Selling food. they re selling weapons and ammunition on the black market. and the people just got fed up. second is the taliban spent the last 17 months since the u.s. doha agreement, u.s. taliban agreement in doha negotiating the capitulations and the reason why you see the provincial capitals and then kabul fall in the last two weeks is they re collecting on the capitulations. you haven t seen big urban street fighting in afghanistan. third is the united states created an afghan security forces that were too highly dependent on the united states. look. i m a professional consultant. my job when i work with clients is to help them be the best versions of themselves, make sure that they re better off so if we part ways they soar and not crash and burn.
Hours before the taliban really was able to put its roots down and set up checkpoints and secure the city if you will. that s what they were doing today. moving around the city and afghans were coming out. perhaps speaking differently seeing what the reality is. at the airport you have afghans that can t adjust to the new reality. people that grew up over the last 20 years, made careers, had different kinds of aspirations, maybe put money in the pockets, enough to buy an airplane ticket to start a new life in a foreign country or they had a foreign visa or a scholarship program, journalists. people who see no future under the taliban. no way to accommodate them. they re stuck and heartbroken. worried about the future epa
will you punish those that worked with the americans? punish them and we will not pose any risk to them, to their property and to their life. it is our policy. we have issued an official statement in this regard. so okay. you have probably seen you have probably seen the images of thousands of afghans who are trying to leave afghanistan. if they want to leave afghanistan under the taliban s control will you keep the borders open and allow people in afghanistan to leave freely without any threats? we had let the people but it was the game of the kabul administration intelligence. kabul administration intelligence because they spread the rumors that there are planes
Between the reporters and military is what is a combat mission and what is not? the mission may not be combat that you think of in a classic sense of troops going and kicking in doors and patrolling through streets but it is still a dangerous mission in that it is a nonpermissive environment in kabul. there s the potential for danger, to confront an enemy here in this case it would be the taliban so we know that the military who are flowing in or staying at kabul airport. they re on the military side of that airport and the role right now now that all the americans and staff from the embassy are there at the airport, the goal is keep it safe enough to get the people out and to get any of the afghans out under the special immigrant program. that being said, what we have seen in the last 24 hours is people, afghan civilians
To receive 50% off installation of your kohler walk-in bath. financing is available for qualified purchasers. good afternoon, everyone. right now we are awaiting president biden s first remarks on the situation in afghanistan since the taliban took control of kabul and the nation. we ll bring you those remarks as soon as they begin. we see truly devastating images from the capital city where the president of that country has fled. the afghan flag is lowered and the u.s. is sending in thousands of troops to evacuate americans. earlier today the u.s. military confirmed it killed two armed individuals at the airport. all commercial flights from the international airport are still canceled after throngs of