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basically from sneaking in. those images you saw, hundreds of people flooding the runway, obviously, u.s. planes cannot take off and land, cannot carry out these evacuations safely when there are hundreds of people on the runway. that is definitely the primary focus for the u.s. right now, trying to ensure that the situation at the airport is somehow contained so that these evacuations can continue in an orderly manner. here in the center of town in kabul, it is a surreal and very different story. we woke up this morning, day one, reporting in the islamic emirates of afghanistan, as it s now called. you can see a lot has changed, including my clothing and attire on the streets. we spent the whole day basically driving around, talking to the taliban, talking to people on the streets, seeing what the mood is. it s very strange and quite scary. take a look. as soon as we leave our compound, it s clear who is now
are gone. they are trying to restore order. 6,000 u.s. troops earmarked, flooding into the airport, taking control of the perimeter of the airport and trying to clear people away and and maintain that security. they do have several days to go yet to get all the americans out, to get any aftghans they cn out. and it should be said, they re trying to assist other allied countries in get ting their people out. it s a very complex operation right now. being monitored around the clock. and, obviously, concern how long will the taliban hold their patience, if you will, how long will they let this go on. the u.s. has told the taliban directly in the last two days, all it wants right now is to get americans and its people safely out. that is a direct message to the taliban. and also a message that u.s. troops do have the authority to defend themselves if the unrest
interpreting? a lot of them have received or are in the process of receiving special immigrant visas to the united states. the state department has said that they are working rapidly to get those flights of those afghans out of the country, but we are told that they have been la largely put on pause because, first, the state department wants to get out american diplomats, american contractors. so we will be watching to see when they can resume both of these sorts of flights. and the question here also is just how many of these afghan interp interpreters, siv applicants, the u.s. is going to be able to get out in the coming days. if you look at this airport, there s questions about how long the u.s. will be able to continue flying these planes out. those are questions we ll ask at the state department briefing today. we ll also ask about the future of the u.s./taliban relationship. john? key questions there. when brianna was talking to the national deputy security adviser, right now t
willing to say, and how long will the taliban let the americans stay? what does that mean? what does that signify fou, rebecca, in terms of the u.s. commitment to its afghan partners, people who served alongside americans and kept them safe, who, you know, are now in peril? right. and it s time to demand that the taliban allow us to build that security perimeter and move those people out. i don t want to hear ask ing th taliban. we have the military power to secure that airport, move forces out and we ve got two more weeks to get it done. let s make this happen. robin, do you think the taliban would be okay with two more weeks? what s your expectation? the taliban clearly wants the united states out. and the question is, does the taliban have the kind of control overall of its diverse elements so that that could happen in a peaceful way and that there s no
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