the president forcefully defended his decision to fully withdraw the united states military after two decades of occupation in afghanistan. those final moments look like this. this is an image of a last american soldier to leave the country. his name is major general chris donohue, commanding general of the 82nd airborne and this is before he boarded to take off from kabul. today this photo of the last remaining diplomats from kabul. the acting u.s. ambassador to afghanistan wilson is the man holding the folded american flag. a new era begins both for the united states and afghanistan under taliban rule. and for tens of thousands of afghan refugees now spread all over the world, 98 countries including the united states have agreed to take in groups of displaced afghans. refugees evacuated to an american air base in germany spoke about what they left behind but also what they re
Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
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obama administration. he also noted he inherited a deal president trump signed with the taliban, to remove troops by may 1st. we were left with a simple decision, either follow through on the commitment made by the last administration and leave afghanistan or say we weren t leaving and commit another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. tonight gripping images of the last soldier shown leaving the airport just before midnight in afghanistan. mayor general chris donohue who leads the 82 nt airborne division at fort bragg and was deployed 17 times to the country. not long after, celebratory gunfire from the taliban, now fully back in control of the country. and these images of taliban fighters surveying u.s. military equipment left behind. history will show the war s remarkable toll with 2,461 american service members killed, including 13 just last week. more than 20,000 injured and
still there exposed? well, first of all, chris, there was no good time to get out. okay? there was always going to be issues. and that s one of the reasons we stayed for so long. so i think that the big thing here from the american public standpoint is they wanted this war to be over. and joe biden delivered on a poor commitment from his presidential campaign. there is no question the americans left behind, they have spoken about that today. they will stay with it. i m sure we have intelligence assets there working with allies. so seeing that through will be important and continuing to help afghans who want to leave do that as well. but let s talk about the politics for a minute. if the republicans who are running for senate and governor and house this week, this time 12 months from now will make this the centerpiece of their campaign, that we should have stayed there longer, maybe we should have sent more troops in, that s not going to happen. so the substantive part of this