. ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. troops left last night at 1:00, and today at 8:00, zabihullah mujahid called us tor a press conference here inside the airport. >> narrator: with the americans gone, "frontline" correspondent najibullah quarishi is on his way to hear from the spokesman for the new taliban regime. >> look at the mess they left here. people were desperately trying to go inside the airport. they preferred to die inside the airport rather than being outside and seeing the taliban. these poor people, they couldn't take anything with them-- they just left everything behind. (sighs): it, it broke my, my heart, it made me really, really emotional. ♪ ♪ >> narrator: surrounded by taliban special forces, the new government spokesman, zabihullah mujahid, ushered in a new era. >> (speaking pashto and dari): (man and crowd, responsively): ♪ ♪ (horns honking) >> narrator: in the days just after the american withdrawal, the taliban were trying to impose order and quell violence that had been skyrocketing for months. in the streets of kabul, some expressed a sense of relief. >> (speaking dari): >> (

the zabihullah mujahid is the spokesman. >> can the taliban solve this without the help of the world and the united states? >> he says on the one hand, they say a million children will die. but on the other, the u.s. are holding our money. the u.s. should release our money so we can save our children. >> this month world leaders promise $1.2 billion in aid to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe across afghanistan. but it won't do much to bring the economy back from the brink. and won't be enough to help the country's smallest and most vulnerable. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, kabul. >> duncan: still ahead on the cbs weekend news, the artisans in minnesota restoring the masters. >> duncan: a priceless master piece is dazzling again after being fully restored. the 17th century sculpture installed it in a rome chapel is by john lorenzo bernini trk is considered one of his greatest works of art. well, there is also a hidden gem much closer to home in minneapolis, helping preserve precious art and tonight's weekend journal erin hassanzadeh of wcco tv explains. >> inside the underbelly of the minn

the us troops left last night at one o'clock and today, at eight o'clock, zabihullah mujahid called us to come for a press conference here inside the airport. reporter najibullah quraishi and his team have been filming in afghanistan throughout the 20—year conflict. the airport is now quiet, but, everywhere, there are reminders of the desperate attempts to escape. these belongings are all left from the civilians who left in the last ten days. more than 123,000 people, many of them afghans, were evacuated. those people even couldn't get a chance to take their belongings with them. literally, these bags could be their memories. but... ..it�*s left behind. the taliban invite the team to see what the us forces left behind. military equipment, worth millions of dollars, has been wrecked, to prevent it being used by the taliban. at today's press conference, zabiullah mujahid, the new government spokesman, ushers in a new era. 0n the streets of kabul, for some, there appears to be a sense of relief. now there is security. it's more than 20 years since the taliban were last in power. back then

. >> reporter: zabihullah mujahid is the taliban's chief spokesman.sists girls over the age of 12 will be allowed back in the classroom. when can they go back to school? is it a matter of weeks, months, years? ( speaking native language ) he says, "we are trying to do this, but i can't tell you how long it will take." >> the taliban really don't like women at all. >> reporter: afghan american mahbouba seraj is one of the most prominent women's rights activists. what do you want to say to those girls who haven't been able to go to school? >> i want to say to them, "my girls, my dears, my daughters-- don't lose hope. because that is going to destroy you more than you not going to school." >> reporter: and you are going to keep fighting for them. >> till the last, the last... breath i take. >> reporter: women and girls in afghanistan, united and defiant, despite the odds. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, kabul. >> o'donnell: and still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," what caused another airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights? lyft releases a disturbing sa

leadership had been gathering at the mosque for the funeral prayers of the spokesperson's mother, zabihullah mujahidan has been carrying out a series of raids in the northern part of the city in an era that they have effectively neutralized a number of isis-k insurgents and they were able to destroy an isis-k cell. as you mentioned, isis-k claiming responsibility for this. andis in isn't the first time isis-k has been attacking the taliban. we've seen this again and again, albeit on a much smaller scale in the city of jalalabad and in some of their strongholds in the eastern parts of the country. so certainly this is a concerning development for the taliban. they are keen to try to show people they can provide security, but groups like isis-k seem intent on making that difficult for them. >> clarissa ward for us in kabul, thank you. >> now to something much lighter. william shatner, aka, captain kirk, is going into space. yes, he's being beamed up, for real this time. >> did you really do that? >> i have so much more. stick around. i have so much more. we'll tell you about the mission, next. honey l