taliban was willing to let isis-k fighters out of jail. do we know how intel might be flowing on this? you struck on something important. earlier today jennifer griffin asked john kirby asked how many isis fighters were sprung from prisons around afghanistan when the taliban took over. john kirby said thousands. isis and the taliban have fought against one another. for years joint special operations command were launches raids in eastern afghanistan in nangarhar where isis branch in afghanistan is based. so in recent years, because of the isis fighting the taliban, they were also a defactor alliance. the u.s. was launching drone strikes. but you cannot rule out the
moment, abandoning bagram air force base, pulling military out and leaving civilians behind, allowing the taliban to protect troops as we execute the country and pave the way for american citizens and everything about this seems fundamentally wrong and heartbreaks for the people who serve in that country, they are trapped in afghanistan. pete: i want to play a sound, you characterize it one way. this is how the state department spokesman this is a highly effective operation when it comes to evacuation, the metric matters,
when the taliban gave safe harbor to al qaeda and other terrorist groups, usama bin laden to plot and plan their attacks. that is what we ve gone back in time to at this moment. the taliban and is a terrorist organization isis k s designs are more destructive and dangerous and the situation president biden has created in afghanistan has empowered isis k to a degree we haven t seen before. we will be hearing a lot more about isis k in the days to come. i hope i am wrong but i consists k is going to continue to build up in that region. i don t believe we have seen the worst of what we ve seen in the days to come because of president biden s failure creating situational be very dangerous for the world for a long time to come. 5000 american boys at the airport right now, ultimately
capitol hill. when you are a leader in the military, only so many hours a day for you to plan, dedicated dedicate your life to your troops and every moment our generals were distracted by some frivolous political argument on capitol hill, they were not planning responsible which all from afghanistan, looking at what is happening our marines and troops at heart karzai airport, 4.5 million people, it shows what a disastrous decision it was to give up bagram air force the case, we would not be in the situation if we held onto bagram air force base, i can t wrap my mind around the biden administration putting the lives of americans in the hands of the taliban. i ve got sources on the ground right now, we ve been working around the clock to get american citizens and our allies out of that country.
day, they re all terrorists. we should designate them as such. next week we will go through on the house armed services committee the mark-up for the annual national defense authorization act. i ll have an amendment that will designate the taliban as a terrorist organization. currently they re not. the taliban in afghanistan has never been designated as a terrorist organization. you re seeing right now, they re complicit in the attacks that have occurred. they have taken over the country and allowed for this situation to happen. they should be held accountable for these actions as well. one way to do that is prevent material support in any way and punish them and designate them as a terrorist organization. let me tell you right now, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, pete, should be calling every member of congress back tonight, tomorrow morning, go back to