they were part of it. it was a hodgepodge of units. but it was part of it? among others. a group that specialized in suicide bombing attacks. laura: congressman banks, do you believe that the taliban could have been behind this attack that killed our service members and they just don t want to admit it since now we know they give the taliban free reign over the kabul airport and the security perimeter. yeah. laura, i can believe it, because this is part of a pattern of lies by the biden administration and his senior team of military leaders who lied about it every step of the way. at the fact they have a light on a terrorist group was specialized in suicide bombing attacks to protect the perimeter of the airport that we were relying on to get americans and our allies to the airport and te airplanes is just another concession of the incompetence for this it administration, should be held accountable for.
was at 313? there were other elements among others. suicide bombing attacks. laura: do you believe that the taliban could have been behind this attack that killed servicemembers and they don t want to admit it? now we know they gave the telegram free reign over kabul airport and the security perimeter. i can believe it because it is the pattern of lives by the biden administration as medium military leaders who lied about it every step of the way, the fact that they would have relied on a stupid specialize in suicide bombing attacks to protect the perimeter of the airport we lying on to keep americans and our allies to get
sworn? the taliban and al qaeda have a very close relationship and i don t expect the taliban to seriously interfere with repositioning in afghanistan which i think is what you re asking. the new interior minister for the taliban government is a known al qaeda associate. is there any evidence that he or the haqqani network has broken with al qaeda? no. did the march attack breach the doha agreement in your opinion? no, it did not. it did not. general mckenzie, do you know which taliban forces were providing security in front of the airport? yes, we do. was it 313? there were other elements. they were part of it. a hodgepodge of units. among others. suicide bombing attacks. have the suicide bomber i think you suggested to the congressman that this person might ve been imprisoned.
0 in the attack on the 26. in classified, i d like to know that. i don t understand. i went to union public high school 1100. my math. 11,015,000 u.s. citizens. that leaves thousands, not hungry left not hundreds left. we have people calling us wanting to get out, u.s. citizens not allowed to get in the gate or kicked off the base are not allowed out. we have to get our folks home. i yield back. thank you. mr. chairman. general milley come i want to thank you for your 42 years of service, your principled commitment to civilian rule, for your commitment to military to military communication that kept this country safe for three decades during the cold war and for the sacrifice and patriotism that you and your family have shown. as the son of immigrants, i am and your families debt and i want to thank the three of you for ending america s longest war and executing the longest airlifting history. secretary austin camille testified that troops stayed past the deadline. the military w
troops as they head towards this august 31 deadline. and we know that that mission is difficult given the nature of suicide bombing attacks. and the president warning of another highly likely attack on the kabul airport in the next 24 to 36 hours makes the circumstances even more dire. so today pentagon spokesman john kirby wouldn t detail any specifics of what we can expect from that threat of more strikes, but he did say that the u.s. will leverage their ability to do over the horizon strikes. and that term is something that we ve heard from president biden over the course of the last few months as he repeatedly defended his decision to withdraw from afghanistan saying he felt comfortable to do so because of the u.s. s ability to do the over the horizon drone attacks, really trying to keep their thumb on any threats in afghanistan that would threaten the homeland of the u.s. so the question really now going