interpreter who was on the front lines with u.s. forces in afghanistan. overnight, we received a photo of taliban militants coming to the door of his home literally hunting him down. thankfully he was able to escape, but he is obviously still in mortal danger. what would be your message to abdul, his wife, and his three young daughters? we want you to be able to get to the airport, contact us. we ll see whatever we can do to get you there. we ve got to get you out. we are committed to deal with you, your wife, and your child, to get all three of you out of afghanistan. that s the commitment. reporter: abdul was warning all the way back in june what could happen if the taliban took over kabul, and it turns out last month a u.s. embassy employee sent a classified cable to the state department predicting the afghan government could soon collapse. still, president biden insists his team did not believe the
taliban would take over so quickly when the americans pulled out. got all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. i made a decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that in fact it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. you heard president biden committing to helping abdul and his family, committing to help, before the world today, all those afghan interpreter who is helped the u.s. out. reporter: exactly, david, and abdul said he had a message for america, saying that afghans worked shoulder to shoulder with americans and had done their job with honesty and pride, saying the americans left us behind and left us to those people who are not human and cut our heads off in front of our families. i am a soldier, he said, i am ready to die, but i care about my family. if the taliban captures me, with
warned the u.s. something must be done for those who helped the u.s. during the 20-year war because the taliban will come for us. martha on the message she received from abdul just before the president spoke today. reporter: among the thousands trying to escape tonight is an interpreter named abdul. he and his family were already in hiding when we visited kabul two months ago and was already pleading for help. i know that i will be killed by the taliban. if they takes over the kabul, then they will behead us or they will kill us. reporter: abdul worked with u.s. marines in helmand province. he showed us his visa application, his letters of referral from marines for whom he risked his life. but now abdul is on the run with his family, sending us photos, which we will not show, of the taliban arriving at one of the homes he had just left. our stephanie ramos taking his case straight to the president. my colleague martha raddatz interviewed abdul, an
while you and i were on the air together here. and tonight there s more evidence that time is running short here. reporter: yeah, that s right. deeply worrying evidence about a premeditated attempt by some elements within the taliban to deliberately target those who have worked with the afghan intelligence and military services but also those who have worked with the americans and british, going door to door, issues letters in some allegations they ve targeted and killed people. david? ian, thank you. the president was asked today about the afghan interpreters who helped the u.s. and about one in particular named abdul. that interpreter still in afghan tell thing our team the taliban showed up at his front door because he helped the u.s. he is now in hiding with his young family from the taliban. martha raddatz met him in afghanistan two months ago and