war is officially over. the war in afghanistan is officially over. as skwrep from said the last american airplanes of u.s. troops have left and tal boone in control of the airport. there are americans still there and the state department will work to get remaining americans out. we take this around our table, first. poet, have served. this must be filled with a lot of different emotions. yes, it s almost surreal to see that banner at the bottom right will. america ends war on n. afghanistan. setting aside all of the criticisms i and all others have i m very glad every one of our boys at this point is off of that airfield. off of that kill zone and that x. you can talk about what was miss man amed and the future. we will talk about that.
reporter: hello, thomas. we are hearing from nature foe officials who are confirming what exactly happened saturday during the overnight raid. they re saying this helicopter carrying the men were actually a part of a reinforcement team going in to help u.s. army rangers who were pinned down in a fire fight in the tanji valley in wardak province. when their chinook helicopter was coming down, that s when the tal boone decided to fire a rocket-propelled grenade, bringing the helicopter down and killing everyone on board. 30 americans and 8 afghans were aboard that chinook helicopter. what s interesting is the fact that we ve actually heard this story before, from the taliban. they re the ones who told us that this is the occurrence that happened in wardak saturday night. what s odd is the taliban tend to exaggerate, but obviously they knew what was happening on the ground. they kept an eye on the aftermath. what we re hearing from nato is that the investigation is still ongoing. they v