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united states can pull here is money. whether or not financial aid and trying to help afghans that way, that remains to be seen, too. what should the international community expect? is this the taliban staying funded? or are there other levels that other countries can pull? my guess is that nato countries, the u.s. in particular, have no continuing leverage at all over the taliban. they will take control of the country and rule it as intended. there may be a public optics to it. but at the end of the day, again, took to where we were 20 years ago. their support from the
of afghanistan and get them home. now, sending three-times in. the administration maintains this is temporary. these forces are here to help with the evacuation of the american personnel, to secure the situation on the ground, to get the americans out. and this is not going to be a afghanistan. they have been clear about that. the president maintains this course. his position there s not a military position to the situation in afghanistan or the other middle eastern countries, iraq, for example. that the situation a diplomatic solution. at this point, there s been no firing between the u.s. military on the ground assisting
towers were attacked. we will stay until the mission was done. reporter: the mission? to defeat al qaeda and kill its leader, osama bin laden, ultimately accomplished. driving out the taliban and building an afghan government that can stand on its own. we will stand with you as you defend your own democracy. reporter: it was a commitment lasting 20 years, costing the u.s. $2 trillion. americans commitment to you and to a secure stable and unified afghanistan, that remains firm. afghans will secure and build their own nation and define their own future. we have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 afghan personnel today. 600,000 troops deployed multiple times, working to train the afghan army. the bulk of the country
deteriorated so rapidly in the past several days, the u.s. has increased the number of troops there, not once, not twice, but three times. there will be upwards of 6,000 troops there again. they will be focused on helping embassy personnel leave that country and helping afghans who may be eligible for a diplomatic process to get out of afghanistan under the guise of the united states. but the question is, how long will this process continue? the taliban entered kabul early sunday, local time. and the security situation there has only continued to deteriorate. the u.s. military is now controlling the air traffic at the airport. both on the civilian and the military side. the military side remains secure. but the civilian side has gone back and forth, the number of security incidents there on sunday. most civilian air traffic there has been completely halted.