heartbreak outside the kabul airport. the pictures and first person accounts belying a more upbeat assessment of the mission so far by president biden today. the president pointing to the thousands successfully evacuated so far, and reiterating his promise to bring all americans home but the president also warning of potential danger as the u.s. relies on an uneasy alliance with the taliban to secure safe passage to the kabul airport. kelly o donnell begins our coverage. reporter: kabul s evacuation mission surrounded by desperation and danger the president under pressure, making this pledge let me be clear any american who wants to come home, we will get you home reporter: extending that to afghan citizens who worked with american military yes, yes, we re making the same commitment. reporter: flanked by his national security team today, the president pointed to progress. 13,000 have been
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from kabul, afghanistan with more. hello, david. hi, shannon. before the top u.s. defense secretary left for baghdad, he spent the day in southern afghanistan leading the troops and seeing for himself the situation there. that area is crucial for the fight against the taliban. it s seen some of the fiercest fighting and in vast majority of u.s. troops are based, as you said, this is his first overseas trip since his new responsibility and afghanistan is a key one for him. and the defense secretary has been very upbeat about prospects of defeating al-qaida. he said that if they can keep the military pressure up on them, and also capture or kill less than 20 of the terror group s leaders still operating countries between here and afghanistan, then they will in effect strategically defeated them. his upbeat assessment comes as afghanistan prepares for a gradual draw down of u.s. troops
he was met by military leaderships including, general petraeus. he was upbeat about prospects of defeating al-qaida and said the u.s. was within reach of strategically defeating them. the strategy for doing this is military operations and capturing or killing fewer than 20 of the terror group s leader here in stan tan and north africa. i think now we have them on the moment and now is the moment. if we continue this effort we can cripple al-qaida. his upbeat assessment comes as stan tan prepares for a gradual draw down. according to a u.s. official. panetta will hold talks with karzai during his visit. they will discuss the