i believe the war in afghanistan is not over. we are no longer a party to that war but that doesn t mean isis and the taliban aren t going to engage in a furious fight this fall that may result in ice is being crushed or it may result i see. you are referring, you believe that there s a civil war in afghanistan but in terms of the united states war against afghanistan, you would say that that is over. we have no forces in afghanistan. our only interest in afghanistan is looking for isis-k in al qaeda targets. chairman gates is recognized. february 26, 2020. house armed services committee, general mark milley. we know we re not going to defeat the taliban militarily and they are not going to defeat the government of afghanistan militarily. you really blew that call, didn t you, general? i believe it was an issue of strategic stalemate and then had we remained in afghanistan with
0 in the attack on the 26. in classified, i d like to know that. i don t understand. i went to union public high school 1100. my math. 11,015,000 u.s. citizens. that leaves thousands, not hungry left not hundreds left. we have people calling us wanting to get out, u.s. citizens not allowed to get in the gate or kicked off the base are not allowed out. we have to get our folks home. i yield back. thank you. mr. chairman. general milley come i want to thank you for your 42 years of service, your principled commitment to civilian rule, for your commitment to military to military communication that kept this country safe for three decades during the cold war and for the sacrifice and patriotism that you and your family have shown. as the son of immigrants, i am and your families debt and i want to thank the three of you for ending america s longest war and executing the longest airlifting history. secretary austin camille testified that troops stayed past the deadline. the military w
there are about 10,000 foreign fighters in afghanistan, but it doesn t mean isis is 10,000 foreign fighters, but there are a lot of foreign fighters. and i think a key here is when the taliban rolled in to places like bagram air base or the prison, every prisoner got released. that means isis-k, al qaeda, the taliban, all the ranks were replenished by these presumptive nominee they prisoner releases. and many afghans are trying to keep the airport at great personal risk. in a video a man says he was beaten by the taliban while attempting to get to the airport. he can be heard saying they hit me bad. but despite these reports of violence, threats and beatings, thousands of afghans are persistent. sam kiley reports from the kabul airport. reporter: in the closing moments of america s longest war, a desperate legacy. a day after the taliban announced that they would stop
i want to start with the terror threat from isis-k, what more can you tell us about that, and i m wondering all those people lining up outside the airport and those dense crowds, are they aware that they might be in danger here? they have been in danger for these last weeks really. every every day you have shootings, you have beatings, and of course there is a risk of you are talking about thousands of people. people were contending with taliban guards shooting in the air all the time and you also had sewage water. so a terrible situation made even worse. so, yes, it is very credible that you could have a threat like this and it would be easy for an isis-k fighter to come in with a suicide vest and blow himself up. and it is worth noting that the isis is an enemy of the taliban and would happily create chaos
united states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. watching states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. in respect . fears of a potential terror attack at the airport in kabul have uk warning citizens to stay away. the concerns are based on a very specific threat stream from an isis offshoot known as isis-k. and the uk foreign office cited a high threat of terrorist attack. there is now very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack and hence why the foreign office advice was changed last nirght. the people should not come to kabul airport, they should move to a safe place.