincides with the continued pullouts of us troops fighting between africa and government forces and the taliban is intensifying. at least 7 people were killed in the southern province of kandahar on wednesday. it happens during shelling between the military and telephone fighters. he is more on what general mark merely had to say a boats the taliban advance. i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212.00 to $13.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the $41900.00 that are out there . you've got 34 provincial capitals in afghanistan. none of them have been seized as of today by the taliban. although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably a half of them. 17 of them in fact. and wh

us these days. following the release of a pentagon report on us was on our way to area $51.00 on the so called extra terrestrial highway. we came across this place here, the alien research center. of course, it's not really a research center. if a gift shop and our log has it, it's close to day, closed or not so called us o tourists are stopping by. on one hand, fully aware that the alien research center is only about so veneers. but on the other hand, also open to the idea that this is a place for a scientific research on adrian. you never know. i mean, we are pretty close to area 51, so you never, you never know it is this, you never know that inherent doubt many people have created by perhaps unwarranted secrecy. that is the problem for people like retired navy, pilot lieutenant commander alex d treatment meter in boulder, colorado. so i had this experience in 2004, almost 17 years ago. that experience teacher gets referring to is known as the name . it's incident. it shows where dietrich and 3 of her colleagues encountered off the coast of san diego, california. there's just one of dozens of enc

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us trailer home. once upon a time and punishable on al jazeera, ah, strategic momentum appears to be sort of with the town. the pentagon raises the alarm over the taliban, advance and i'll get this done as us troops continue to pull out. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is out there, ally from also coming up. the military joins rescue efforts in the worst flooding scene in central china. for decades, south korea reports another record of daily colbert infections. we'll have a live update from a capital sold, and a boost in the fight against pain can addiction epidemic in the us. drug companies reached a $26000000000.00 settlement. ah, the pentagon is expressing alarm over the worsening security situation in afghanistan, the senior most us general says the taliban now controls nearly half of the country's $400.00 districts. coincides with the continued pullout of us troops. fighting between the afghan government forces and the taliban is intensifying at least 7 people were killed me southern province of canada. on wednesday it happened during shelling between the military and taliban fighters in a separate incident for

using? tae: the pentagon argues that there is technical merit. capabilities of microsoft and amazon, with their cyber security defenses and all the services they have. the pentagon will argue that it's based on merit. shery: bloomberg opinion columnist, thank you. this has moved to be a very good payday for jeff bezos. that 4.7 percent rally in amazon stock price, sending his wealth to a record of $211 billion after the pentagon announced it was canceling that cloud computing contract with microsoft. the rally boosted bezos fortune by a $.4 billion -- $8.4 billion. the last time anyone on our bloomberg ranking came close was elon musk back in january. that was when his wealth briefly hit $210 billion. we know tesla has had some growing pains since then. shery: not surprising, given that we have seen those gains for tesla stock, but those growing pains are continuing now. we are seeing tesla under pressure and china. there has been a huge onslaught of negative news when it comes to tesla, software flaws, and so on. we will watch what happens to th

second big city of kandahar a pentagon spokesperson said the us is what he needs. developments with concern, as american troops continued our rapid withdrawal from the country, the escalating situation is dragging the nation farther into a humanitarian crisis with cobble calling upon european countries to help people, patients of africa, migrants for the next 3 months. thousands of f county is happening. forced to have found that home as a taliban continues. it's offensive. i'll village. we're surrounded by the taliban . there is nothing we can do to tell them captured our homes. we have been displaced. we face and sat changes to the moment. my children live by the road. what should we do? as a mom? several years in a government should help us. our children are hungry and thirsty. our homes are under the control of the taliban. we cannot go there. i lost my cow and a calf my home and all my good. then what i am suffering your lot, you can see will live in this tent even though i have a home. i have been displaced. there is a war in our village and the area where i live is under the control

lucas tomlinson is liable with us at the pentagon with more. >> the general said he doesn't want to talkically white rage or blac rage, or asian rage, or irish rage or any other rage, the events of january 6 happen. i think it's a very complicated topic and we don't have the tim to move into the nuance of it right this minute. >> last month, the general had no problem weighing in on the topic end defended the teaching of critical race theory which links discrimination to america's foundations and legal system. >> i want to understand white rage and i'm white, and i want to understand it. to what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the constitution of th united states of america? what caused that? i want to find that out. i do want to analyze it. >> it moments after his comment yesterday, the congressman tweeting this is a complicated and this isn't history lesson, or west point cadets deserve better than this while showing this photo advertising elixir a west point on february 11 calle understanding whiteness and white rage, he is received c

it's the latest push by militants, as us and its allies pull out. the pentagon week, the philippines won a landmark legal victory over china concerning territorial incursions in the disputed south china sea. a tribunal at the permanent court of arbitration in the hague ruled that beijing had been unlawful in its occupation and blockade of traditional filipino fishing grounds, including scarborough shoal. both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef, while vietnamese claim it is their traditionalfishing grounds. the maritime territory is closest to the philippine coast, but since 2012, and despite the tribunal ruling, there has been a constant chinese coastguard presence there — with filipino fishermen reporting harassment by the authorities. china justifies its claims in the south china sea based on its controversial nine—dash—line map, first published after world war ii — it didn't take part in the 2016 tribunal or accept its findings. 0ur philippines correspondent, howard johnson, joined a filipino fishing crew to witness what's h

us there in bangkok. tony, thank. now the pentagon is expressing alarm over the rapidly worsening security situation in afghanistan. i'm the senior most us general. so the taliban now control was many half of the country's 400 districts. it coincides with the continued pull out of us troops fighting between african government forces and the taliban is intensifying. at least 7 people were killed in the southern province of kandahar on wednesday. it happened during shelling between the military and taliban fighters in a separate incident for fighters were killed whenever vehicle has a roadside bomb in the dand district. my county has more now from washington. d. c . is secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some 8000 troops have already been moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them have alre

pentagon sounds the alarm master. the televisions we can gain while us troops finalized their withdrawal from us. ok. hello hey dina, this is al jazeera life and doha, also coming up. thousands of people gather in the field in capital to show their support for government troops fighting in t growing. trying to stop the contagion. the delta variance is spreading fast across south east asia. moved record infections reported, and more athletes test positive corporate 191 day before the talk you will lympics opening ceremony. ah, the pentagon is expressing alarm about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in afghanistan, the most senior us general says the taliban now controls nearly half of the countries $400.00 plus districts. it coincides with the continued pullouts of us troops fighting between african government forces and the taliban is intensifying. at least 7 people were killed in the southern province of kandahar on wednesday. it happened during shalon between the military and taliban forces is more on what general mark merely had to say, a boats the telephone advance. i would tell you th

cnn's oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. oren, i know, spoken to a lot of people in that building who are deeply fearful as well of the consequence who opposed it under this administration and the prior administration. what do you hear about the levelful that concern and how they answer those concerns? >> reporter: for many here in the pentagon, it is a surreal moment. many here have spent time in afghanistan, specifically bagram air force base, the entry point for tens of thousands of troops and the exit point for those troops as well, as well as 2,000 service members who died in afghanistan. it is almost impossible for them to comprehend a bagram air base without american troops there after two decades. there are serious concerns about what will happen to the country. they are monitoring as best they can the events of the taliban as well as the support they can offer at this point, at least, in the last few days of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. two afghan air forces, as they try to retake a number of districts

the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart the after military struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough, danny's tons. northwest peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and many fear the violence will only get worse once the last us soldiers have returned home. of the taliban has claimed they already control 85 percent of afghanistan, including key border districts. earlier we asked elinor say, no of the conrad, i don't our foundation about the likelihood of a complete tolerable and takeover. i don't think we'll be able to get control and easy to the whole country. and currently we see that they have been gaining all the territory and not in the district, but they avoid of attacking capitals, the provincial capitals and the capital capital. so also the ton of nodes. they cannot move the country over themselves, and they need the content of the main power of the country. and what i see, you know, the strategy is they want to weaken and to put the government

the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here, enough, danny's sense northwest peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and many fear the violence will only get worse once the last us soldiers have returned home. and turn out some of the stories making news around the world. haiti's police chief says 17 suspects have been detained in the killing of the countries president jovan, out 3 others. were killed in fighting with security forces and 8, still at large columbia. as defense minister confirmed that several retired colombian soldiers were involved in the assassination pulse of new york city were under water on thursday. as tropical storm elsa makes its way up, the east codes flash flood warnings were issued as streets and subways were submerged. the national hurricane center has also full, strong wind. russia and western nations on divided the access to aid into northwest syria from turkey. moscow, onc

courtney kube joins us from the pentagon. interesting stuff brought up by richard.ning? what are you hearing from sources about these reports that there are those in afghanistan who are troubled, felt like it was rude, as engel pointed out there, that this exit was hasty and poorly communicated, in their view. >> so what this entire withdrawal process is shown, the u.s. does not trust the afghan government, the afghan partners they've been there, heard for years, standing shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand. it's clear they don't trust them with information like specifics when the u.s. is leaving specific bases, so if you look back to several weeks ago when the u.s. turned over the base at southern kandahar in afghanistan there were a series of small rocket attacks and mortars that came in on base that set a tone. there was a lot of concern about providing any specific information when the americans and nato allies would be leaving some of the bases. bagram as richard was showing there is this enormous sprawling base and there were tens of thousands of u.s. troops

jenson griffin live for us at the pentagon. stocks were mixed the dow lost 12 u8, the s&p 500 dropped a point. the nasdaq gained 102. there are increasing concerns about covid tonight along the southern border. reports say many illegal immigrants who have tested positive for the virus are being release nude areas where they can interact with the public. correspondent rich edson is in la joya, texas tonight. >> in la joya, texas town of 4500 residents. officials say their border down has experienced migrant surges before. this time there is a significant difference. >> no one told the police department that these people were here. and no one told us that these people were possibly ill. police say catholic charities has rented this hotel to house migrants who have tested positive for covid-19. they say they only found out when a customer at a burger restaurant next door flagged down a patrolling officer and told them the family inside was sneezing, coughing and unmasked. miss told them borders and custom protectioning screened th

cnn's oren liebermann is joining us from the pentagon. what exactly are you hearing?s, pushing back afghan military, picking up and taking over districts, has added to the urgency of needing to update the evacuation plans for the embassy, u.s. contractors and troops in afghanistan, now down to a dwindling number as the evacuation and withdraw of u.s. troops in the country is pretty much kbleet. most of the troops there at this point are for embassy security and airport security, necessary to get diplomats in and out, especially now. of course, that becomes more urgent now that bagram air base is shut down. fewer options, fewer paths to get troops and u.s. citizens out of the country. those plans being updated especially given afghanistan and the history of conflict and the ongoing fighting in the counted. a senior defense official says intelligence estimates are a bit all over the place in terms of what the taliban will do, when they will do it and how they will do it. nevertheless, because of the state of the country and what the intelligence community is seeing with

us and nato forces. let's get more on that with our pentagon correspondent, rosalind jordan. joining us live from washington. hi there, rose. how many people are we talking about here? while you're talking about a population of about 18220000 di afghans who worked as interpreters as well as members of their immediate families. now only a small percentage of these people have been able to apply for the special immigrant visa and have been able to work through some of the process for getting permission to come to the united states. but obviously because of the pan demik, that process really has ground to a halt. there has been a lot of concern, as you pointed out here in washington, not just from politicians, but also from the afghan war veterans who say that these people basically helped them stay alive while they were deployed in afghanistan to make certain that these people can be evacuated as quickly as possible. there is a documented fear among many of the interpreters and their families, that the tall about or some other group might try to kill them. because the tall a bond has called these interpreters

a pentagon security analyst told us he believes that the us as strikes one stop the taliban. well, i think it's a little too little to leave the tele bomb was, has really been on the move. and you have, you have a lot of african forces that have already deserted they, in fact they've gone into other countries. and this, this kind of support, i think, is a last ditch effort to try and support what's left of the cabal government. if you recall the defense secretary initially announced that there would been no such air support for afghan forces. now that's been reversed after they saw the lightning speed in which the tele bond has taken over and they're just, they're just moving, moving, and they're, and they're going it to strategic areas that they know that they can take very, very rapidly, particularly district capitals, biden from the very, very start had advocated removing troops altogether. busy from afghanistan and, and if you recall, he was also the vice president and under obama went obama moved all troops out of out of iraq. and we only had to go back in again. and so

the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military is struggling to push back the taliban. like here enough gun is trans northwest. peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and many fear the violence will only get worse once the last us soldiers have returned home. friends, marty is a freelance journalist in afghanistan. he joins me now from the capital cobble from welcome the us troops leaving the country. and of course, those recent mainly rural games made by the taliban. how likely do you think it is that the entire country could fall to the telephone present by the time this turned this scenario? highly unlikely. and now as well as other knowledgeable analysts degree, is not to say that the situation is not very dire. as you said, they have made unprecedented gains $150.00 plus the tricks in the pulse a little bit over to mom that they have taken over. however, that is nowhere. if he that so far they haven't made a serious attempt to take over a provin

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the pentagon says the us withdrawal is more than 90 percent complete. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then. and her chappelle al jazeera. and that's kim when i was rather rosalyn jordan. she joins us from washington. d. c. rosa. how is washington dealing with all this backlash? well, the bind administration is essentially defending. it's moved saying that this was all pre planned and that really what needs to be the focus needs to be the behavior of the taller bond. that price is the state department spokes person. it is not just the government, afghanistan, it is not just the united states, it's not just a broad swath of the international community that recognizes that there is no military solution to this conflict. the fact that the taliban continues to engage in doha to engage in intra ask and dialogue is itself most likely a reflection of the fact that the taliban to understands that only through diplomacy, can they garner any sort of legitimacy. now the us is continuing to lend its support to the intra afghan piece talk that are

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in the fight against the painkiller addiction epidemic in the us. drug companies reach a $26000000000.00 settlement to result on the pentagon is expressing alarm of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in afghanistan. the senior most us general says the tele, by now control nearly half of the countries, $400.00 plus districts. all this is of course happening as us troops pull out. fighting between the africa and government forces and the taliban is intensifying. the 7 people were killed in the southern province of kandahar on wednesday. that happened during shelling between the military and taliban fighters and a separate incident for taliban fighters were killed when the vehicle had a roadside bombs don't district my can has more from washington d. c. is secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some $8000.00 troops have already be moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them

life at the pentagon on this for us. >> hi, sandra. y and nonnuclear strike capabilities. >> developing hypersonic missiles but the united states is not? >> you would have to ask vladimir putin. >> showing off this new hypersonic missile, claiming that the air pressure forms a plasma cloud as it moves, making it invisible to u.s. missile defense systems. it has a 620-mile range. washington responded, "potential development of any hypersonic missile in europe would be extremely destabilizing. therefore, flight time would leave little to no decision time. inadvertent conflict." vladimir putin pulled out a new fighter jet and an air show outside of moscow to rival the u.s. 35. >> russian aviation has a big potential for development. they continue to create new competitive aircraft designs. >> blaming russia for attacking diplomats and spies in recent months with nonlethal poles. 200 has been worldwide. >> it is causing great morale difficulty is for people, and we have a more than an ethical response to do something about this. >> some int

the board with to gk stan pentagon says is watching developments with concern that us troops continue their rapid withdrawal from the country where the escalating situation is dragging the nation further into a humanitarian crisis. with the bold calling on europe to suspend deportations of afghan migrants to 3 months. meanwhile in afghanistan itself, thousands have been forced to flee the taliban offensive. oh village. we're surrounded by the taliban. there is nothing we can do to tell them captured our homes. we have been displaced. we are facing some, several years in a government should help us. our children are hungry and thirsty. our homes are under control of the taliban and we cannot go there. i lost my cow and a calf my home and all my go through that and then what i'm suffering a lot you can see will live in this tent even though i have a home. i have been displaced. there is a war in our village and the area where i lived is under the control of the taliban . and 300 channels have been displaced by someone. okay, when i take a look at another war torn country, it's been down

the pentagon says the us withdrawal should be finished in august. a lot can happen on the battlefield between now and then enter chappelle al jazeera fill ahead of al jazeera. well, this troll parents gather at this school where about a 150 students were abducted and nigeria, the latest mass, kidnapping, supporters of south africa, the former president jacob's duma rally behind him as he fights against the prison sentence. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello there, let start in south asia and the heat continues across northern pakistan and northwest and india as those monsoon rains store. so things are looking very hot and dry. the wet, wet weather will arrive at the weekend, but for now, temperature is sitting in the early forty's. for the south of that we have got the wet weather. those monsoon rains, inundating the western coast, falling particularly heavy heavily in carola and southern areas. we have got a landslide alert out for the south west of sri lanka, where those storms are expected to be pretty

pentagon. it's no secret that at the highest levels of us war planning, that there are different political tendencies. there are different political factions. and so one day, one faction will have the upper hand. and the next day, another fax will have the upper hand. and you see that being played out in east africa, where we were told united states was pulling out of that part of the world. and now it appears there on the way back after 3 decades of unfair, fully and painfully beating its head against the very solid somalian war. the united states is apparently considering another round. last year you may remember truck pulled most jewish troops out of somalia while they're potentially going back in the us, sending troops back to somalia. are you putting more forces in the hell? how precisely is the us going to be changing its security posture on the continent? carla, i think you can understand why we wouldn't necessarily detail, but the true movements are forced presence in advance, particularly when we're talking about a counterterrorism threat. there's really no denying that our repositioning, fa