few minutes before air time. explain when you shot this video and what it is we re seeing. what happened here? so i took this video minutes after the last american plane had left. at that point you had the taliban sort of massing around the sides of the airport. and then when they saw there were no more planes, they waited a bit and then went inside en masse. and you know, i think with the first wave we were able to go to the gate, until a few minutes before manned by the americans. and they went in. they were able to go in the hangars. the tarmac, of course. they were doing a full sweep of what they had been basically able now to commandeer. now the airport is fully in their hands. they ve taken the entire area now. this is a hangar is it your understanding this was a hangar that was up until a short time ago occupied by u.s. forces? that looks like a chinook
translation: our message - to the americans is they should not have any plans to attack muslims again. our message to all afghans is we are going to protect them. the last us flight took off yesterday, just before midnight. the last moments of america s military mission here. the skies exploded with taliban celebration once it was clear the last us soldier, major general chris donahue, was on his way home. this is what they left behind. hangars full of helicopters, even blackhawks, all disabled, destroyed, so the taliban can t use them. the best of american military hardware, the best of its generals, were part of its longest war. and now it has ended in the worst of ways, and it will live long in memory, here in afghanistan,
airport. later they could be seen in the airport hangar viewing the military equipment left behind. an l.a. times middle east bureau chief was at the airport when taliban fighters entered a hangar housing u.s. military equipment including a ch-46 helicopter and he spoke with cnn about what he witnessed. we took this video minutes after the last american plane had left. at that point you have the taliban going through the airport and when they saw that there were no more planes, they then went inside en masse. and we were able to go towards the gate and after a few minutes before manned by the americans. they were able to get in the hangars, the tarmac of course, and they were doing a full sweep of what they had basically been able to commandeer. now it is in their hands.
special forces. badri unit 313. they are in charge at kabul airport. translation: our message - to the americans is they should not have any plans to attack muslims again. our message to all afghans is we are going to protect them. the last us flight took off yesterday, just before midnight. the last moments of america s military mission here. the skies exploded with taliban celebration once it was clear the last us soldier, major general chris donahue, was on his way home. this is what they left behind. hangars full of helicopters, even blackhawks, all disabled, destroyed, so the taliban can t use them. the best of american military hardware, the best of its generals, were part of its longest war.
before manned by the americans. and they went in, they were able to examine the hangars, the tarmac, of course. and they were doing a full sweep of what they had basically been able now to commandeer. fully in their hands. an entire area now. this is a hangar. i is this is it your understanding this was a hangar that was, up until a short time ago, occupied by u.s. forces? it look that looks like a chinook helicopter that was used to ferry embassy employees and others. yeah. and those have been i think partially dismantled but you also had other helicopters as well and there was even an mrap, as well. the so you think that helicopter has been disabled? i mean, you know, i m no expert, to be clear. so i don t want to pretend to know what i don t know. but it seems that it was dismantled. so it hasn t been left in a way