abolished the ministry of women affairs. with the taliban new government, is there any chance we see official recognition from the u.s.? we know the u.s. has been dealing directly with the taliban on a host of issues security coordination while the u.s. is there at the airport do. we have any indication what the white house plans to do going forward with this new government? it s a key question. it s a question as of right now has gone unanswered by the white house. let s remember that military officials say they did coordinate with taliban during the evacuation efforts. at times giving the taliban names and information about people that needed to get out of afghan allies and americans. that being said, you heard military officials also say this is a terror group. they are ruthless. they are going to watch how this government treats women. before they make any moves to see what can be recognized.
on money for we saw how this went before. it s not going to be good for the country. rachel: dignity of work is something we need to discuss as a country. something really happens an erosion of the fabric of who we are as americans. because america is about hard work and personal responsibility it s this idea of getting money prosecute free to sit back at your house and watch netflix while businesses like this are struggling to stay open. it s just wrong. todd: america is also about freedom and not leaving people behind. that segment leads beautifully to this. the taliban claiming victory over afghan resistance fighters in the panjshir province. lawrence: if true it marks the fall of the full-time holdout of the anti-taliban forces in the country. rachel: benjamin hall has more on this breaking news. the terror group is preventing planes from carrying americans and allies from leaving afghanistan. benjamin?
afghanistan you. todd: general tony tata served as general in afghanistan from 2006 to 2007 is the author of chasing the lion. he joins us now to react. general, when you heard this news, what was your reaction? hey, todd, panjshir valley is, you know, has warm place in my heart because when i was the deputy commander there, we could go up there and not wear body armor or helmets. in fact, they would take offense when you did so because it was the most secure place. they were our allies when we first came into the country from the north. the northern alliance would hold up there. and this is complete utter abandonment of our allies. within afghanistan. and it is just shameful what has happened. and with respect to the citizens in masri shareef being held there. i have friends on the ground working from tajikistan trying to help. it s an amaze mall situation right now. it s terrible. because we made a promise and we
todd, rachel and lawrence good morning again there are conflicting reports out of the panjshir valley at the moment. yes, the taliban has posted pictures of them inside the main valley as well as the governor s office. nine times the soviet was got this far against the resistance and nine times the soviets. there is a glimmer of hope for the resistance movement there less perhaps a glimmer of hope for some of the american afghan allies or even americans trying to escape afghanistan. congressman mccaul yesterday on fund saying that the taliban is now holding american citizens and allies hostage for demands by blocking six planes from leaving the airport in northern afghanistan. he says these planes are sitting there. the americans are on board. they are unable to leave. this is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they are not going to allow american citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the united states of america. they are going to demand more an
general mckenzie says the retreat from the airport in kabul, they destroyed 150 vehicles. he also said they destroyed the surface-to-air missile system just as they left, so the one real boast of the u.s. as they left kabul airport was that at least they didn t leave an operating system behind that meant the taliban could immediately shoot the last american plane leaving kabul airport. this is nothing to boast about. there is nothing to boast about about 20 years of presence in afghanistan, which i might remind you, america invited her nato allies to come into. tucker: that s right. it was nato that came in on the one for all, all for one principal, and at the end of the day, america left on her own, without allies, without friends, with nothing to show. tucker: in the worst possible way. it s a dangerous moment. douglas murray, i appreciate your insight, thank you. it s a great pleasure. tucker: well, as if the