organization that came to fruition. but the state department will lead this effort. we ll learn more about that in the days to come. it s also significant that on that flight yesterday that got out, the qatar airways flight. there were ten american citizens, 11 permanent legal residents of the united states on that flight. we re waiting to hear about how many americans were on that flight that left the kabul airport today. but it s significant that earlier in the week, secretary of state tony blinken voiced frustration, saying that the taliban were preventing flights from taking off from another airport in kabul. yesterday we saw a different tone from the administration when these flights took off. i want to read to you what the spokesperson from the nfc emily horn said after those flights with americans took off, saying, quote, the taliban had been cooperative in facilitating the departure of american citizens and lawful legal permanent residents on charter flights. the administration
newday is holding the line to keep their rates low. two and quarter percent, just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year. dana: dozens of westerners are boarding a flight out of kabul airport after the taliban they said they d allow 200 people today. unclear if a u.s. translator stuck in a city 400 miles away will be allowed to leave with his family. we ve been tracking the story for months. bill: good and bad news for folks trying to get out of afghanistan and away from the taliban. taliban is allowing 200 americans and other foreigners to fly out of kabul airport today. but that still leaves we re told among others some 1100 at-risk people trapped by the militants trying to get flights from the northern city and that
that were aimed at the kabul airport today. so that was by american equipment. the attack on the airport in kabul was really the opening of the civil war. and there are resistance groups and some of the outlying provinces under the war lords that had not been really part of the taliban taliban royal group. but the other group is the isis-k that will now be going after the taliban. and the taliban has control of kabul, but can they control the rest of the country? this is going to be another terror war right in the same place as you described at the beginning of the program that has been the subject of a country that has been
we see what the taliban are going to do. and then the other thing is, what general mckenzie also emphasized is, there are now 2,000 fighters, isis-k fighters, at least, he said, hardcore isis-k fighters, many of whom were released from the jails by talibans, who taliban leaders agreed was their biggest mistake in their march to encircle and overtake kabul. many were released by the taliban. and those are the hardest of the hard. they proved what they could attempt to do tragically last week with the 13 fallen service members that they killed and so many others injured and so many, you know, more than 100, we don t even know how many, 200 afghans who died in that terrible assault, suicide bomb. but they also had the rpgs, five that were aimed at the kabul airport today. so that was by american equipment. the attack on the airport in kabul was really the opening of
with the 13 fallen service members. that they killed. and so many others injured. more than 100, we don t even know, 200 afghans who died in that terrible assault. and the suicide bomb. but they also had the rpgs, five that were aimed at the kabul airport today. that was repelled by american equipment. that equipment, i would say the attack on the airport in kabul, was the opening of the civil war. and there are resistance groups against the taliban in some of the outline provinces, under the some of the war lords that have not been part of the taliban, tell a bit loyal group. but the other group, is isis-k. and they are now going to be going after the taliban.