Achieved our counterterrorism goals and we should never have been engaged in nation building. barbara, we believe that there. barbara platt usher live from us from washington, dc. just to reiterate what we were talking about earlier, report has come out today as highlighting evidence that that taliban has lists of people who worked with the us and its allies and in some cases those people are now receiving saying they need to cooperate with authorities and will be with under sharia law, and will be with under sharia law, and some copies of those have also been released as we were seeing earlier. so concern growing about how those who work for the americans may be treated which connects to the pressure that we are seeing at kabul airport with many afghan people trying to get out of the country. we will continue to talk about the strain a couple of minutes time. hello again. well, so far this month, the weather has been quite average
All remaining american citizens. they ve also promised to withdraw at least 50,000 afghans. that includes former translators for the us military. the us say approximately seven thousand people have been evacuated so far. this is from a pentagon briefing. the us military footprint in kabul has now more than 5200 total troops on the ground. kabul airport remains secure and open for flight operations. there are now multiple gates that have access for entry into the airfield, which will help expedite processing in a safe and orderly manner. president biden has faced intense criticism both at home and abroad for the way in which the evacuation has been handled. representative jason crow, a colorado democrat and a former army ranger who served in afghanistan said.
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This is 0utside source. we ve seen more chaotic scenes at kabul airport as people continue to try and leave afghanistan. this footage a merge of a toddler being handed over a wall. so kindercare money is in kabul the pillow it s very unlikely they will be evacuated but they re still willing to put up with these awful conditions of. it s a 7000 civilians have been taken out of afghanistan in the last five days. threats against those who worked with the west and their families has emerged. and five days after haiti s earthquake, many areas remain without help.
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