not have the ability the taliban can bring new le released prisoners to bear on the airport. they can interdict the airspace at any time probably in the next 48 hours. that will mean no of the afghan civilians will be allowed to get into kabul, unless the taliban would allow that. they may start selling them back as hosages. we have to focus on how to get the americans out of there. we are in a potential totally vulnerable military situation on
some of the more experienced and trained afghan, more conventional forces, they put up somewhat of a fight, they just weren t able to stop the taliban. in some places the taliban was able to move into the areas, completely uncontested and take over provincial capitals and entire provinces. that s been the real determining factor here. what we know that is good on right now, morgan, the u.s. military is moving troops into kabul as we speak. they are still plans to build up to at least 5,000 troops in that city with the mission of evacuating as many americans as they possibly can. these are americans who have worked at the u.s. embassy there in kabul, and to help with assen afghans as they possibly can who are eligible for the special immigrant visa process. the mission will continue, as
journalist who is on the ground there. fatima, can you tell us a bit about what you ve been seeing on the ground right now? frankly, did you anticipate the speed of this taliban takeover, and as americans, should we have anticipated it? talking about the current situation, afghans don t really know. the speed has been quite fast. none of us, especially residents in kabul, had anticipated such quick taking over of kabul by the taliban. i wanted to ask you, also, to follow up on that point. what is the mood like right now in the city? especially among the most vulnerable populations, women,
went to he s been forced to flee. he et cetera essentially a refugee now while the taliban take over the entire country. a very, very bad sign for what s to come. ali, i just want to read a facebook post from ashraf ghani. it says, dear countrymen, today i came across a hard choice. i should stand to face the armed taliban, or leave the dear country that i dedicated my life to protecting and protecting the past 20 years. if there were still countless countrymen martyred and they would face the destruction of kabul city, the result would have been a big human disaster in this 6 million city. that is from president ghani, who has fled now afghanistan. ali arouzi, thank you so much for being with us. meantime, we are also following this breaking news
would take over, knew it was happen quickly, but even the worst-case scenario options here, even those the taliban surpassed those. now we know we re in august, we re nearly a month before that anniversary, and it looks as if the taliban are completing their takeover as early as today. what is important to point out, this didn t happen in a vacuum. what has changed, as they intelligence assessments have evolved, is the afternoon gan military. there was an assessmentery on, in some places they would put up a fight add slow the movement of the taliban as they were working to isolate kabul, and take over the country. that has not borne out, though.