at kabul's airport and allies like italy and spain have ended their mission in afghanistan. >> we have the ability to include evacuees on u.s. military out of afghanistan until the very end. >> reporter: the walls of kabul's airports are now stained with blood, as afghanistan counts down the final days of america's longest war. sam kiley, cnn, doha. >> question and concerns are growing how the taliban will rule afghanistan going forward, will it be similar or vastly different compared to 20 years ago. well, cnn's ivan watson has covered afghanistan extensively over the years. and he joining us from hong kong. the taliban has said all the right things, they've allowed women to work and calls itself