Das hat Biden bei einer Ansprache im Weißen Haus gesagt. Auf Nachfrage bestätigte der US-Präsident, die Zusage gelte auch für Afghanen, die den US-Einsatz in Afghanistan unterstützt hätten. Bide
americans were at a hotel in kabul and were extricated from the hotel by u.s. forces. i mean, i assume those are the kind of things you usually wouldn t necessarily announce because it makes it more difficult to do that in the future. what more do we know about it? we were surprised as well that biden simply came out and said that during the press conference earlier today. but we have learned more information about that. there were 169 americans at the baron hotel, which is very close to the airport, but it s on the south side, where the u.s. military are on the north side. the original plan was for them to simply walk through a gate that was 200 meters or 600 feet away. the abbey gate, as it s called. there are a tremendous amount of afghan civilians trying to get through any gate, especially the moment it opens. instead the local commander on the ground decided to make a last second or on the spot call
president joe biden saying americans can get through, the pentagon says, look, the vast majority of americans as far as they know are able to get through. there are some limited reports of the taliban giving americans problem. and that s where the on the ground daily almost constant communication between representative for taliban commanders and u.s. commanders helps to move that along and make sure americans can get through. the pentagon acknowledges they have seen limited reports of that because the information isn t perfect because their entire presence is focused at kabul international airport. most reports are of americans being able to get through to get to the airport to get out. but again they acknowledge the information isn t perfect. i was surprised to hear the president saying that 169 americans were at a hotel in kabul and were extricated from the hotel by u.s. forces. i mean, i assume those are the
it s a government-owned hotel and known to host foreigners and government officials. this attack a lot playing out on live tv in afghanistan. there were scenes of guests tying bed sheets together, using them as ropes to climb down from fourth and fifth story windows. fires and gunfights inside that hotel for hours with guests hiding in bathrooms and under beds. afghan forces were trying to hunt down those militants. one witness told nbc news that two gunmen came into his friends room and asked him where he was from, sparing him because he was an afghan. he said the militants were targeting foreigners and government workers. among the dead, south africans, ukrainians and venezuelans. 11 were pilots and crew working for cam air, an afghan airline. all five of the militants were killed. the taliban attacked this same hotel in 2011. this morning, they are once again claiming responsibility, as you mentioned.
they said is that they sent five suicide bombers with hand grenades and ak-47 assault rifles to the hotel to kill u.s. and nato troops. nbc news is not able to verify their claim. a nato spokesperson this morning said that no american troops were killed or injured in the attack. so far, no reports of any american civilians killed in this either. there were hints that something like this might happen. last week the state department putting out a warning saying that extremist groups may be planning an attack against hotels in kabul. this hotel was supposed to be very heavily guarded. as i mentioned, foreigners and government officials are regulars there. afghan officials this morning say they re still looking into how these militants were able to breech security. yeah. a lot of disturbing questions there about how they managed to penetrate that perimeter. not easy to be optimistic