he ll meet with u.s. allies in the region to talk about getting the remaining evacuees, u.s. citizens and afghan allies out of that country. so let s bring in cnn s senior national security correspondent to tell us about the evacuations. what do we know? reporter: just because the u.s. and diplomatic presences in afghanistan are over that the evacuation operations would not end, and here they are keen to show that they are still getting americans out. four americans have gotten out of afghanistan, according to the state department. they took an over land route, which means they did not fly out. they went to a country, a neighboring country, which the state department did not reveal. we are told they are in good condition and perhaps most interestingly, alisyn, we re told the taliban did not impede the process. they were aware of the evacuation but did not stop it in any way. that is incredibly important because there are many americans left, many afghans left who want
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remaining still stands as evacuation operations are being run out of qatar and limited to ground routes. that s through taliban-controlled, isis infested territory with the airport closed and no international agreement to reopen. it is dependent on taliban cooperation. as for those siv applicants who fought along forces like carl the interpreter you have been speaking with. the state department not giving us any indication of how many got out, no numbers on how many remain behind enemy lines. dana. dana: thank you so much. bill the new york post editorial board said with americans and allies left behind biden declares afghan mission extraordinary success. angry that anybody criticize him he showed no remorse and resorted to the talking points for two weeks to explain once again where he had no regrets about his wise decision.
people outside in kabul. afghan civilians who were in the midst of this increasing threat environment. bill: did anyone ask the white house for more forces? no need to ask for more forces. before kabul fell or after kabul fell. bill: did that not happen then? no one from the pentagon said sir, we need to go above 2500 or whatever the number was on that date. i misunderstood your question. i thought you were talking about the evacuation operations and the forces we put in. i won t talk about what military leaders were advising the president through the course of his decision making process. what i can tell you, bill, the pentagon leadership here was fully invested in that process. their voices were heard and that s the way it should work. you bring the interagency together, give their advice and counsel and commander-in-chief makes the decision and moves out.