the evacuation mission and as we deal with the broader challenges posed by the new reality of afghanistan. and we will remain persistently vigilant against the terrorism threat in afghanistan and in multiple other theaters across multiple continents. we have prevented other places that we can suppress terrorism without a permanent military presence on the ground, and we intend to do exactly that in afghanistan, and with that, i would be happy to take your questions. yes. saw, i wanted to ask, the president said yesterday, i want to give an understanding of what did he mean by what is he taking ownership of? not just the decision to leave afghanistan, but is he taking responsibility for the chaos that happened during the evacuation or the decisions not to do evacuation sooner? is he taking responsibility for that? and for any bloodshed that may be happening right now, is he
appears grabbing a lot of headlines at this moment is that contingency plans that were prepared for. the 82nd airborne, did they have a heads up that they would be flying 640 passengers packed into that c-17 yesterday? did they prepare for all of the equipment the afghans required over two decades getting turned over? most of it to the tele- band? so, why do we continue to hear that now from the national security advisor and from the president yesterday? i think what was interesting was that jake sullivan was clearly put out there with a message, to clean up the messaging that has been the absence and vacuuming over the last few days. you heard him say about the president and the team went and clear-eyed that they could and would likely take over after the u.s. left. nobody thought that it would be as quick as what we have seen in
fingers at the trump administration as well as the afghan military and the government for the complete collapse of the country. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. trays, he did concede that his administration failed to gauge how quickly the government would collapse, and he also waives some blame on the afghan military, on the fighters. he said in some cases they just didn t even try to fight. he also blames the trump administration, committing the u.s. to a withdrawal timeline, really painting a binary picture, a binary choice between adhering to that timeline or sending in more u.s. troops, but the president has also received broad criticism for failing to explain why the withdrawal was executed so poorly, leaving thousands of afghan refugees and american citizens left behind, scrambling cured the president has maintained his administration gamed all the possibilities, but the, john kirby was pressed on just how true that is. my national security team and i have been clo
will the u.s. recognize the taliban sanctions, currencies, is there a chance that if they do take power, that they would be able to tap into anything in that regard preventively? jake: we are working on those options right now. i do not want to get ahead of the president s decision-making. if you don t ever recognize them, how can you be sure that the president s promise of aid, that people will jake: i don t want to get into hypotheticals, but i will point out that there are a range of different diplomatic relationships that u.s. has with different countries around the world, including some very difficult or nonexistent relationships with government where we still provide forms of aid to people, and i will leave it at that because we are not at a point yet where we can speak directly to how things will play
sandra: we are standing by at this hour for the first white house briefing since the taliban take over of afghanistan. let s turn to what this all means for the future of women in that country. president biden says the u.s. will continues to stand up for basic human rights, but the taliban is known for its brutality and intolerance towards women. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, joins us now. wonderful to have you on the program. first and foremost, your first reaction to the fall of afghanistan and notably what this means for the women in that country. welcome. thank you, sandra. you know, you didn t have to be this way. that is the first thought that i have. it didn t have to be this way. in just a few hours, literally, biden destroyed the progress, the relationship, and everything we had done the last 20 years in afghanistan, and i think about this from the standpoint of i am