ActIvIsts agaInst farmers. And Its the same old Imarsana.com/news/story-dame-sarah'>Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. And Imarsana.com/news/comIng-up'>ComIng Up In 20 mInutes, well look Into the background and Imarsana.com/news/comIng-up'>ComIng Up, the medIcal mIracle that fooled amerIca. Well look Into the background behInd the Imarsana.com/news/elIzabeth-holmes'>ElIzabeth Holmes� fraud trIal, the woman once touted as the youngest self made female bIllIonaIre. Good evenIng, and welcome to Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. It was just one flIght out of kabul, but It brought to an end as amerIca pulled out, It Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd an uncertaIn future for the afghan people and huge questIons for the InternatIonal coalItIon about what had been achIeved. The talIban claIm they have won theIr Independence. But they, too, have questIons. Can they make the transItIon from brutal Insurgents to responsIble government . Our fIrst report thIs evenIng Is from our chIef InternatIonal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-lyse-doucet'>Correspondent Lyse Doucet and her cameraman Imarsana.com/news/robbIe-wrIght'>RobbIe WrIght In kabul. AmerIcan unIforms, amerIcan guns, but these are talIban specIal forces. BadrI unIt 313. Theyre In charge at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport. TranslatIon our message to Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcans'>The AmerIcans Is they should not have any plans to attack muslIms agaIn. Our message to all afghans Is we are goIng to protect them. The last us flIght took off yesterday, just before mIdnIght. The last moments of amerIcas Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-mIssIon'>MIlItary MIssIon here. The skIes exploded wIth talIban celebratIon once It was clear the last us soldIer, major general chrIs donahue, was on hIs way home. ThIs Is what they Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. Hangars full of helIcopters, even blackhawks, all dIsabled, destroyed, so the talIban cant use them. The best of amerIcan mIlItary hardware, the best of Its generals, were part of Its longest war. And now It has ended In the worst of ways, and It wIll lIve long In memory, here In afghanIstan, In amerIca and far beyond. Today, an aIrfIeld flooded by talIban. TheIr urgent task repaIrIng the runways so commercIal aIrlInes can fly agaIn. TranslatIon as you can see, these InfIdels destroyed the entIre aIrport. They havent left any machInery In good repaIr. We had a team ready to fIx thIs mess ever sInce we came to kabul. Now that Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcans'>The AmerIcans have left, we are ready to clean It up. All flIghts have stopped, but afghans stIll keep tryIng to get In, to fInd a way out of thIs country. TalIban guards turn them away. When we drIve through the streets of kabul, the cIty seems much the same, untIl we get to the banks. To the queues stretchIng all the way down the street. Most banks are shut, most dont have any money. Some people have stood here for days wonderIng If they can wIthstand thIs for long. I should buIld a future, I should study. So, defInItely If the sItuatIons are lIke that, you should stay| for one weekjust to take 10,000 Imarsana.com/news/afghanIm-100'>AfghanIm 100 from the bank, so Its not possIble to lIve here. A country turned upsIde down and InsIde out. An old order suddenly rIpped away, a new one suddenly started, In chaos and uncertaInty. Lyse doucet, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, kabul. Dozens of countrIes, IncludIng brItaIn, may have had forces In afghanIstan, but there Is no questIon that It was a mIssIon conceIved In the us and led by the us. The numbers alone tell the story. AmerIca Is thought to have spent more than Imarsana.com/news/2-trIllIon'>2 TrIllIon over the last 20 years. And then there was the cost In lIves. More than 21100 us Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-personnel'>MIlItary Personnel dIed In the lIne of duty. But thats dwarfed by more than 116,000 afghan cIvIlIans, polIce and mIlItary forces kIlled In the conflIct. Our Imarsana.com/news/washIngton-correspondent-aleem'>WashIngton Correspondent Aleem maqbool has more. These already IconIc Images of a Imarsana.com/news/commandIng-offIcer'>CommandIng OffIcer of the evacuatIon mIssIon, major general chrIs donahue, caught In Imarsana.com/news/nIght-vIsIon'>NIght VIsIon the last soldIer out of afghanIstan. More dIsconcertIng for amerIcans are the Images just hours later of talIban forces In us mIlItary fatIgues InspectIng the same aIrfIeld. And It wasntjust equIpment the us mIlItary Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd, but Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens and vulnerable afghans. But the us InsIsts the work to get them out contInues. A new chapter of Imarsana.com/news/amerIcas-engagement'>AmerIcas Engagement wIth afghanIstan has begun. Its one In whIch we wIll lead wIth our dIplomacy. The Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-mIssIon'>MIlItary MIssIon Is over. A new Imarsana.com/news/dIplomatIc-mIssIon'>DIplomatIc MIssIon has begun. It was an IncredIble logIstIcal effort to evacuate more than 123,000 cIvIlIans over the past month, but of course It came at a cost. Scores of cIvIlIan deaths and 13 more us mIlItary lIves lost, addIng to the more than 2300 amerIcans already kIlled In afghanIstan and heapIng more pressure on Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden. For a country renowned for honourIng Its servIcemen and women, what looks to many Inescapably lIke a defeat has been a huge blow, and mIlItary veterans have been especIally vocal about theIr dIsmay. I thInk It was a Imarsana.com/news/waste-of'>Waste Of. A Imarsana.com/news/waste-of'>Waste Of tIme over there, because It wasnt run properly, I dont thInk. Imarsana.com/news/2-trIllIon'>2 TrIllIon spent over there, and nothIng has changed, It seems lIke. The talIban Is back In, and they were just waItIng for us to leave. I love thIs country. Itll be. Itll come back, but Its not In a good place rIght now, thats for sure. And there has been much dIscussIon here about what thIs humblIng, chaotIc end to Its longest war means for amerIcas standIng In the world. Aleem maqbool, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, In washIngton. Well, we can speak now to mIchael mckInley, who was the unIted Imarsana.com/news/states-ambassador'>States Ambassador to afghanIstan under Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama between 2015 and 2016. He joIns us now from washIngton. Thank you for speakIng us here on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. What dId you make of the us pull out . Was a humIlIatIon . Maw; us pullout . Was a humIlIatIon . Many words are goIng us pullout . Was a humIlIatIon . Many words are goIng to us pullout . Was a humIlIatIon . Many words are goIng to be us pull out . Was a humIlIatIon . IfIa� Imarsana.com/news/Iy-words'>Iy Words are goIng to be used to descrIbe what happened. For me at a personal level, havIng served there for over three years, Its a sad, tragIc moment. Its deeply dIsappoIntIng. The outcome Is not Imarsana.com/news/anythIng-anybody'>AnythIng Anybody assocIated wIth afghanIstan over the last 20 years we wouldve lIked to see. But I would lIke to underscore that at thIs very dIffIcult moment, we need to remember why we went Into afghanIstan and what we achIeved across 20 years. In the prImary ratIonale for InterventIon was respondIng to the attack of 9 11, to make sure that afghanIstan would not be used agaIn as a Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-haven'>TerrorIst Haven that could threaten the unIted states dIrectly. And In curIng at the mIssIon of these 20 years, that objectIve has been achIeved. What has been much less successful has been the Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng-exercIse'>NatIon BuIldIng ExercIse whIch essentIally was undertaken from the start. In 2002, when Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bush'>PresIdent Bush spoke about buIldIng a democratIc afghanIstan and a transformatIon of the country. Much lIke a language that was used for Iraq at a later stage and clearly at that scale, we faIled. We faIled as a unIted states, the afghan government felt as people, the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty as a whole dId not achIeve Its objectIves. But to remInd come of the key Imarsana.com/news/objectIve-and-ratIonale'>ObjectIve And RatIonale for InterventIon was addressIng terrorIsm, the presence of alqaeda the Imarsana.com/news/catcher-and-kIllIng'>Catcher And KIllIng of alqaeda the Imarsana.com/news/catcher-and-kIllIng'>Catcher And KIllIng of Imarsana.com/news/osama-bIn-laden'>Osama BIn Laden and many of those objectIves were achIeved. In the lIves lost of the 415 brItons, the 2400 lIves lost of the 415 brItons, the 21100 amerIcans, the Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands of afghan soldIers and afghan cIvIlIans In that struggle were not In vaIn. Its afghan cIvIlIans In that struggle were not In vaIn. Afghan cIvIlIans In that struggle were not In vaIn. Its very easy I summed were not In vaIn. Its very easy I summed to were not In vaIn. Its very easy I summed to say were not In vaIn. Its very easy I supposed to say thIs were not In vaIn. Its very easy I supposed to say thIs has were not In vaIn. Its very easy I supposed to say thIs has not. Were not In vaIn. Its very easy I I supposed to say thIs has not been done properly and look at what has been Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. What would have been Imarsana.com/news/left-behInd'>Left BehInd. What would have been the alternatIve . Stay another 12 months, 18 months, anotherfIve years . 12 months, 18 months, another fIve ears . � ,. , 12 months, 18 months, another fIve ears . ,. ,. , years . Any number of people agreed wIth the decIsIon years . Any number of people agreed wIth the decIsIon to years . Any number of people agreed wIth the decIsIon to wIthdraw, years . Any number of people agreed wIth the decIsIon to wIthdraw, and I wIth the decIsIon to wIthdraw, and Is able to remember that three admInIstratIons have had Is theIr Imarsana.com/news/objectIve-drawIng'>ObjectIve DrawIng down the amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/troop-presence'>Troop Presence In afghanIstan to mInImal levels. That was true Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama, that was true a Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama, that was true a Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-trump'>PresIdent Trump and It Is certaInly true of Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden, who carrIed forward wIth the goal. The debate was over how to do It In the most effectIve fashIon possIble, and I thInk at the tIme there was debate over whether the wIthdrawal tImetable was to accelerated and should have been longer. AgaIn, the orIgInal tImetable negotIated by Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-trump'>PresIdent Trump was for wIthdrawal Imarsana.com/news/on-may-one'>On May One, and early when Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden announced hIs decIsIon on wIthdrawal, former Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-trump'>PresIdent Trump and others basIcally saId salute the decIsIon but they saId It should come sooner Imarsana.com/news/on-may-one'>On May One and gIven what we have seen up to now, It may well have been a worse outcome. But extendIng the tImetable certaInly Is a recommendatIon that was made by a number of people goIng forward towards the end of the year and early In the next year and allowIng for the tIme for an orderly handover of mIlItary InstallatIons, an orderly transItIon on helpIng afghans and others who wanted to leave the country and who had worked wIth Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-forces'>CoalItIon Forces In the unIted states, more tIme wouldve been avaIlable for that. And In retrospect, Its easy to poInt to that as somethIng that could have been done dIfferently, but I would underscore one last poInt, the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence-and-Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence'>IntellIgence And IntellIgence Is not a scIence, people lookIng at the facts on the ground, as late as march, aprIl, It was poIntIng to estImates of the government would hold out for two or three years after Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-forces'>CoalItIon Forces and the us forces departed. Even as a sItuatIon on the ground deterIorated, we saw estImates suggestIng the government would hold for sIx months to 18 months after the departure of Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-forces'>CoalItIon Forces. In other words, developments on the ground and Internal dynamIcs that were not focused on came Into play and gave us a very dIfferent outcome, but the Imarsana.com/news/operatIng-pIcture'>OperatIng PIcture of Imarsana.com/news/polIcy-makers'>PolIcy Makers and our mIlItary clearly was the assumptIon that the sItuatIon on the ground would hold better than It dId. And I thInk part of the Impetus goIng forward Is to understand why the sItuatIon was mIsread the way It was. I the sItuatIon was mIsread the way It was. , the sItuatIon was mIsread the way It was. , ,. , the sItuatIon was mIsread the way It was. ,. ,. , the sItuatIon was mIsread the way It was. ,. ,. ,. , was. I was ust goIng to come to that. He was. I wasjust goIng to come to that. He saId was. I wasjust goIng to come to that. He saId two was. I wasjust goIng to come to that. He saId two or was. I wasjust goIng to come to that. He saId two or three was. I wasjust goIng to come to that. He saId two or three years| was. I wasjust goIng to come to l that. He saId two or three years at least the government would hold. Too late they got that wrong. It does not bode well for the future, does It . At that poInt, they had Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence on the ground. We assumed out there wIll be less Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I assumed out there wIll be less Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. IntellIgence Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. IntellIgence Is Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. IntellIgence Is not Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. IntellIgence Is not a Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. I Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence Is not a scIence Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence. I wIll repeat. IntellIgence Is not a scIence and If we take a look at the hIstory of Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence faIlures over the last 2030 Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence faIlures over the last 20 30 years, poInt and 11, we can poInt to nuclear and chemIcal weapons In Iraq, we can poInt to the faIlure to spot the declIne of the Imarsana.com/news/sovIet-unIon'>SovIet UnIon In the 1980s to just mentIon a few. I would suggest that what happened was somethIng deeper. And It was reflectIng how the unIted states and others approached afghanIstan over these many years. There was the assumptIon that a natIonal government and an InstItutIon were beIng strengthened. There was an assumptIon that there was broader by Into the transformatIons that were takIng place. There was an assumptIon that the Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-and-securIty'>MIlItary And SecurIty forces whIch numbered up to 330,000 were becomIng more functIonal every year. And there was also frankly a mIsreadIng of the Imarsana.com/news/tele-band'>Tele Band for a long perIod In whIch certaInly Is a terrorIst group and as Insurgency they receIved a lot of attentIon but perhaps a lot less on what It was doIng polItIcally and the level of support It dId have In certaIn parts of the country. So as we look back, I dont thInk you can take the assumptIons that were made three or four months ago and put the blame on mIsreadIng then. Because the erodIng stalemate, the changes on the ground takIng place were occurrIng across very many years, and some of these conclusIons perhaps should have been drawn earlIer. If conclusIons perhaps should have been drawn earlIer drawn earlIer. If Imarsana.com/news/youve-ust'>Youve Ust saId there, drawn earlIer. If Imarsana.com/news/youve-ust'>Youve Ust saId there. Than t drawn earlIer. If Imarsana.com/news/youve-ust'>Youve Ust saId there, thats a h drawn earlIer. If Imarsana.com/news/youve-ust'>Youve Ust saId there, thats a lot drawn earlIer. If Imarsana.com/news/youve-ust'>Youve Ust saId there, thats a lot of drawn earlIer. If youve just saId I there, thats a lot of assumptIons. You could argue that people were not lIstenIng. Maybe they mIsunderstood the talIban. To fully understand the macro to movIng forward, thIs Is goIng to be ImperatIve because the questIon Is how Is the last goIng to lIve wIth the talIban In government. From a dIstance as well. I lIve wIth the talIban In government. From a dIstance as well. From a dIstance as well. I would su est from a dIstance as well. I would suggest that from a dIstance as well. I would suggest that Is from a dIstance as well. I would suggest that Is a from a dIstance as well. I would suggest that Is a very from a dIstance as well. I would suggest that Is a very central. Suggest that Is a very central questIon because wIthIn weeks we are goIng to be dealIng wIth humanItarIan response Issues related to perhaps Imarsana.com/news/hundreds-of-thousands'>Hundreds Of Thousands of afghans seekIng refuge In neIghbourIng countrIes. The un hIgh Imarsana.com/news/commIssIoner-hasjust'>CommIssIoner Hasjust neIghbourIng countrIes. The un Imarsana.com/news/hIgh-commIssIoner'>HIgh CommIssIoner has just underscore that I belIeve In an IntervIew wIth bbc today. We are goIng to see probably a collapse of the formal economy because wIth the freezIng of government assets and of InternatIonal assIstance, cItIes whIch sprung up and began to offer basIc servIces whether In educatIon, whether In the medIcal servIces, whether In the medIcal servIces, whether through courts provIded employment for Imarsana.com/news/hundreds-of-thousands'>Hundreds Of Thousands of cIvIl servants, In places lIke kandahar, and the capItal Itself, sIx me and people came of the money Is not goIng to be there to deal wIth It. And so the talIban Itself Is goIng to have to make certaIn calculatIons and assumptIons about how It deals wIth the outsIde world. The outsIde world Is makIng It extremely clear that there are some red lInes or some condItIonalIty whIch wIll need to be addressed to Include the Issue of whether terrorIst groups agaIn fInd a Imarsana.com/news/safe-haven'>Safe Haven InsIde the country, the talIban Is not beIng as clear on that as It should be. The extent to whIch the very basIc Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts lIke the rIghts of gIrls and women are respected to a much greater extent than we saw In the 90s. And we are also goIng to see the degree of whether retalIatIons take place. There Is a lot of questIons but you have seen statements comIng out of g7 meetIngs wIth regIonal countrIes just yesterday at the four mInIsterIal level, you have seen statements come out of the unIted natIons, out of Imarsana.com/news/european-coalItIon'>European CoalItIon partners, out of the I states bIlaterally. We have sInned them out of russIa and chIna. In the condItIonalIty these are remarkably unIform. A focus on concern about terrorIsm, a Imarsana.com/news/focus-on-unhappIness'>Focus On UnhappIness and It looks outward and engages wIth the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty. That saId, the leadershIp of the talIban, whIch has yet to be formalIsed In terms of eIther a councIl or had a government, does Include hardlIners lIke the mantle of the negotIatIons but was a very central to the mIlItary efforts up to 2010 or 11 when he was arrested In pakIstan. The sun of that man and It was at least In tItle In charge of Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-operatIons'>MIlItary OperatIons over the last year plus. You have a senIor leader of the Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-group-networkIng-afghanIstan'>TerrorIst Group NetworkIng AfghanIstan and worked on kIllIng many Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-forces'>CoalItIon Forces, Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces and carryIng out terrorIst acts InsIde afghanIstan and tIed to alqaeda In the past and perhaps the present, we dont know. These are questIons whIch are goIng to need to be answered. That questIons whIch are goIng to need to be answered be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon but be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon but I be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon but I thInk be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon but I thInk you be answered. That was meant to be my next questIon but I thInk you have next questIon but I thInk you have drawn that nIght or to a conclusIon because obvIously we have seen the return of Imarsana.com/news/osama-bIn-laden'>Osama BIn Ladens from a close assocIate or reports he has returned to afghanIstan but lIke you saId there are lots of questIons about the relatIonshIp wIth the talIban. Thank you very much Indeed, ambassador mIchael mckInley. Thank ou so ambassador mIchael mckInley. Thank you so much ambassador mIchael mckInley. Thank you so much and ambassador mIchael mckInley. Thank you so much and good ambassador mIchael mckInley. T� Isg� Iaz you so much and good evenIng. And well fInd out how thIs story and many others are covered In tomorrows front pages at 10 30pm and 11 30pm thIs evenIng In the papers. Our guestsjoInIng me tonIght arejo tanner, polItIcal strategIst, and Imarsana.com/news/joe-mayes'>Joe Mayes from bloomberg. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News the talIban declares vIctory after the fInal Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-soldIer-leaves'>AmerIcan SoldIer Leaves afghanIstan. The tough choIces facIng gps over who gets a Imarsana.com/news/blood-test'>Blood Test and who doesnt amId a shortage of test tubes. GeronImo the alpaca has been put down by Imarsana.com/news/government-vets'>Government Vets over fears of bovIne tuberculosIs. HIs owner calls the actIon barbarIc. Sport, and for a full round up from the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-sport'>Bbc Sport centre, heres mImI. Good evenIng, and welome to the programme. TIme Is runnIng out,on thIs Imarsana.com/news/summers-transfer-wIndow'>Summers Transfer WIndow and the deals are comIng through wIth the 11 Imarsana.com/news/oclock-deadlIne'>Oclock DeadlIne approachIng. The bIggest deal of the day and arguably the entIre summer, Imarsana.com/news/crIstIano-ronaldo'>CrIstIano Ronaldos move to manchester unIted, was confIrmed earlIer today In a deal worth nearly £13 mIllIon. The portuguese strIker wIll be headIng back to unIted from juventus. Hes sIgned a two Imarsana.com/news/year-contract'>Year Contract wIth the optIon to extend for a further year, and he says hes doIng It for sIr alex ferguson. Elsewhere, tottenham have sIgned the barcelona full Imarsana.com/news/back-emerson-royal'>Back Emerson Royal on a fIve year deal. The brazIlIan has spent the past two seasons on loan at real betIs. The fee Is worth just over £25 mIllIon. Here are all the transfers concernIng Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs that have happened today. As well as Imarsana.com/news/crIstIano-ronaldo'>CrIstIano Ronaldo and emerson royals moves, Imarsana.com/news/danIeljames-hasjoIned'>DanIeljames HasjoIned Imarsana.com/news/leeds-unIted'>Leeds UnIted for a fee belIeved to be £25 mIllIon two years after he almost joIned the club on loan. Plenty more happenIng, and you can fInd more on the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-sport'>Bbc Sport websIte. In the womens champIons league, Imarsana.com/news/arsenal-and-manchester'>Arsenal And Manchester cIty are In Imarsana.com/news/actIon-tonIght'>ActIon TonIght hopIng to get off to a good start In the fIrst legs of theIr qualIfIers. The wInners of theIr respectIve tIes wIll reach the group stages. Arsenal are at home to Imarsana.com/news/slavIa-prague'>SlavIa Prague and lead 1 0. NIkIta parrIs wIth the only goal of the game. NIkIta parrIs wIth the fIrst goal of the game. KIm lIttle has doubled the league wIth a penalty. Manchester cIty play Imarsana.com/news/real-madrId'>Real MadrId and It Is currently goalless. Its been a superb day for gb Injapan. Dame Imarsana.com/news/sarah-storey'>Sarah Storey the headlIner shes won her Imarsana.com/news/16th-paralympIc'>16th ParalympIc Imarsana.com/news/gold-medal'>Gold Medal, makIng her brItaInsjoInt most successful paralympIan of all tIme. She hIt the mIlestone after wInnIng the c5 Imarsana.com/news/tIme-trIal'>TIme TrIal In tokyo overnIght. PatrIck gearey has the detaIls. The Imarsana.com/news/tIme-trIal'>TIme TrIal Is Imarsana.com/news/dame-sarah'>Dame Sarah storey� s favourIte event, and why wouldnt It be . Just her agaInst the clock, perfect for a woman whos constantly defyIng tIme. Storey� s 43, but contInues to be judged by seconds and mInutes. Fellow Imarsana.com/news/brIt-crystal-lane'>BrIt Crystal Lane wrIght was closer to her, but storey says her motIvatIon was to outdo herself. She makes hIstory seem predIctable. And she crosses the lIne her 16th Imarsana.com/news/gold-medal'>Gold Medal takes her level wIth mIke kenney. Shes already brItaIns most successful paralympIan overall. A chance for other brItIsh rIders to follow her marks. Ben watson Imarsana.com/news/rode-bIkes'>Rode BIkes as a hobby. HIs talent was spotted. Now we saw the end result. Gold In the c3 Imarsana.com/news/tIme-trIal'>TIme TrIal on a Imarsana.com/news/glorIous-day'>GlorIous Day for brItIsh pa ra cyclIng. WIn the Imarsana.com/news/road-race'>Road Race and shell have won more goals than any brItIsh paralympIan. It feels as InevItable as the tIckIng of the clock. PatrIck gearey, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. In the pool, brItaIns Imarsana.com/news/reece-dunn'>Reece Dunn has won hIs thIrd Imarsana.com/news/gold-medal'>Gold Medal of the games, complete wIth a new world record. Dunns Imarsana.com/news/haulfrom-the-games'>Haulfrom The Games now stands at three golds and a sIlver after he left the other traIlIng In the fInal of the 200 metre IndIvIdual medley. Emma raducanu has eased Into the next round at the Imarsana.com/news/us-open'>Us Open was of the 18 year old was a Imarsana.com/news/break-down'>Break Down In each that but 1672, 63 18 year old was a Imarsana.com/news/break-down'>Break Down In each that but 1672, 6 3 agaInst her experIenced opponent and thIs Is her fIrst appearance at the tournament, havIng oppressed at wIll and earlIer In the summer. Thats all the sport for now. Well have more for you on the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News channel later on. The trIal of the person once touted as the worlds youngest self made female bIllIonaIre has got under way In the unIted states today. ElIzabeth holmes Is facIng up to 20 years In prIson If found guIlty of 12 fraud charges relatIng to her now defunct Imarsana.com/news/blood-test'>Blood TestIng company. Her company was called theranos and claImed that wIth just a fInger prIck test, Its Imarsana.com/news/edIson-test'>EdIson Test could quIckly detect condItIons such as Imarsana.com/news/cancer-and-dIabetes'>Cancer And DIabetes wIthout the need for a needle. She attracted Investment from hIgh profIle names from the world of busIness and amerIcan polItIcs. Rupert murdoch alone Invested £120 mIllIon. In 2014, when ms holmes was 30, the company was valued at 9 bIllIon. However, soon after that, questIons were raIsed over the technology behInd the tests, she was exposed as fake and her company collapsed. Her Imarsana.com/news/ex-boyfrIend'>Ex BoyfrIend and former Imarsana.com/news/busIness-partner-ramesh'>BusIness Partner Ramesh balwanI faces the same fraud charges and Is beIng accused by ms holmes of ImpaIrIng her mental state through sexual abuse and emotIonal control, claIms whIch he denIes. JoInIng me now Is rebecca jarvIs, host of the Imarsana.com/news/dropout-podcast'>Dropout Podcast that follows the story of Imarsana.com/news/elIzabeth-holmes'>ElIzabeth Holmes and theranos, and she Is Imarsana.com/news/abc-news'>Abc News chIef busIness, Imarsana.com/news/technology-and-economIcs'>Technology And EconomIcs correspondent. Great to have you wIth us here a Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, rebecca. FIrst off, who exactly Is Imarsana.com/news/elIzabeth-holmes'>ElIzabeth Holmes . What do you know about her . 19 years old she started thIs. 19 you know about her . 19 years old she started thIs started thIs. 19 years old she Imarsana.com/news/dro-ed'>Dro Ed started thIs. 19 years old she dropped out started thIs. 19 years old she dropped out of started thIs. 19 years old she dropped out of stanford. Started thIs. 19 years old she j dropped out of stanford. And started thIs. 19 years old she dropped out of stanford. And who Is Imarsana.com/news/elIzabeth-holmes'>ElIzabeth Holmes, I thInk that If the questIon. She Is thIs enIgma. If you are the woman Imarsana.com/news/who-to'>Who Told people on stages across the world, who sat across from Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-s'>PresIdent S lIke Imarsana.com/news/bIll-clInton'>BIll ClInton at the tIme and former Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent , who was Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent at the tIme, Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden, and touted her technology or Is she the woman who we have also seen In deposItIons under oath wIth the securItIes and Imarsana.com/news/exchange-commIssIon'>Exchange CommIssIon here In the us who professes not to know, not to understand why thIngs went awry InsIde of her company . AdmIttIng to mIstakes. ThIs Is the questIon and thIs Is the questIon that we hopefully wIll have answers to In the very near future as her crImInal trIal fInally gets under way three years after she was formally charged by the Imarsana.com/news/department-ofjustIce'>Department OfjustIce wIth those 12 counts of fraud. Hour those 12 counts of fraud. How closely Is those 12 counts of fraud. How closely Is the those 12 counts of fraud. How closely Is the story those 12 counts of fraud. How closely Is the story beIng those 12 counts of fraud. How closely Is the story beIng followed by amerIcans . The reason Im askIng thIs If she has gotten to hIgh profIle. BeIng lauded as the worlds youngest bIllIonaIre come up cause problems In Imarsana.com/news/termsjury-selectIon'>Termsjury SelectIon . It cause problems In Imarsana.com/news/terms-ury-selectIonafi'>Terms Ury SelectIonafi selectIon . It Is. That Is very InterestIng selectIon . It Is. That Is very InterestIng Imarsana.com/news/poInt-selectIon'>PoInt SelectIon . It Is. That Is very InterestIng poInt you selectIon . It Is. That Is very| InterestIng poInt you raIsed. SelectIon . It Is. That Is very InterestIng poInt you raIsed. They got to a process already, a questIonnaIre that hundreds of jurors have had to fIll out, and now they are about 200 jurors who were goIng to thejury they are about 200 jurors who were goIng to the Imarsana.com/news/jury-selectIon-process'>Jury SelectIon Process over the course of thIs next week. She has been hIghly publIcIsed here, and I thInk one of the thIng to In mInd Is the stakes In thIs trIal, fIrst of all, you have the human states, the fact that her technology made It Into us markets lIke walgreens whIch Is very sImIlar to boots. ImagIne walkIng Into boots and gettIng an Inaccurate Imarsana.com/news/blood-test'>Blood Test. People In the us dId that at walgreens and got mIsInformatIon about hIv and some people thought they were hIv posItIve. Bad and If he tests that the women they were pregnant when they were not. A woman who had dealt wIth Imarsana.com/news/fertIlIty-Issues'>FertIlIty Issues thought she had mIscarrIed because of the Inaccurate results of a theranos test. I of the Inaccurate results of a theranos test. Of the Inaccurate results of a theranos test. I have to ump In because theranos test. I have to jump In because Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden theranos test. I have to jump In because Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden Is theranos test. I have to jump In l because Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden Is about to address the natIon. Thank you. The other states address the natIon. Thank you. The other states ended 20 years of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, the longest war In amerIcan hIstory. We completed one of the amerIcan hIstory. We completed one of the bIggest aIr less In hIstory wIth more of the bIggest aIr less In hIstory wIth more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety. That number Is more evacuated to safety. That number Is more than evacuated to safety. That number Is more than double what most experts thought more than double what most experts thought were possIble. No natIon, no Imarsana.com/news/natIon-thought'>NatIon Thought were possIble. No natIon, no natIon has thought were possIble. No natIon, no natIon has ever done anythIng lIke It In all natIon has ever done anythIng lIke It In all of natIon has ever done anythIng lIke It In all of hIstory. The only the unIted It In all of hIstory. The only the unIted states had the capacIty and the wIll unIted states had the capacIty and the Imarsana.com/news/wIll-and-abIlIty'>WIll And AbIlIty to do It and we dId It the Imarsana.com/news/wIll-and-abIlIty'>WIll And AbIlIty to do It and we dId It today. The extraordInary success dId It today. The extraordInary success of dId It today. The extraordInary success of thIs mIssIon was due to the IncredIble skIll, bravery and selfless the IncredIble skIll, bravery and selfless courage of the unIted states selfless courage of the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-states-mIlItary'>UnIted States MIlItary and I mats and Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence professIonals. For weeks. IntellIgence professIonals. For weeks, they rIsked theIr lIves to et weeks, they rIsked theIr lIves to get Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens, afghans who helped get Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens, afghans who helped us, get Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens, afghans who helped us, cItIzens of our allIes and partners and others on board planes and partners and others on board planes and and partners and others on board planes and out of the country. And they dId planes and out of the country. And they dId Imarsana.com/news/It-planes'>It Planes and out of the country. And they dId It facIng a crush of enormous crowds seekIng to leave the country enormous crowds seekIng to leave the country and enormous crowds seekIng to leave the country. And they dId It knowIng IsIsk country. And they dId It knowIng Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K terrorIsts, sworn enemIes of the talIban, Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K terrorIsts, sworn enemIes of the talIban, were lookIng In the mIdst the talIban, were lookIng In the mIdst of the talIban, were lookIng In the mIdst of those crowds stIll many Imarsana.com/news/women-mIdst'>Women MIdst of those crowds stIll many women of mIdst of those crowds stIll many women of the us mIlItary, Imarsana.com/news/automatIc-core'>AutomatIc Core and women of the us mIlItary, automatIc Imarsana.com/news/core-and-Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence'>Core And IntellIgence professIonals dId theIr Imarsana.com/news/core-and-Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence'>Core And IntellIgence professIonals dId theIrjob and that It well. RIskIng dId theIrjob and that It well. RIskIng theIr lIves not professIonal gaIns, rIskIng theIr lIves not professIonal gaIns, but rIskIng theIr lIves not professIonal gaIns, but to serve others. Not an admIssIon gaIns, but to serve others. Not an admIssIon of war, but In a mIssIon of Imarsana.com/news/mercy-admIssIon'>Mercy AdmIssIon of war, but In a mIssIon of Imarsana.com/news/mercy-28'>Mercy 28 admIssIon of war, but In a mIssIon of mercy. 28 Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members were wounded of mercy. 28 Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members were wounded In of mercy. 28 Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members were wounded In the servIce of thIs mIssIon, wounded In the servIce of thIs mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I was mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. Iwasjust mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. Iwasjust at mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I was just at dover mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I wasjust at Imarsana.com/news/dover-aIr'>Dover AIr mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I was just at Imarsana.com/news/dover-aIr'>Dover AIr force mIssIon, 13 heroes gave theIr lIves. I wasjust at Imarsana.com/news/dover-aIr'>Dover AIr Imarsana.com/news/force-base'>Force Base for the Imarsana.com/news/I-wasjust'>I Wasjust at Imarsana.com/news/dover-aIr'>Dover AIr Imarsana.com/news/force-base'>Force Base for the dIgnIfIed transfer. We owe them for the dIgnIfIed transfer. We owe them and for the dIgnIfIed transfer. We owe them and theIr famIlIes a debt of gratItude them and theIr famIlIes a debt of gratItude we can never repay. But we should gratItude we can never repay. But we should never, ever, everforget. In aprIl. Should never, ever, everforget. In aprIl. I should never, ever, everforget. In aprIl. I made should never, ever, everforget. In aprIl, I made a decIsIon to end thIs war~ aprIl, I made a decIsIon to end thIs war~ as aprIl, I made a decIsIon to end thIs war~ as part aprIl, I made a decIsIon to end thIs war. As part of that decIsIon, waIt set the war. As part of that decIsIon, waIt set the date of Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31 for amerIcan troops to wIthdraw. The assumptIon was that more than 300,000 assumptIon was that more than 300,000 Imarsana.com/news/afghan-natIonal-securIty-forces'>Afghan NatIonal SecurIty Forces 300,000 Imarsana.com/news/afghan-natIonal-securIty-forces'>Afghan NatIonal SecurIty Forces that we had traIned over the past two forces that we had traIned over the past two decades and equIpped would be a strong adversary In the Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War wIth be a strong adversary In the Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War wIth the talIban. That assumptIon that the actIng government wIll be able to hold on for a perIod of tIme beyond the mIlItary for a perIod of tIme beyond the Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-drawdown'>MIlItary Drawdown turned out not to be accurate. But I stIll Instructed our natIonal Imarsana.com/news/securIty-team'>SecurIty Team to prepare our natIonal Imarsana.com/news/securIty-team'>SecurIty Team to prepare for every eventualIty. Even that one prepare for every eventualIty. Even that one. And thats what we dId. So we were that one. And thats what we dId. So we were ready when the afghan securIty we were ready when the afghan Imarsana.com/news/securIty-forces'>SecurIty Forces after two decades of fIghtIng Imarsana.com/news/securIty-forces'>SecurIty Forces after two decades of fIghtIng for theIr country and losIng fIghtIng for theIr country and losIng thousands of theIr own dId not hold losIng thousands of theIr own dId not hold on as long as anyone expected not hold on as long as anyone expected. We were ready when they and the expected. We were ready when they and the people afghanIstan watch to theIr own and the people afghanIstan watch to theIr own government collapsed and theIr own government collapsed and theIr presIdent flee amId the corruptIon and malfeasance, handIng over the corruptIon and malfeasance, handIng over the country to theIr enemy, the talIban over the country to theIr enemy, the talIban as over the country to theIr enemy, the talIban as a over the country to theIr enemy, the talIban. As a thIckly IncreasIng the rIsk to talIban. As a thIckly IncreasIng the rIsk to us talIban. As a thIckly IncreasIng the rIsk to us personnel and our allIes. Asa as a result, to safely extract amerIcan as a result, to safely extract Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31, as well Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31, as well as Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-cItIzens'>AmerIcan CItIzens before Imarsana.com/news/august-31'>August 31, as well as nbc personnel, allIes and partners as well as nbc personnel, allIes and partners can and those afghans who had worked wIth us and fought alongsIde of us for 20 years, I had authorIsed 6000 troops, amerIcan troops authorIsed 6000 troops, amerIcan troops to authorIsed 6000 troops, amerIcan troops to kabul to help secure the aIrport troops to kabul to help secure the aIrport as troops to kabul to help secure the aIrport. As general mckenzIe saId, thIs Is aIrport. As general mckenzIe saId, thIs Is the aIrport. As general mckenzIe saId, thIs Is the way the mIssIon was desIgned thIs Is the way the mIssIon was desIgned. It was desIgned to operate under desIgned. It was desIgned to operate under severe stress and attack, and thats under severe stress and attack, and thats what under severe stress and attack, and thats what It dId. SInce march, weve thats what It dId. SInce march, weve reached out 19 tImes to Imarsana.com/news/amerIcans-In-afghanIstan'>AmerIcans In AfghanIstan wIth multIple Imarsana.com/news/amerIcans-In-afghanIstan'>AmerIcans In AfghanIstan wIth multIple warnIngs and offers to help them leave afghanIstan, as far back as march them leave afghanIstan, as far back as march. After we started the evacuatIon 17 days ago, we dId InItIal evacuatIon 17 days ago, we dId InItIal Imarsana.com/news/outreach-and-analysIs'>Outreach And AnalysIs and IdentIfIed InItIal Imarsana.com/news/outreach-and-analysIs'>Outreach And AnalysIs and IdentIfIed around 5000 amerIcans who had decIded earlIer to stay In afghanIstan but now wanted to leave. Our Imarsana.com/news/operatIon-allIed'>OperatIon AllIed rescue ended up gettIng our Imarsana.com/news/operatIon-allIed'>OperatIon AllIed rescue ended up gettIng more than 5500 amerIcans out, we gettIng more than 5500 amerIcans out, we got out of thousands of cItIzens out, we got out of thousands of cItIzens and dIplomats and those countrIes cItIzens and dIplomats and those countrIes that went Into afghanIstan wIth us countrIes that went Into afghanIstan wIth us to countrIes that went Into afghanIstan wIth us to get Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden. We got our locally wIth us to get Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden. We got our locally employed staff at the unIted states locally employed staff at the unIted Imarsana.com/news/states-embassy'>States Embassy and theIr famIlIes totallIng Imarsana.com/news/states-embassy'>States Embassy and theIr famIlIes totallIng In roughly 2000 people. Weve totallIng In roughly 2000 people. Weve got thousands of afghan translators and Interpreters and others translators and Interpreters and others who supported the unIted states others who supported the unIted states as others who supported the unIted states as well. Now we belIeve In about states as well. Now we belIeve In about 100 200 Imarsana.com/news/amerIcans-In-afghanIstan'>AmerIcans In AfghanIstan wIth some IntentIon to leave afghanIstan wIth some IntentIon to leave. Most of those remaInIng are dual cItIzens, long tIme resIdents who had dual cItIzens, long tIme resIdents who had earlIer decIded to stay because who had earlIer decIded to stay because of theIr Imarsana.com/news/famIly-roots'>FamIly Roots In afghanIstan. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne, 90 of amerIcans afghanIstan. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne, 90 of Imarsana.com/news/amerIcans-In-afghanIstan'>AmerIcans In AfghanIstan who wanted to leave Imarsana.com/news/amerIcans-In-afghanIstan'>AmerIcans In AfghanIstan who wanted to leave were able to leave. And for those to leave were able to leave. And for those remaInIng amerIcans, there Is no deadlIne those remaInIng amerIcans, there Is no deadlIne. We remaIn commItted to et no deadlIne. We remaIn commItted to get them no deadlIne. We remaIn commItted to get them out If they want to come out. Secretary of Imarsana.com/news/state-lIncoln'>State LIncoln Is leadIng out. Secretary of Imarsana.com/news/state-lIncoln'>State LIncoln Is leadIng the contInuIng dIplomatIc efforts leadIng the contInuIng dIplomatIc efforts to ensure Imarsana.com/news/safe-passage'>Safe Passage for any amerIcan, afghan partner or foreIgn any amerIcan, afghan partner or foreIgn natIonal who wants to leave afghanIstan. In fact, just yesterday, the unIted natIons securIty yesterday, the unIted Imarsana.com/news/natIons-securIty-councIl'>NatIons SecurIty CouncIl passed a resolutIon that sent Imarsana.com/news/securIty-councIl'>SecurIty CouncIl passed a resolutIon that sent a Imarsana.com/news/securIty-councIl'>SecurIty CouncIl passed a resolutIon that sent a clear message about the Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty expects the talIban Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty expects the talIban to Imarsana.com/news/InternatIonal-communIty'>InternatIonal CommunIty expects the talIban to delIver on movIng forward talIban to delIver on movIng forward, notably freedom of travel, freedom forward, notably freedom of travel, freedom to forward, notably freedom of travel, freedom to leave. They are joIned by over 100 freedom to leave. They are joIned by over 100 countrIes to make sure the chIld and over 100 countrIes to make sure the chIld and oppose those commItments. And the chIld and oppose those commItments. And the commItments from afghanIstan to reopen and the commItments from afghanIstan to reopen the aIrport and Imarsana.com/news/overland-routes'>Overland Routes to reopen the aIrport and Imarsana.com/news/overland-routes'>Overland Routes allowIng for further contInued to project those who want to leave contInued to project those who want to leave and delIver humanItarIan assIstance to leave and delIver humanItarIan assIstance to people of afghanIstan. The talIban has made commItments, broadcast the talIban has made commItments, broadcast on Imarsana.com/news/televIsIon-and-radIo'>TelevIsIon And RadIo across broadcast on Imarsana.com/news/televIsIon-and-radIo'>TelevIsIon And RadIo across afghanIstan. Safe passage for anyone across afghanIstan. Safe passage for anyone wantIng to leave, IncludIng those anyone wantIng to leave, IncludIng those who anyone wantIng to leave, IncludIng those who worked alongsIde amerIcans. We dont take them by theIr amerIcans. We dont take them by theIr word amerIcans. We dont take them by theIr word alone, but by theIr actIons theIr word alone, but by theIr actIons. And we have leverage to make actIons. And we have leverage to make sure actIons. And we have leverage to make sure those commItments are met. Let make sure those commItments are met. Let me make sure those commItments are met. Let me be make sure those commItments are met. Let me be clear, leavIng august the sIst let me be clear, leavIng Imarsana.com/news/august-the-31st'>August The 31st Is let me be clear, leavIng Imarsana.com/news/august-the-31st'>August The 31st Is not let me be clear, leavIng Imarsana.com/news/august-the-31st'>August The 31st Is not due to an arbItrary deadlIne. 31st Is not due to an arbItrary deadlIne, It was desIgned to save amerIcan deadlIne, It was desIgned to save amerIcan lIves. My predecessor, the former amerIcan lIves. My predecessor, the former presIdent , sIgned an agreement wIth the talIban to remove us Imarsana.com/news/troops-agreement'>Troops Agreement wIth the talIban to remove us troops by may the 1st, just months us troops by may the 1st, just months after I was Inaugurated. It Included months after I was Inaugurated. It Included no requIrement that the talIban Included no requIrement that the talIban and work out a cooperatIve Imarsana.com/news/governor-talIban'>Governor TalIban and work out a cooperatIve Imarsana.com/news/governor-arrangement'>Governor Arrangement wIth the afghan government. But It dId authorIse the release government. But It dId authorIse the release of government. But It dId authorIse the release of 5000 prIsoners last year, IncludIng release of 5000 prIsoners last year, IncludIng some of the talIban ands top war IncludIng some of the talIban ands top war commanders, among those that Imarsana.com/news/ust-top'>Ust Top war commanders, among those that just took top war commanders, among those that just took control of afghanIstan. By the tIme just took control of afghanIstan. By the tIme I just took control of afghanIstan. By the tIme I came to offIce, that talIban the tIme I came to offIce, that talIban was In Its strongest Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-talIban'>MIlItary TalIban was In Its strongest Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-posItIon'>MIlItary PosItIon sInce 2001. ControllIng or contestIng nearly half of controllIng or contestIng nearly half of the country. The prevIous Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIons-agreement'>AdmInIstratIons Agreement saId, If we step Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIons-agreement'>AdmInIstratIons Agreement saId, If we step to Imarsana.com/news/admInIstratIons-agreement'>AdmInIstratIons Agreement saId, If we step to the Imarsana.com/news/may-one'>May One deadlIne that they had we step to the Imarsana.com/news/may-one'>May One deadlIne that they had sIgned on to leave by, that talIban they had sIgned on to leave by, that talIban Imarsana.com/news/wouldnt-attack'>Wouldnt Attack any Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces, talIban Imarsana.com/news/wouldnt-attack'>Wouldnt Attack any Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces, but talIban Imarsana.com/news/wouldnt-attack'>Wouldnt Attack any Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-forces'>AmerIcan Forces, but If we stayed, all bets were forces, but If we stayed, all bets were off forces, but If we stayed, all bets were off. So we were left wIth a sImple were off. So we were left wIth a sImple decIsIon, eIther follow theIr bad equIpment made by the last admInIstratIon and leave afghanIstan or say admInIstratIon and leave afghanIstan or say we admInIstratIon and leave afghanIstan or say we werent sleepIng and, It another or say we werent sleepIng and, It another Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands more troops another Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands more troops goIng back to war. That was the choIce. Troops goIng back to war. That was the choIce, the real choIce. Say we werent the choIce, the real choIce. Say we werent leavIng. The choIce Is between we werent leavIng. The choIce Is between leavIng or escalatIng. I was not goIng between leavIng or escalatIng. I was not goIng to extend thIs Imarsana.com/news/forever-were'>Forever Were, not goIng to extend thIs Imarsana.com/news/forever-were'>Forever Were and not goIng to extend thIs Imarsana.com/news/forever-were'>Forever Were, and I was not goIng to extend a Imarsana.com/news/forever-were'>Forever Were, and I was not goIng to extend a forever exIt. That decIsIon to end the mIlItary a forever exIt. That decIsIon to end the mIlItary operatIon at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport the mIlItary operatIon at Imarsana.com/news/kabul-aIrport'>Kabul AIrport was based on a unanImous recommendatIon of my cIvIlIan and Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-recommendatIon'>MIlItary RecommendatIon of my cIvIlIan and mIlItary advIsers. The Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State mIlItary advIsers. The Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State come the secretary of defence, the chaIrman of the joInt Imarsana.com/news/chIef-of-staff'>ChIef Of Staff the chaIrman of the joInt Imarsana.com/news/chIef-of-staff'>ChIef Of Staff and the chaIrman of the joInt Imarsana.com/news/chIef-of-staff'>ChIef Of Staff and all of the servIce chIefs and the staff and all of the servIce chIefs and the commanders In the fIeld. TheIr recommendatIon was that the safest way to secure the passage of remaInIng amerIcans and others out of the remaInIng amerIcans and others out of the country was not to contInue a 6000 of the country was not to contInue a 6000 troop of the country was not to contInue a 6000 Imarsana.com/news/troop-operatIon'>Troop OperatIon on the ground In harms 6000 Imarsana.com/news/troop-operatIon'>Troop OperatIon on the ground In Imarsana.com/news/harms-way'>Harms Way and kabul, rather to et In Imarsana.com/news/harms-way'>Harms Way and kabul, rather to get them In Imarsana.com/news/harms-way'>Harms Way and kabul, rather to get them out through nonmIlItary means get them out through nonmIlItary means In get them out through nonmIlItary means. In that 17 days that we operated means. In that 17 days that we operated In kabul after that talIban seIzed operated In kabul after that talIban seIzed power, we engaged In a round effort seIzed power, we engaged In a round effort to seIzed power, we engaged In a round effort to provIde every amerIcan the opportunIty to leave. Our Imarsana.com/news/state-department'>State Department was workIng 24 7, contactIng them talkIng, and In some cases contactIng them talkIng, and In some cases walkIng amerIcans Into the aIrport cases walkIng amerIcans Into the aIrport. AgaIn, more than 5500 amerIcans aIrport. AgaIn, more than 5500 amerIcans were aIrlIfted out. And for those amerIcans were aIrlIfted out. And for those that remaIn, we wIll make arrangements to get them out If they so choose arrangements to get them out If they so choose. As for the afghans, we and our so choose. As for the afghans, we and our partners have aIrlIfted 100,000 and our partners have aIrlIfted 100,000 of them, no country In hIstory 100,000 of them, no country In hIstory has 100,000 of them, no country In hIstory has done more to aIrlIfted out the hIstory has done more to aIrlIfted out the resIdence of another country than we out the resIdence of another country than we have done. We wIll contInue to work than we have done. We wIll contInue to work to than we have done. We wIll contInue to work to help more people leave the country who are at rIsk. We are far from the country who are at rIsk. We are far from done. The country who are at rIsk. We are farfrom done. For the country who are at rIsk. We are far from done. For now, the country who are at rIsk. We are farfrom done. For now, I the country who are at rIsk. We are far from done. For now, I urge all amerIcans far from done. For now, I urge all amerIcans to far from done. For now, I urge all amerIcans tojoIn me In far from done. For now, I urge all amerIcans to joIn me In the far from done. For now, I urge all amerIcans tojoIn me In the great for Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcans'>The AmerIcans tojoIn me In the great for the troops and dIplomats and Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence offIcers who carrIed out thIs Imarsana.com/news/IntellIgence-'>IntellIgence offIcers who carrIed out thIs mIssIon of mercy In kabul and the out thIs mIssIon of mercy In kabul and the tremendous rIsk wIth such unparalleled results, and aIrlIft that evacuated Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands to a network that evacuated Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands to a network of volunteers and veterans who helped a network of volunteers and veterans who helped IdentIfy those needIng evacuatIon, guIde them to the aIrport evacuatIon, guIde them to the aIrport and provIded than for theIr Imarsana.com/news/support-aIrport'>Support AIrport and provIded than for theIr support along the way. We are goIng to contInue support along the way. We are goIng to contInue to need theIr help. We need to contInue to need theIr help. We need your to contInue to need theIr help. We need your help, and Im lookIng forward need your help, and Im lookIng forward to need your help, and Im lookIng forward to meetIng wIth you. And to everyone forward to meetIng wIth you. And to everyone who Is now offerIng or who wIll offer everyone who Is now offerIng or who wIll offer to everyone who Is now offerIng or who wIll offer to welcome afghan allIes to theIr wIll offer to welcome afghan allIes to theIr homes around the world, IncludIng to theIr homes around the world, IncludIng In to theIr homes around the world, IncludIng In amerIca, we thank you. I IncludIng In amerIca, we thank you. I take IncludIng In amerIca, we thank you. I take responsIbIlIty for the decIsIon, now, some say we should have decIsIon, now, some say we should have started decIsIon, now, some say we should have started mass evacuatIon sooner, and couldnt have started mass evacuatIon sooner, and couldnt thIs had been done In a more and couldnt thIs had been done In a more orderly manner . I respectfully dIsagree more orderly manner . I respectfully dIsagree. ImagIne, If we had begun evacuatIons Injune orjuly, evacuatIons In june or july, brIngIng evacuatIons Injune orjuly, brIngIng In thousands of amerIcan troops brIngIng In thousands of amerIcan troops and brIngIng In thousands of amerIcan troops and evacuatIng more than 120,000 troops and evacuatIng more than 120,000 people In the mIddle of the Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War. 120,000 people In the mIddle of the Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War, there stIll would have been Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War, there stIll would have been a Imarsana.com/news/cIvIl-war'>CIvIl War, there stIll would have been a rush to the aIrport, a breakdown In Imarsana.com/news/confIdence-and-control'>ConfIdence And Control of the breakdown In Imarsana.com/news/confIdence-and-control'>ConfIdence And Control of the government. And It stIll wouldve of the government. And It stIll wouldve been very dIffIcult and dangerous mIssIon. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne Is there dangerous mIssIon. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne Is there Is dangerous mIssIon. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne Is there Is no dangerous mIssIon. The Imarsana.com/news/bottom-lIne'>Bottom LIne Is there Is no evacuatIon from the end of Is there Is no evacuatIon from the end of the Is there Is no evacuatIon from the end of the wIre that you can run wIthout end of the wIre that you can run wIthout the kInds of complexItIes, challenges and threats we face, nIne challenges and threats we face, nIne for challenges and threats we face, nIne. Forthose challenges and threats we face, nIne. For those who say we should have nIne. For those who say we should have stayed nIne. For those who say we should have stayed IndefInItely, for years on end. Have stayed IndefInItely, for years on end, they ask, why dont we just keep doIng on end, they ask, why dont we just keep doIng what we were doIng four why do keep doIng what we were doIng four why do we keep doIng what we were doIng four why do we have to change anythIng . The fact why do we have to change anythIng . The fact Is why do we have to change anythIng . The fact Is everythIng had changed. My predecessor had made a deal wIth the talIban. When I came Into offIce. The talIban. When I came Into offIce. We the talIban. When I came Into offIce, we faced a deadlIne, Imarsana.com/news/may-one'>May One offIce, we faced a deadlIne, Imarsana.com/news/may-one'>May One that offIce, we faced a deadlIne, Imarsana.com/news/may-one'>May One. That talIban Imarsana.com/news/on-sIte'>On SIte was comIng, one. That talIban Imarsana.com/news/on-sIte'>On SIte was comIng, we faced one of two choIces. FolIow comIng, we faced one of two choIces. Follow the comIng, we faced one of two choIces. Follow the agreement of the prevIous admInIstratIon and extend It to have more admInIstratIon and extend It to have more tIme admInIstratIon and extend It to have more tIme for people to get out. Or send more tIme for people to get out. Or send In more tIme for people to get out. Or send In thousands of more troops and escalate send In thousands of more troops and escalate the send In thousands of more troops and escalate the war. For those askIng for a escalate the war. For those askIng for a Imarsana.com/news/thIrd-escalate'>ThIrd Escalate the war. For those askIng for a thIrd decade of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, I asked, for a thIrd decade of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, Iasked, what for a thIrd decade of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, I asked, what Is the vItal Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest . In my vIew, we have vItal Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest . In my vIew, we have one vItal Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest . In my vIew, we have one. Thats to make sure afghanIstan can never be used agaIn to launch afghanIstan can never be used agaIn to launch an attack on our homeland. Remember to launch an attack on our homeland. Remember It whIle he went to afghanIstan In the fIrst place, because afghanIstan In the fIrst place, because we were attacked by Imarsana.com/news/osama-bIn-laden'>Osama BIn Laden because we were attacked by Imarsana.com/news/osama-bIn-laden'>Osama BIn Laden and alqaeda on september 11, Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden and alqaeda on september II, 200I Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden and alqaeda on september 11, 2001. And they were based In afghanIstan. We delIverjustIce to Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden afghanIstan. We delIverjustIce to Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden on may two, 2011. Over a decade Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden on may two, 2011. Over a decade ago Imarsana.com/news/bIn-laden'>BIn Laden on may two, 2011. Over a decade ago. Alqaeda was decImated. I respectfully suggest you ask yourself thIs questIon, If we had been yourself thIs questIon, If we had been attacked on september 11, 2001 from yan been attacked on september 11, 2001 from yan In been attacked on september 11, 2001 from yan In Instead of afghanIstan, would from yan In Instead of afghanIstan, would we from yan In Instead of afghanIstan, would we have ever gone to Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan . Even though the talIban controlled afghanIstan In the year 200I controlled afghanIstan In the year Imarsana.com/news/200I-I-'>200I I controlled afghanIstan In the year 2001. I belIeve the honest answer Is no. 2001. I belIeve the honest answer Is no thats 2001. I belIeve the honest answer Is no. Thats because we had no vItal Interest no. Thats because we had no vItal Interest In no. Thats because we had no vItal Interest In afghanIstan other than to prevent an attack on Imarsana.com/news/amerIcas-homeland'>AmerIcas Homeland to prevent an attack on Imarsana.com/news/amerIcas-homeland'>AmerIcas Homeland and our frIends. And thats true Imarsana.com/news/today-homeland'>Today Homeland and our frIends. And thats true today. We succeeded In what we set out true today. We succeeded In what we set out to true today. We succeeded In what we set out to do In afghanIstan over a decade set out to do In afghanIstan over a decade ago. Then we stayed for another decade ago. Then we stayed for another decade. It was tIme to end thIs war~ another decade. It was tIme to end thIs war. ThIs Is a new world, that terror thIs war. ThIs Is a new world, that Imarsana.com/news/terror-threat'>Terror Threat thIs war. ThIs Is a new world, that Imarsana.com/news/terror-threat'>Terror Threat has metastasIzed across Imarsana.com/news/terror-threat'>Terror Threat has metastasIzed across the world well beyond afghanIstan. We face threats from alIce to afghanIstan. We face threats from alIce to bob and somalIa, alqaeda affIlIates alIce to bob and somalIa, alqaeda affIlIates In the arabIan Imarsana.com/news/penInsula-and-IsIs'>PenInsula And IsIs affIlIates In the arabIan Imarsana.com/news/penInsula-and-IsIs'>PenInsula And IsIs attemptIng to create a Imarsana.com/news/fIght-and-IsIs'>FIght And IsIs attemptIng to create a Imarsana.com/news/fIght-InsIght-date'>FIght InsIght Date next Imarsana.com/news/area-and-Irag'>Area And Irag and Imarsana.com/news/fIght-InsIght-date'>FIght InsIght Date next Imarsana.com/news/area-and-Iraq'>Area And Iraq and establIshIng affIlIates across Iraq and establIshIng affIlIates across afrIca and asIa. The fundamental applIcatIon of a presIdent In my opInIon Is to defend and protect presIdent In my opInIon Is to defend and protect amerIca, not agaInst threats and protect amerIca, not agaInst threats of and protect amerIca, not agaInst threats of 2001, but agaInst the threats threats of 2001, but agaInst the threats of 2001, but agaInst the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. That Is the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. That Is the Imarsana.com/news/guIdIng-prIncIple'>GuIdIng PrIncIple behInd my decIsIons Is the Imarsana.com/news/guIdIng-prIncIple'>GuIdIng PrIncIple behInd my decIsIons about afghanIstan. I sImply decIsIons about afghanIstan. I sImply do not belIeve that the safety sImply do not belIeve that the Imarsana.com/news/safety-and-securIty'>Safety And SecurIty of amerIca Is enhanced Imarsana.com/news/safety-and-securIty'>Safety And SecurIty of amerIca Is enhanced by contInuIng to deploy thousands of amerIcan troops and Imarsana.com/news/spendIng-thousands'>SpendIng Thousands of amerIcan troops and spendIng bIllIons of dollars a year In afghanIstan but I also note that that threat from terrorIsm contInues In Its that threat from terrorIsm contInues In Its pernIcIous and evIl nature. But Its In Its pernIcIous and evIl nature. But Its changed. Its expanded to other but Its changed. Its expanded to other countrIes. Our strategy has to change other countrIes. Our strategy has to change to other countrIes. Our strategy has to change to. We wIll maIntaIn the Imarsana.com/news/fIght-change'>FIght Change to. We wIll maIntaIn the fIght agaInst terrorIsm In afghanIstan and other countrIes, we ust afghanIstan and other countrIes, we just dont afghanIstan and other countrIes, we just dont need to fIght a Imarsana.com/news/ground-work'>Ground Work just dont need to fIght a Imarsana.com/news/ground-work'>Ground Work to just dont need to fIght a Imarsana.com/news/ground-work'>Ground Work to do just dont need to fIght a Imarsana.com/news/ground-work'>Ground Work to do It. ThIs means we can strIke work to do It. ThIs means we can strIke Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-targets'>TerrorIst Targets wIthout amerIcan boots on the ground, or very few amerIcan boots on the ground, or very few If amerIcan boots on the ground, or very few If needed. We have shown that capacItyjust In the last week. We struck that capacItyjust In the last week. We struck Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K remotely days after they murdered 13 of our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members they murdered 13 of our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members. Dozens of Innocent afghans. And to members. Dozens of Innocent afghans. And to IsIs members. Dozens of Innocent afghans. And to Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K, members. Dozens of Innocent afghans. And to Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K, we are not done wIth you yet and to Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K, we are not done wIth you yet as and to Imarsana.com/news/IsIs-k'>IsIs K, we are not done wIth you yet. As commander In chIef, I fIrmly you yet. As commander In chIef, I fIrmly belIeve the best path to guard fIrmly belIeve the best path to guard our safety and our securIty lIes In guard our safety and our securIty lIes In a guard our safety and our securIty lIes In a tough unforgIvIng targeted precIse lIes In a tough unforgIvIng targeted precIse strategy that goes after terror precIse strategy that goes after terror where It Is today, not where It was terror where It Is today, not where It was two terror where It Is today, not where It was two decades ago. Thats whats It was two decades ago. Thats whats InterImarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest. Here Is a crItIcal whats InterImarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest. Here Is a crItIcal thIng to understand, the world Is a crItIcal thIng to understand, the world Is changIng. We are engaged the world Is changIng. We are engaged In a serIous competItIon wIth chIna. We are dealIng wIth the challenges on all fronts from russIa challenges on all fronts from russIa. We are confronted wIth cyber attacks russIa. We are confronted wIth cyber attacks and russIa. We are confronted wIth cyber attacks and nuclear prolIferatIon, and we attacks and nuclear prolIferatIon, and we must meet these new challenges In the competItIon for the 21st challenges In the competItIon for the 21st century. We can do both. FIght the 21st century. We can do both. FIght terrorIsm and take on new threats Imarsana.com/news/fIght-terrorIsm'>FIght TerrorIsm and take on new threats that are here now and wIll contInue threats that are here now and wIll contInue to threats that are here now and wIll contInue to be here In the future. There contInue to be here In the future. There Is contInue to be here In the future. There Is Imarsana.com/news/nothIng-chIna'>NothIng ChIna or russIa would there Is Imarsana.com/news/nothIng-chIna'>NothIng ChIna or russIa would rather have or would want more In thIs would rather have or would want more In thIs competItIon and for the unIted In thIs competItIon and for the Imarsana.com/news/unIted-stand'>UnIted Stand to be bogged down for another Imarsana.com/news/unIted-stand'>UnIted Stand to be bogged down for another decade In afghanIstan. As we turn the another decade In afghanIstan. As we turn the page on the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy that has turn the page on the Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy that has guIded our natIon the last two decades, we have got to learn from two decades, we have got to learn from our two decades, we have got to learn from our mIstakes. To me, there are two that from our mIstakes. To me, there are two that are from our mIstakes. To me, there are two that are paramount. FIrst, we must two that are paramount. FIrst, we must set two that are paramount. FIrst, we must set mIssIons wIth clear achIevable goals, not ones we wIll never achIevable goals, not ones we wIll never reach. Second, we must stay clearly never reach. Second, we must stay clearly focused on the fundamental natIonal clearly focused on the fundamental natIonal Imarsana.com/news/securIty-Interest'>SecurIty Interest of the unIted natIonal Imarsana.com/news/securIty-Interest'>SecurIty Interest of the unIted states of amerIca. ThIs decIsIon unIted states of amerIca. ThIs decIsIon about afghanIstan Is not Imarsana.com/news/ust-decIsIon'>Ust DecIsIon about afghanIstan Is not just about decIsIon about afghanIstan Is not just about afghanIstan, Its about endIng just about afghanIstan, Its about endIng In just about afghanIstan, Its about endIng In era of major Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-operatIons'>MIlItary OperatIons to remake other countrIes. We saw a natIon of counterterrorIsm In afghanIstan, gettIng counterterrorIsm In afghanIstan, gettIng the Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-and-stoppIng'>TerrorIst And StoppIng attacks gettIng the Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-and-stoppIng'>TerrorIst And StoppIng attacks morphed Into a counter Insurgency, natIon buIldIng, tryIng to create Insurgency, natIon buIldIng, tryIng to create a Insurgency, natIon buIldIng, tryIng to create a democratIc cohesIve and unIted to create a democratIc cohesIve and unIted afghanIstan, somethIng that has never unIted afghanIstan, somethIng that has never been done over many centurIes has never been done over many centurIes of afghanIstans hIstory. MovIng centurIes of afghanIstans hIstory. MovIng on centurIes of afghanIstans hIstory. MovIng on from that mIndset and those movIng on from that mIndset and those kInds of large Imarsana.com/news/scale-troop'>Scale Troop deployments wIll make us stronger and more deployments wIll make us stronger and more effectIve and safer at home and more effectIve and safer at home. And for anyone who gets the wrong home. And for anyone who gets the wrong Idea, home. And for anyone who gets the wrong Idea, let me say It clearly, to those wrong Idea, let me say It clearly, to those who wIsh amerIca harm, to those to those who wIsh amerIca harm, to those Imarsana.com/news/who-to'>Who To those who wIsh amerIca harm, to those who engage In terrorIsm agaInst those who engage In terrorIsm agaInst us are our allIes, no thats~ agaInst us are our allIes, no thats. The unIted states wIll never thats. The unIted states wIll never rest, thats. The unIted states wIll never rest, we wIll not forget as, we wIll never rest, we wIll not forget as, we wIll not never rest, we wIll not forget as, we wIll not forget, we wIll hunt you down we wIll not forget, we wIll hunt you down to we wIll not forget, we wIll hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and you wIll down to the ends of the earth, and you wIll pay down to the ends of the earth, and you wIll pay the ultImate prIce. Let me be you wIll pay the ultImate prIce. Let me be clear, we wIll contInue to support me be clear, we wIll contInue to support the afghan people through dIplomacy, InternatIonal Influence and humanItarIan aId. We wIll contInue and humanItarIan aId. We wIll contInue to clash for dIplomacy, engagement to prevent vIolence and InstabIlIty. ContInue to speak up for the InstabIlIty. ContInue to speak up for the basIc rIghts for the afghan people. For the basIc rIghts for the afghan people, especIally women and gIrls can as people, especIally women and gIrls can as we people, especIally women and gIrls can as we speak out for women and Irls can as we speak out for women and gIrls all can as we speak out for women and gIrls all around the globe. I have been gIrls all around the globe. I have been clear gIrls all around the globe. I have been clear that Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts wIll be the centre been clear that Imarsana.com/news/human-rIghts'>Human RIghts wIll be the centre of our Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy. But the the centre of our Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy. But the way to do that Is not true and less but the way to do that Is not true and less mIlItary deployments. But through and less mIlItary deployments. But through dIplomacy, economIc tools and rallyIng the rest of the world for support. My fellow amerIcans, the war for support. My fellow amerIcans, the war In for support. My fellow amerIcans, the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan Is now over. Im the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan Is now over. Im the the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan Is now over. Im the fourth presIdent who has faced Im the fourth presIdent who has faced the Im the fourth presIdent who has faced the Issue of whether and when to and faced the Issue of whether and when to and thIs faced the Issue of whether and when to and thIs war. When I was runnIng for presIdent , I made a commItment to the for presIdent , I made a commItment to the amerIcan people that I would end thIs to the amerIcan people that I would end thIs war. Today, I honour that commItment. It was tIme to be honest wIth the commItment. It was tIme to be honest wIth the amerIcan people agaIn. We no longer wIth the amerIcan people agaIn. We no longer had a clear purpose In an open no longer had a clear purpose In an open ended no longer had a clear purpose In an open ended mIssIon In afghanIstan after 20 open ended mIssIon In afghanIstan after 20 years of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, I refuse to send another afghanIstan, I refuse to send another generatIon of amerIcas Imarsana.com/news/sons-and-daughters'>Sons And Daughters to fIght a war that shouldve and daughters to fIght a war that shouldve ended long ago. After more than trIllIons of dollars spent In afghanIstan and researchers at brown Imarsana.com/news/unIversIty-afghanIstan'>UnIversIty AfghanIstan and researchers at Imarsana.com/news/brown-unIversIty'>Brown UnIversIty estImated would be over 300 unIversIty estImated would be over Imarsana.com/news/300-mIllIon'>300 MIllIon a day for 20 years In afghanIstan, for two decades. Yes, the amerIcan people should hear thIs, the amerIcan people should hear thIs, Imarsana.com/news/300-mIllIon'>300 MIllIon a day for two decades thIs, Imarsana.com/news/300-mIllIon'>300 MIllIon a day for two decades. You take the Imarsana.com/news/number-ofI'>Number OfI trIllIon decades. You take the Imarsana.com/news/number-ofI'>Number OfI trIllIon, many say, that Is stIll 150 trIllIon, many say, that Is stIll Imarsana.com/news/150-mIllIon'>150 MIllIon a day for two decades. And what Imarsana.com/news/150-mIllIon'>150 MIllIon a day for two decades. And what has to be lost as a consequence In terms of opportunItIes . I refuse to contInue a Imarsana.com/news/war-opportunItIes'>War OpportunItIes . I refuse to contInue a war that opportunItIes . I refuse to contInue a war that was no longer In the servIce a war that was no longer In the servIce of a war that was no longer In the servIce of the vItal natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Interest-servIce'>Interest ServIce of the vItal Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest of our people. Most of all, after Interest of our people. Most of all, after 800,000 amerIcans served In afghanIstan who travelled that whole Imarsana.com/news/country-afghanIstan'>Country AfghanIstan who travelled that whole country, brave, honourable servIce, after country, brave, honourable servIce, after 20,744 country, brave, honourable servIce, after 20,744 amerIcan servIcemen and women after 20,744 Imarsana.com/news/amerIcan-servIcemen-and-women-Injured'>AmerIcan ServIcemen And Women Injured and the loss of 2461 amerIcan women Injured and the loss of 2461 amerIcan personnel, IncludIng 13 lIghts amerIcan personnel, IncludIng 13 lIghts lostjust thIs amerIcan personnel, IncludIng 13 lIghts lost just thIs week. I refuse to open lIghts lost just thIs week. I refuse to open another decade of Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan. We have been a natIon too long afghanIstan. We have been a natIon too long at afghanIstan. We have been a natIon too long at war. If you are 20 years old today, too long at war. If you are 20 years old today, you have never known and amerIca old today, you have never known and amerIca at old today, you have never known and amerIca at peace. So when I hear that we amerIca at peace. So when I hear that we couldve, shouldve contInued thIs so called low Imarsana.com/news/grade-effort'>Grade Effort contInued thIs so called low Imarsana.com/news/grade-effort'>Grade Effort In contInued thIs so called low Imarsana.com/news/grade-effort'>Grade Effort In afghanIstan, at low rIsk to our effort In afghanIstan, at low rIsk to our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members, at low cost, I to our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members, at low cost, I dont to our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members, at low cost, Idont thInk to our Imarsana.com/news/servIce-members'>ServIce Members, at low cost, I dont thInk enough people understand how much we have asked of the I understand how much we have asked of the I of understand how much we have asked of the 1 of thIs country who put that unIform the 1 of thIs country who put that unIform on, wIllIng to put theIr Imarsana.com/news/lIves-unIform'>LIves UnIform on, wIllIng to put theIr lIves on unIform on, wIllIng to put theIr lIves on the lIne In defence of our natIon lIves on the lIne In defence of our natIon. Maybe Its because my deceased natIon. Maybe Its because my deceased sun served In Iraq for a full year deceased sun served In Iraq for a full year before that. Well, maybe Its because of what Ive seen over the years Its because of what Ive seen over the years Its because of what Ive seen over the years. Maybe Its because of my deceased the years. Maybe Its because of my deceased son. Maybe Its because of what my deceased son. Maybe Its because of what Ive my deceased son. Maybe Its because of what Ive seen from Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-s'>PresIdent S, Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent s travellIng these countrIes. A lot of our veterans and famIlIes countrIes. A lot of our veterans and famIlIes have gone through hell. Deployment after deployment. Months and Imarsana.com/news/years-deployment'>Years Deployment after deployment. Months and years away from theIr famIlIes. MIssed and years away from theIr famIlIes. MIssed bIrthdays. AnnIversarIes. Empty mIssed bIrthdays. AnnIversarIes. Empty chaIrs mIssed bIrthdays. AnnIversarIes. Empty chaIrs at holIdays. FInancIal struggles. Empty chaIrs at holIdays. FInancIal struggles, dIvorces, loss of lImbs, traumatIc struggles, dIvorces, loss of lImbs, traumatIc braIn InjurIes, posttraumatIc stress. We see It In the struggles many have when they come the struggles many have when they come home. We see It In the straIn on theIr come home. We see It In the straIn on theIr famIlIes and caregIvers. We see the on theIr famIlIes and caregIvers. We see the straIn of theIr famIlIes when see the straIn of theIr famIlIes when they are not there. We see It In the when they are not there. We see It In the grIef when they are not there. We see It In the grIef borne by theIr survIvors. The cost of four they wIll carry survIvors. The cost of four they wIll carry wIth them theIr whole lIves wIll carry wIth them theIr whole lIves. Most tragIcally we see In the shockIng lIves. Most tragIcally we see In the shockIng statIstIc that should gIve pause shockIng statIstIc that should gIve pause to shockIng statIstIc that should gIve pause to anyone who thInks the Imarsana.com/news/warrIor-pause'>WarrIor Pause to anyone who thInks the warrIor can pause to anyone who thInks the warrIor can never be low grade. Low rIsk, warrIor can never be low grade. Low rIsk, low warrIor can never be low grade. Low rIsk, low cost. 18 veterans on average rIsk, low cost. 18 veterans on average who dIed by suIcIde every sIngle average who dIed by suIcIde every sIngle Imarsana.com/news/day-average'>Day Average who dIed by suIcIde every sIngle day In amerIca. Not In a faroff sIngle day In amerIca. Not In a far off place, but rIght here In amerIca far off place, but rIght here In amerIca. There Is nothIng low grade or low amerIca. There Is nothIng low grade or low rIsk amerIca. There Is nothIng low grade or low rIsk or amerIca. There Is nothIng low grade or low rIsk or low cost about any of It. Or low rIsk or low cost about any of It Its or low rIsk or low cost about any of It Its tIme or low rIsk or low cost about any of It Its tIme to or low rIsk or low cost about any of It. Its tIme to end the Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan. As a closed 20 years of war, afghanIstan. As a closed 20 years of war. StrIfe afghanIstan. As a closed 20 years of war, strIfe, paIn sacrIfIce, Its tIme war, strIfe, paIn sacrIfIce, Its tIme to war, strIfe, paIn sacrIfIce, Its tIme to look to the future, not the past tIme to look to the future, not the past to tIme to look to the future, not the past to the tIme to look to the future, not the past. To the future that Is safe, to a feature past. To the future that Is safe, to a feature that Is more Insecure, to a feature that Is more Insecure, to a future a feature that Is more Insecure, to a future that a feature that Is more Insecure, to a future that honours those who served a future that honours those who served and a future that honours those who served and all those who gave watch Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-s'>PresIdent Served and all those who gave Imarsana.com/news/watch-presIdent'>Watch PresIdent lIncoln called theIr last full measure of devotIon. I gave you my word full measure of devotIon. I gave you my word, wIth all of my heart, I belIeve my word, wIth all of my heart, I belIeve thIs my word, wIth all of my heart, I belIeve thIs Is the rIght decIsIon. Its belIeve thIs Is the rIght decIsIon. Its a belIeve thIs Is the rIght decIsIon. Its a wIse belIeve thIs Is the rIght decIsIon. Its a wIse decIsIon. Its the best decIsIon Its a wIse decIsIon. Its the best decIsIon for Its a wIse decIsIon. Its the best decIsIon for amerIca. Thank you, thank decIsIon for amerIca. Thank you, thank you decIsIon for amerIca. Thank you, thank you and may god bless you all. And may thank you and may god bless you all. And may god protect our troops. PresIdent and may god protect our troops. PresIdent bIden there just completIng hIs address to the natIon. He told us that he would be doIng thIs yesterday In a wrItten statement, and he saId quIte a few thIngs, but essentIally defendIng, justIfyIng hIs decIsIon for the way the Imarsana.com/news/evacuatIon-and-afghanIstan'>EvacuatIon And AfghanIstan was carrIed out, and he was sayIng, essentIally, people dont understand what was goIng on, and for anyone who would crItIcIse hIs decIsIon to me dont understand the sItuatIon In afghanIstan. Its tIme to look to a safer future, afghanIstan. Its tIme to look to a saferfuture, he saId, and he wants to say, stay clear and focused on Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest and remaInIng In afghanIstan was not In the Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Interest'>NatIonal Interest of the unIted states. Lets see how that address was receIved. Lets speak now to the author and hIstorIan, carter, he wrote the amerIcan Imarsana.com/news/war-In-afghanIstan'>War In AfghanIstan, whIch many crItIcs have regarded as the defInItIve book of us Involvement In the country. As Im sure you are aware, that Involvement ended last nIght wIth the last soldIer leavIng. You were lIstenIng to that address, what dId you make of It . We are just goIng to start out your mIcrophone, have we got your . In the neck I thInk Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-bIden'>PresIdent BIden dId Indeed have a hard decIsIon to make the decIsIon have a hard decIsIon to make II� Imarsana.com/news/ueI-decIsIon'>UeI DecIsIon between stayIng In afghanIstan In whIch Imarsana.com/news/peace-wasnt'>Peace Wasnt really terrIbly possIble and where would contInue versus leavIng, whIch I thInk he dIdnt understand would have some costs the costs that we have some costs the costs that we have seen take place, and may be a few more costs that we have yet to see. I thInk there was a decIsIon made as he was just say because he was lookIng at the strategIc pIcture and no decIsIon lIke that Is easy. It wasnt goIng to be that we were goIng to leave afghanIstan and everythIng was goIng to be fIne and all ends would be met, so we were goIng to have to pay the cost for gettIng out, and I thInk the hope Is that we can accrue those benefIts, both the unIted states and our allIes and partners, and Indeed the world. ~. , allIes and partners, and Indeed the world. ~. ,. , allIes and partners, and Indeed the world. ~. I. , allIes and partners, and Indeed the world. ~. ,~. , allIes and partners, and Indeed the world. ,. , world. What dId you make of hIs tone and also the world. What dId you make of hIs tone and also the fact world. What dId you make of hIs tone and also the fact that world. What dId you make of hIs tone and also the fact that he and also the fact that he underlIned the poInt that If the us dIdnt leave by the 31st, all bets were off as far as the talIban were concerned. I mean to me unIted states has now lIsten and obeyed the talIban, effectIvely. They are callIng the shots. So talIban, effectIvely. They are callIng the shots. TalIban, effectIvely. They are callIng the shots. TalIban, effectIvely. They are callIn the shots. ,. , callIng the shots. So come out what wouldve happened callIng the shots. So come out what wouldve happened after callIng the shots. So come out what wouldve happened after the callIng the shots. So come out what wouldve happened after the 31st . I Imarsana.com/news/j-wouldve'>J Wouldve happened after the 31st . I thInk Its faIr enough that there was goIng to be Increased rIsk that the talIban were goIng to be launchIng attacks, a lot of attacks have happened, and It would be of greater vIolence and would be more dIffIcult to control. That would not just be a rIsk for us, brItIsh and allIes, but for the people In kabul. I cannot say for sure but the talIban wouldve done, but I thInk It Is faIr that there Is an Increased rIsk there. And obvIously as an amerIcan to make hIm thInk that we are goIng to have the talIban called the shots for us. I thInk we executed an evacuatIon. I agree wIth the presIdent that It was quIte an ImpressIve endeavour. After thIs we both cmr dIplomatIc approach towards the talIban. He thIs we both cmr dIplomatIc approach towards the talIban. Towards the talIban. He saId what started off as towards the talIban. He saId what started off as that towards the talIban. He saId what started off as that was towards the talIban. He saId what started off as that was InevItable, j started off as that was InevItable, wasnt It and that afghanIstan Is known for a very good reason to be a graveyard of empIres. Iloathe known for a very good reason to be a graveyard of empIres. Known for a very good reason to be a graveyard of empIres. Who hates may be, es, graveyard of empIres. Who hates may be, yes, InevItable, graveyard of empIres. Who hates may be, yes, InevItable, Its graveyard of empIres. Who hates may be, yes, InevItable, Its hard graveyard of empIres. Who hates may be, yes, InevItable, Its hard to be, yes, InevItable, Its hard to see countrIes, and sImply decIdIng to leave. I thInk thats dIffIcult for us to do, and then once we are stayIng, I thInk Its very natural to look towards democracy as a government that would be best to the people. So In that sense, there was goIng to be an Impetus to move toward natIon buIldIng, but they would also note that Imarsana.com/news/presIdent-obama'>PresIdent Obama dIdnt really reverse that as he drew back the surge, as he reduced the number of us prIces from 2011 nIne where brItaIn and other countrIes reduce theIr forces too. At that poInt, the mIssIon Is really hard to descrIbe as natIon buIldIng. It was much more from that poInt on more purely counterterrorIsm. {lIlIa more purely counterterrorIsm. 0k, carter, more purely counterterrorIsm. 0k, carter. We more purely counterterrorIsm. 0k, carter. We have more purely counterterrorIsm. 0k, carter, we have run more purely counterterrorIsm. Ok, carter, we have run out of tIme. Thank you very much, of course, we were waItIng for that address and It came slIghtly later than expected. After your tIme joInIng came slIghtly later than expected. After your tImejoInIng us here In Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News, thank you very much Indeed. You are watchIng Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News wIth plenty more Imarsana.com/news/comIng-up'>ComIng Up rIght here. Dont go away. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News wIth me chrIstIan fraser. In the last half hour, Imarsana.com/news/joe-bIden'>Joe BIden has spoken about the Imarsana.com/news/uss-wIthdrawal'>Uss WIthdrawal from afghanIstan after 20 years of war. The us presIdent paId trIbute to amerIcan mIlItary for theIr servIce In afghanIstan, but made clear what he belIeves us Imarsana.com/news/foreIgn-polIcy'>ForeIgn PolIcy now needs to change. ThIs Is a new world. The Imarsana.com/news/terror-threat'>Terror Threat has metastasIzed well away from afghanIstan. In kabul, amerIcan unIforms, amerIcan weapons, but now worn by the talIban the spoIls of a war that was the uss longest Imarsana.com/news/mIlItary-mIssIon'>MIlItary MIssIon. Now It has ended In the worst of ways, and It wIll lIve long In memory, here In afghanIstan, In amerIca and far beyond. And run out of russIa our moscow correspondent