officer of the truman national security project, which is coordinating with other groups to try to evacuate afghan allies. previously, she worked in the 0bama and bush state departments. welcome to the programme. i know you are on conversations with people on the ground as he tried to get people out. what have you heard since these attacks? . ~ out. what have you heard since these attacks? ., ~ , ., , ., attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding in attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding in kabul attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding in kabul right attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding in kabul right now - attacks? thank you. it is true, what is unfolding in kabul right now is i is unfolding in kabul right now is what we have long feared. and indeed what we have long feared. and indeed what the us embassy had warned was in fact quite imminent, so we know there are casualties on the groun
there have been us casualties in quite a few months and one of the reasons why the americans felt it was time to pull out was polling has shown the american people are tired of what they call the forever war is here and they don t want to see more american troops being killed in them, so this is not. this is something that president biden was hoping to avoid. he also obviously felt this was something that could very much easily happen because there have been warning since last week about the possibility of an attack by islamist extremists, the islamic state group, and it was on factors that led him to him to stick to the deadline of august the 31st for ending the evacuation. barbara plett usher, for ending the evacuation. barbara plett usher, for for ending the evacuation. barbara plett usher, for the for ending the evacuation. barbara plett usher, for the moment i for ending the evacuation. barbara plett usher, for the moment we i for ending the evacuation. barbara i plett usher
august the 31st our military will be completely evacuated. the airport will be in total control of the taliban and anyone left behind will have no way out. why? because of joe biden, our people and fellow citizens quite literally will be at the mercy of taliban terrorists. biden ignored one warning after another as a country literally collapsed before the world s eyes. multiple sources telling me tonight the cia, they pulled out six or seven weeks ago and to their credit, they were telling joe biden exactly what was happening on the ground, they did not to mince words, and by the way, we are told our sources so did the department of defense. joe biden completely ignore them in the way he has been characterizing it to you, the american people, is completely at odds with the intelligence that he was being given. look at your screen. of those papers will come out one day pretty ignore the warnings, look at man afghanistan when the taliban
take a look. is there any concrete steps you can give to people who are very worried understandably about whether they are just going to be forgotten, left behind, disappeared, once the united statesen withdraws the military and can no longer protect their safe passage to the airport or their livelihood? the short answer is no, they will not be forgotten. and as i said, we will use every diplomatic, economic, assistance tool at our disposal. working hand-in-hand with the international community. sean: military will be gone, so we have diplomatic and economic assistance as our tools to use to get america s free if they are left behind. in other words the grand master plan post august 31st, let s beg and bribe the taliban, pay a ransom to release anyone still held hostage behind enemy lines. which is pretty much what we ars now doing except after august the 31st our military will be completely evacuated.
for the evacuation mission. without the power of the us military, the uk has admitted it would not have the ability to stay. however, prime minister boris johnson, who chaired the meeting, says the leaders agreed a road map for engaging with the taliban. the number one condition we re setting, as g7, is that they have got to guarantee, right the way through through august the 31st and beyond safe passage for those who want to come out. but this poses a risk. it is the taliban who ultimately is deciding this deadline, because the group says the us and allied forces have to leave by the end of the month or face consequences. the biden administration is confident it can make the deadline and that whoever wants to leave will be able to. since august the 14th, he says, more than 70,000 people, including afghan allies,