and continued partnership with pakistanis. we have to make sure they understand, even though we are leaving the region, that they must cooperate with us on key intelligence challenges. and justification for withdrawal was the terror threat that got us in afghanistan in the first place was in the rearview window, that al qaeda is defeated, bin laden is dead. can the administration still make that case? it is true so far that isis-k has not carried out any attack on the u.s. home land. they carried out dozens of attacks in the region. this one attack if confirmed to be isis-k would be certainly seem to be targeting american forces. that adds to the administration s argument, this is why it is necessary to go. the other thing i want to point out is among the people talking to on the ground, this is really only adding to urgency of people who are there. we know we don t have numbers
major state sponsor of terrorist organizations and i think pakistan will be faced with a future that looks like an isolated country with a single state-sponsored china. you know what that looks like to me? that looks like north korea. that s what s in the future of the pakistani government and the pakistani people and we always buckle. president trump put in place the first time we had a reason and sustainable approach on afghanistan in august 2017 and the far-right got in his ear and the self-loathing far left and said you need to end this war and the abandonment of that strategy and the coddling against pakistanis. i ll tell you when i saw khan sitting next to donald trump i started to yell at the television and we have to stop the self-delusion. let s talk about donald
0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but andrea mitchell reports does start right now. and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington with breaking reports out of afghanistan. two separate bombings one near the southeastern abbey gate where thousands of people have been waiting to gain entry and escape taliban rule and the second at the nearby baron hotel. taliban news saying 13 people were killed some of them children by the suicide attack. two u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news while they have no attribution for today s suspected