as a second official added that the mission isn t accomplished if americans are left behind. the top military officer says it is possible the u.s. will cooperate with the taliban when taking on other gnomic terrorist groups like isis-k as a national security visor struggles to define a relationship with the group that helped facilitate the september 11th attack. coordination against isis-k. it s possible. what is the taliban? are they now our frenemy? are they are adversary? what are they? it s hard to put a label on it in part because we have yet to see what they are going to be now that they are in control, physical control of afghanistan. shannon: thought admission as the new reality on the ground is kabul is fierce. the declarations of victory continue as the taliban parade american grade weapons through the street and long lines formant bands many try to withdraw their savings buried at present by and sticking to the script in his oval office
this play out? welcome i think that s the big question we are asking the biden administration. you know, there s a couple of really critical issues right now for the united states and our national security. first and foremost is getting are american citizens out of harm s way, those who are still in afghanistan. the biden administration really hasn t indicated what is their plan to do that. secondly, afghanistan is morphing before our eyes into a terrorist state, i think they re only going to grow into that ungoverned space that the taliban allows them. what is the biden administration s plan to deal with that? over the horizon and otherwise sweet-sounding phrase without really any clear indication of how we get the job done. afghanistan s terrain is mountainous, we need human sources to detect the threats and preempt them before they are visiting our shores. i really haven t heard a plan for that either, i think it administration is struggling with how they re going to accomplish bo
were on able to help. that includes afghans applying for sivs, or special immigrant visas. one official said, according again i don t have an estimate for you on the number of sivs and family members who are still there but i would say it s the majority of them. president biden also promised to evacuate u.s.-sponsored journalists. these are afghans who work for u.s.-funded news organizations and have been targets of the taliban because they help americans. it turns out hundreds of them were also left behind. today, white house press secretary jen psaki appeared to indicate the journalists had opportunities to flee. secretary psaki: estate apartment would blast notifications through a variety of channels to american citizens telling them to meet at a specific location from which we would either bust them into the airport in convoys or escrow people on foot. it s unclear of our afghan allies got these notifications and the state department has already said communication on the gro
to do their oversight response bill it is, but when they engage in operational aspects of afghanistan like he was, doing a rescue, it is somewhat problematic because there are better people, more better trained people, who know the terrain better who can do that, but i assume his intentions were good, i hope these this family that he was trying to rescue dies get out and i hope he comes back safely, but let s leave it to the experts in the future. shannon: we know there are a lot of private groups with private charter jets and raising private money trying to get people out, especially afghan christians and others who know they are absolutely literally in the crosshairs of the taliban. i want to read something that congressman eric swalwell, democrat, tweeted out tonight. he said august 31st estimate past and what we all fear has finally happened, a tyrannical regime is using its power to control women. at first blush most of think that that is obviously a reference to what is now
this texas abortion law that was allowed to come into effect. daniel, do you think people will get the full impact of what actually is going to happen to women and girls in afghanistan and can there be any comparison to the way women are treated here? i wish represented swallow and others would leave politics at the waters edge and let s not compare whatever s going on in the united states to the taliban. the taliban is a tyrannical medieval regime and they are going to deny human rights to women and others, minorities, ethnic and religious minorities in afghanistan. we live here in the united states, with got democracy, freedom, and liberty. i think we would do well to separate those two things but for sure drawing attention to the plight of women at others in afghanistan is absolutely worthwhile for its own sake and it does reflect the situation on the ground there. it s a horrific tragedy frankly that we have left behind in afghanistan. shannon: you will know the name well, davi