reasons to continue to allow for some number of people to be able to transport out of the country, certainly american citizens. they ve got to keep that airport open. they re a land-locked country. they can t operate in an economy without a functioning airport. these are all questions the biden administration will have to answer, how do you continue moving people out of that country even after our 2500 to 5,000 troops leave. do you think america should recognize the taliban? some are being asked to recognize opposition forces that aren t necessarily running the country. it makes the united states look pretty weak when we re recognizing people that are leaders of the government that aren t actually running the government. but it doesn t mean we shouldn t be talking to the taliban. even though we don t formally recognize them, we ll have to be in conversations with them, they ll have to know the result of their actions if they don t allow people to get out of the country.
aircraft carried out an airstrike targeting a suspected car bomb. what s your reaction, who how concerned are you about the danger facing u.s. troops and american citizens and afghans over the next 48 hours? it speaks to the danger that exists at the airport right now and the necessity of making alternative arrangements to get especially the remaining 300 or so americans who want to leave to the airport. i think this threat remains beyond the next 48 hours. isis-k is going to use its abilities to continue to try to go after the taliban and af after afghan citizens and american allies even after the 31st. we re going to have to have eyes on isis-k and we ll have to continue to have the ability to follow what they re doing. you heard democratic congressman seth moulton earlier on the show. he s been open about his criticism not the decision to withdraw but the way the
airport. the former ambassador to the u.s. and the global director of equality now, yasmin assan. ambassador, let me start with you. we re just two days away from the deadline for withdrawing u.s. forces. it doesn t look like that s going to change. you ve been ambassador to afghanistan for three years. is that how you imagined it would come? no one imagined this. no one potentially guessed that this would be the way we were ending this 20 years of struggle and success and progress and everything that we had together. this is a tragic consequence. so, yasmin, nine days ago president biden talked about vac waiting american citizens, third country civilians, afghan allies and vulnerable afghans. for those of us who have been monitoring who is getting out, i don t know if vulnerable afghans are still able to get out. presumably a lot of them would be, vulnerable afghans, the most
to happen, at least not as efficiently as it could have and should have. i assume, as an elected representative for the people of connecticut, as someone on the foreign relations committee, you like many journalists i know, like many generals i know, are being sieged with individual requests. here is the passport number and phone number of an american citizen in afghanistan, in kabul right now, who can t get through to get to the airport or is outside the gate and can t get in. that s happening and has been going on now for a week and a half. sometimes these private citizens have been able to make inroads and get people plucked out, but often they re not. the fact that digital dunkirk exists, it s a wonderful tribute to the people doing it, and obviously the people on the ground in kabul are awesome. i m not talking about them, but the fact that it exists says there is a failure here of the government. and listen, remember, we sent out an apb to american citizens
a new samsung phone or upgrade your existing phone. learn more at your local xfinity store today. breaking news for you now, the united states says that it has carried out a defensive airstrike in kabul against an isis-k car bomb that was intending to target the airport. that s according to a u.s. defense official. the official said a significant secondary explosion indicated a substantial amount of explosive material in that car. initially so far it appears there were no civilian casualties, the official said. joining me now, president biden s drawdown, chris murphy of connecticut. he s a member of the foreign relations committee. senator, i do want to get your reaction to this news, that the pentagon is saying an unmanned