In charge. So in 1839, the brits Invaded Afghanistan. They tried to install their own guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan which would make afghanistan closer aligned with them. The british stayed to fight that war, but ultimately it did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then 35, 40 years later, the British Army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again that happen a place they thought ought to be allied with them was actually more inclined toward russia, the same thing that had driven them 35, 40 years before. So in 1848, the british Invaded Afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy, this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had won and that afghanistan would have a longterm alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second war. But the guy they installed in the government, he abdicated, and afghanistan went their own way and british left again. It was 35 years between the first war and the second one. It was another 35 or 40 years before they invaded a third time. Britain invaded and fought another war there. That one ended with britain Signing A Treaty recognizing their independence. Britain invaded three different times to try to keep afghanistan in their orbit. Three invasions, three wars. The answer was no every time. Fastforward 102 years. It was just earlier this month, august 19, that afghans celebrated what they to this Day Call Independence day. Afghan Independence Day every year celebrates that Peace Treaty that gave them their independence as a nation in 1919, independence from great britain at The End of the third british invasion of afghanistan. And it is gravely, Gravely Oversimplifying to say it this way, but if you did have to boil it down, the reason great britain kept invading Afghanistan Over and over again is because they really did think afghanistan was too cozy with russia. They wanted to stop that alliance. They wanted afghanistan in their british orbit instead. After the Peace Treaty in 1919 in which afghanistan formally got its independence after fighting off three different british invasions, well, the afghan government at the time actually did kind of sign themselves up with the russians. They were one of the first countries to recognize the new soviet states after russia had its revolution in 1917. In playground terms, again, in grossly oversimplified termed, that means in the battle for having influence over afghanistan, the russians sort of Won And Britain lost despite years and years of fighting in three different wars there, and despite the brits losing thousands of soldiers there. But the russians, soon the soviets, they would end up having their own Drama And Trauma with the afghan people and the afghan government. Because the afghan government, while it had recognized the postczarist, soon to be soviet states, they had aligned themselves with Someone Britain was alarmed about for so many decades, the population of afghanistan didnt necessarily like that. They didnt necessarily like or Want Afghanistan Being Run By A Communist Soviet Allied government, and so they started an insurgency against it. After all those wars the british fought in the previous century to try to keep afghanistan on their side, all of which ultimately failed, it was russia, the soviet union, that felt it necessary to invade afghanistan themselves in 1979 to try to keep the afghan government on their side despite an insurgency in the country that rejected russian influence. In that war, after the soviet union invaded, the United States got involved, tentatively at first, and then ultimately with some considerable enthusiasm on the side of the insurgents who were making things so hard for the u. S. S. R. But with us or without us, the History Of Afghanistan, even the modern History Of Afghanistan, is enough to have made the outcome of the soviet Unions War there sort of a foregone conclusion. Why do outside invaders, even big, powerful, influential, rich, wellresourced invaders, keep losing wars there . Is it because of something about the invaders or something about afghanistan . Think about it. The british tried three times and failed. It takes brass to call that a british problem, especially since they did iterate, they did learn from their previous mistakes, they did get better at fighting these wars. They had war one, then a doover, war two, and then a doover. It was something that ostensibly made the war worth it, that ostensibly pointed them to some sort of victory. But in The End, three tries, three losses. And russia knew that history when they themselves invaded in 1979. And maybe russia thought it was just something wrong with the british that made them fail in all their wars. Maybe they thought we, the soviet union, well do it better. Who doesnt think they could do a better job than the last guy who failed . But the Problem Wasnt necessarily the character of the invasion, the way the invaders waged the war. They tried a lot of different versions of it. The problem more likely was afghanistan. Which for all its Poverty And Conflict and everything else, afghanistan doesnt particularly want to be under any other countrys remote control. And so when the soviet union invaded in 1979, the modern History Of Afghanistan would have told them how that would end. But they invaded, and then just shy of a decade after they invaded in 1989, the soviets went home, too. They went home february 15, 1989. The end of an era. The last of the soviet troops leaving afghanistan after nine years of humiliation and defeat. Announcer Nbc Nightly News with tom brokaw. Good evening. It really is one of the most remarkable military stories of our time. A nuclear Superpower Defeat Bid a sordid band of rebels who waged a Hit And Run war for almost a decade. Tonight afghanistan is free of soviet troops and the next bloody phase of this war is set to begin. The soviets Long War In Afghanistan officially ended as the last unit crossed over into Ahmet River and soviet territory just before noon. Lieutenant general Maurice Grandoff who led them to afghanistan finally left. He crossed the border with his young son. You saw that i didnt look back, he says. My thoughts were with the soldiers and those that did not Get Out alive. In this border town, the soldiers were told they did their patriotic duty, bravely helping the afghan people. There was no parade that they won. Afghanistan has come to an end. But there is no victory to celebrate, no proud ending to this war, it is simply over over there. Its over despite more than nine years of battling the muslim guerrillas who had supplied soviet regimes. Soviet mothers warned their sons, and gorbachev declared the war a bleeding wound. He decided last year to pull out the troops. In Moscow Today there was relief that the pullout was finally over. Translator im happy. Happiness is all i feel. Translator we all think the withdrawal is a positive move. Translator i think the intervention was a mistake. But the withdrawal is wise, although a somewhat late decision on part of our government. Bands played and patriotic speeches were made. But this was a defeat, and now the country will try to heal what gorbachev called that bleeding wound. Nbc news, near the african border. February 15, 1989. We talked about the length of time between all the various british invasions in afghanistan, those three different wars, 35, 40 years between them. How long does it take to forget . How long does it take to decide to do it again . Today marks roughly 32. 5 years, 12,000 days since the soviet withdrawal from afghanistan from The End of that war and The End of today of ours. Good afternoon, everyone. Im here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan and The End of the Military Mission to evacuate american citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable afghans. The last c17 lifted off from Hemat Karzai international airport at 3 15 eastern time. While it is complete, to ensure citizens and afghans who want to leave continues. I know youre going to hear more about that from the State Department shortly. Tonights withdrawal signifes The End of the war with afghanistan. Its a mission that brought Osama Bin Laden to a just end along with his coconspirators. It was not a cheap mission. The cost was 2,064 Service Members killed. That includes 13 Service Members who were killed last week from an isisk suicide bomber. We honor their Sacrifice Today as we remember their heroic accomplishments. No words from me could possibly capture the full measure of sacrifices and accomplishments of those who serve nor the emotions theyre feeling at this moment. But i will say that im proud that both my son and i have been a part of it. Proud that both my son and i have been a part of it. Thats a reminder of how concentrated u. S. Military service is in our country. Families often sending multiple generations into the service, even simultaneously, while the vast majority of americans dont serve in the military. Also a reminder that of the young soldiers and airmen and marines who died just last week in afghanistan, some were literally babies on 9 11. They werent even walking or talking at the time of the precipitating event for the war in which they died. They were toddlers at the time the starting gun was fired to start this war that ultimately ended their lives. The last u. S. Planes left the airport in kabul today, August 30th East Coast time, which was basically midnight in kabul when they left. Its the deadline set by President Biden. The last two americans on the ground before the plane closed its doors and took off were general Christopher Donahue who was directly in charge of overseeing the Kabul Airport airlift, thats him here, and the last u. S. Soldier leaving afghanistan. Also on that plane, the other man left as The Last Man beside him was ross wilson, the top u. S. Diplomat in kabul. Tonight Secretary Of State Antony Blinken gave extensive remarks on The End of the Military Mission in afghanistan and the start of what he called the new Diplomatic Mission in that country, including efforts to continue to get more people out of that country, even without Kabul Airport as a Bridge Head for doing so. One of the first concrete signs of The End of the Mission Today was an Faa Notice to airmen, which is a notice to pilots worldwide, and it was blunt as all getout in case it was not clear before. Quote, effective immediately Hamid Karzai international airport is uncontrolled. No Air Traffic Control or airport services are available. Aircraft operating into, out of or through kabul should use extreme caution. The taliban now controls the airport. Over the past 17 days, the u. S. Airlift brought more than 122,000 people out of afghanistan through that single runway airfield, single largest noncombatant evacuation in the history of u. S. Military by a lot. President Biden Tonight said this in a statement ahead of whats expected to be a major speech to the nation on afghanistan tomorrow. He said, quote, i want to thank our commanders and the men and women serving under them for their execution of the dangerous retrograde from afghanistan as scheduled in the early morning hours August 31st kabul time. The last several days have seen our troops execute the largest airlift in u. S. History, evacuating 122,000 of our citizens and allies of the United States. They have done it with you unmatched courage, and i will not extend my will to afghanistan beyond August 31st. It was a decision by our joint chiefs and all of those on the ground to end our mission as planned. Ending our Military Mission was the best way to protect the lives of our troops and secure the prospects of civilian departures of those who want to leave afghanistan in the weeks and months ahead. I asked them to cooperate with our international partners, afghan partners and foreign nationals who want to leave that country. This will include ongoing diplomacy in Afghanistan And Coordination with partners in the region to reopen the airport, allowing for continued departure for those who want to leave and delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of afghanistan. For now the president says, quote, i urge all americans to join me in grateful Prayer Tonight for three things. First, for our troops and diplomats who carried out this mission of mercy in kabul and at tremendous risk with such unparalleled results. An Air Lift that evacuated tens of thousands more people than any imagined possible. Second, to the network of volunteers and veterans who helped identify those needing evacuation, guide them to the airport and provide support along the way. And third, to everyone who is now and will welcome our afghan allies to their new homes around the world and in the United States. The president calling for grateful Prayer Tonight for those three things. He then closes with a call for gratitude for the sacrifice of the 13 u. S. Service members who were killed last week while facilitating the civilian evacuations from the airport. In his statement tonight, he lists them all by name. Again, this from the President Tonight as the u. S. Ends the longest war in our history, as the United States becomes the third World Superpower to leave afghanistan after years of fighting, thousands of casualties, and no certain outcome that bears resemblance to the stated objectives that justified continuing the war for this long. It was the british, it was the russians, today its us. President biden will address the country tomorrow. For now, it is something to see the headlines across the front Pages Tonight at the new york times, at the washington post, at the wall street journal, usa today, just stunning reach. This date will, in fact, live in history. Tonight well have more for what happens next for afghans who want to leave, particularly for afghans who the u. S. Has accepted responsibility for, particularly agreeing to help get them out. The airlift is done, the ambassador is gone from the u. S. Embassy, but the pentagon explained today there are more people to still Get Out and they are still planning to get them out. How that will happen with zero troops and a closed u. S. Embassy, there is interesting reporting along those lines. Well have more on that tonight. Thats a continuing, developing story. And all of that, of course, is unfolding at the same moment the country has been dealing with one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States. Hurricane ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression. Its still Dumping Heavy Rainfall on Mississippi Tonight and moving northeast. When it made landfall yesterday, ida was a cat 4 hurricane with sustained winds topping 150 miles per hour, one of the largest and strongest hurricanes to hit the United States, one of the top five. Since dawn broke this morning, louisiana has been coming to grips with just how much havoc ida left in its wake, particularly around the coast and the Great American City Of New Orleans. This is laplace, louisiana today, northwest of new orleans. Some residents were trapped by rising floodwaters there. People retreated to their attics, calling for help. But the winds were too strong for any Rescue Efforts overnight till early this morning. You could see why it was so dangerous to send out Rescue Crews Last Night from this quite scary footage of people being rescued from a flooded highway in new orleans in the middle of The Storm Last Night. There have been two confirmed deathing from The Storm. One of them was a man who drowned when his vehicle tried to go through floodwaters. You can see here Search And Rescue teams finally reaching laplace for all those people who had their homes filled with water, all those people trapped in their attics trying to get away from the rising floodwaters. The National Guard rescued 191 people, 127 pets. Its not clear how many more people may need rescuing right now as we speak. Todays operations have largely been responding to all the 911 calls that couldnt be answered Last Night. 911 systems were down in multiple locations for much of the night Last Night and today, including new orleans. The governor said the teams will do a Grid Search in the hardest hit areas. Theyll go street by Street And Block by block and then theyll make sure they didnt miss anyone in the first one. Meanwhile, the state is bracing for the lack of effects, the lack of electric power. This is a collapsed Transmission Power in new orleans today. The Power Company says all eight of the Transmission Lines that come into the City Of New Orleans were Knocked Out by The Storm. There is distribution lines within the city. The big towers, the Big Transmission Lines that bring highvoltage current into the city, theres eight of those coming into new orleans, all eight Knocked Out. Over A Million homes and businesses are without power in louisiana, including the whole City Of New Orleans. Entergy says it will take days just to determine the extent of the damage and far longer to restore electricity. That means most people will be without, for example, airconditioning as the Heat Index tops 100 degrees in coming days. Officials are warning about the danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning of people using portable generators inside a home or garage. Thats what caused most of the deaths from Hurricane Laurel last year, so theyre trying to get the word out about portable generators. The other thing were keeping an eye on in louisiana are the hospitals. As you know from recent reporting, including here on this show, louisianas hospitals are already full to bursting with very sick covid patients. You might remember a video we played on the show a few weeks ago, a navy medical team. An active Duty Navy medical team arrived at one hospital in louisiana to help the doctors there. It was nice to see the Standing Ovation they got from the staff, the staff that was so overwhelmed with covid patients. Well, that was Oxnard General Hospital about 20 miles west of new orleans. That same hospital, oxner, had to see evacuate 160plus patients because of partially tornoff roofs, failed generators, Water Running down the roofs, blownout windows. This is the loof that blew off of oxner hospital. All the states hospitals are full as well as the hospitals of all of the neighboring states because of covid. And now on top of everything, these hospitals are bracing for the possible arrival of people who are being rescued from floodwaters, or people who get sick or injured in the coming days while they try to cope without having electricity for what may be an extended period of time and what may be extreme heat conditions. So the challenges here are myriad. We are watching that developing story tonight. That and the news out of afghanistan is enough to power a normal News Cycle until The End of this year, at least, right . But on top of that, weve also tonight got eyes on a Washington Story, a Washington Story historic in its own right. According to a story from cnn, Donald Trump is being requested by Telecom Companies from those watching the attack on reporters as they tried to stop the certification of the election in which mr. Trump lost to joe biden. Last week, as we reported here on the show, the committee investigating the January 6 attack, they contacted eight agencies, including the archives and records administration, The National Archives along with the department of justice, department of defense, a whole bunch of agencies. They were all told they had a Twoweek Deadline to hand over a lot of records and communications related to the attack on the capitol and related to the broader effort by former President Trump to try to seize power, to try to stay in power even after he had lost reelection. Those eight federal agencies were sent those demands last week. Then after that, Social Media Companies were sent a records demand as well, asking them to preserve records related not just to the Capitol Attack directly but also to efforts to sabotage or overturn the election. Well, now, in addition to the federal agencies and the media companies, now is Telecom Companies, Cell Phone providers being asked to provide documents, including members of congress who promoted the stop the steal events in washington on January 6 that led to the Capitol Attack. Telecom companies are also being told to preserve records from Adult Members of President Trumps family, members of his family who were also involved in those same events on January 6, including the former president s adult children, ivanka, don jr. And eric. Theyre also being told to preserve the Phone Records of former President Trump himself, which is a pretty remarkable thing, right, to have a congressional investigation trying to obtain the detailed personal Phone Records of the former president and his kids and serving members of congress who may or may not have abetted his efforts to try to stay in office after losing the election. Thats something, right . I know we are just buried in news right now, but this itself would be a showstopper at any other time. Were going to have more on all those stories and more in the course of our hour tonight. Do stay with us. Stay with us. With a fresh face for a fresh start. For a limited time get a 5th Cartridge free. I was drowning in student loan debt. I was in the process of deferring them, paying them. Then i discovered sofi. Completely changed my life. Lower interest rate. My principal is going down. Sofi is a place where you can start to tackle those money goals today. Compared to where i was three years ago, im kinda killing it. Introducing Aleve X. Its fast, powerful longlasting relief. With a revolutionary, rollerball design. Because with the right pain reliever. Life opens up. Aleve it, and see whats possible. For more than a month, congressman Jim Jordan had trouble giving a straight answer to a question. Congressman, did you speak to President Trump the day the capitol was stormed on January 6. Did you talk to the president that day . I talked to the President Thousands countless times. I mean on January 6, congressman. I talked to the president. I cant remember all the daisy days i talked to him. On January 6, did you speak to him before, during or after the capitol was attacked . I spoke to him that day after. I think after. I dont know if i spoke to him in the morning or not. I just dont know. I would have to go back i dont know when those conversations happened, but so the answer is the answer is what . The answer is yes . Those bumbling answers to straightforward questions, those answers were the closest we have had to an admission from republican Congressman Jim Shorten that he did speak to President Trump to try to stop the certification of the election. We know the congressman and President Trump did speak that day multiple times. Congressman jordan now admitting, look, i definitely spoke to the president that day. I dont recall. I know it was more than once. I just dont recall the times. Perhaps he will have the opportunity to have that memory refreshed soon. Today the House Committee thats investigating the January 6 attack sent letters to multiple Cell Phone providers directing them to preserve Phone Records that might be relevant to the committees organization. The Phone Records the committee wants includes President Trump himself, several of his family members. The committee also wants the companies to preserve the records of several members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, mo brooks, matt gaets, Jim Jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, madison cawthorn, jody hice. We have Congresswoman Loria with us. Thank you for being with us and taking the time. Thank you. Do you believe this is a comparable request, Phone Records of serve members of congress let alone a former president. I dont know if its exactly unprecedented, but it does feel like a big deal. Rachel, this committee is tasked with fully discovering and understanding facts of everything that happened on January 6th and everything that led up to January 6th, which obviously we know is an unprecedented attack on our democracy and our institution of government. So the committee is using these Preservation Requests to ensure that Telecommunication Companies preserve these records. This is a preliminary step, and there is a lengthy list of people who are involved, and i wont comment specifically on names but i would say were taking a broad look, were casting a wide net to make sure we understand all of the facts about what happened that day and have those records available as the Investigation Moves forward. Do you and other members of the committee anticipate that these requests will lead to legal fights, either when it comes specifically to the former president or to serving members of congress . I know you dont want to talk about any individuals, but given the reporting and given what Chairman Thompson has said about the scope of these requests for information, are you sort of building into your timeline an explanation that some of these things may end up in court. Its certainly possible, and i think the Committees Approach has been so far with these record requests and Preservation Requests. Were essentially sending out requests and providing a deadline in order for the Telecom Companies and government agencies, depending on their request, to comply with that timeline. Then there are subpoenas if necessary. But our hope would be, especially if it would involve current members of government, that people would comply with these requests. But we do have tools available in order to enforce those requests with subpoenas later on if necessary. I said at the outset of the Show Tonight that this is a showstopper of a development with the investigation of what happened on January 6, particularly given the Committees Willingness to look not just specifically at the physical attack on the capitol but how it was seeded and what appeared to be a larger effort to try to avert the Election Results and bring back the former president. It also happens at a time when weve got these incredibly historic and harrowing other developments in the world, not just Hurricane Ida which were watching the continuing impact of in the southeast, not just this terrible moment were at in terms of covid and the strain on our country and its hospitals particularly in the southeast. But today is The End of the u. S. War in afghanistan, and as someone who served in the united States Navy for two decades, who rose to high levels in the united States Navy, in fact, who was in a Command Position for a very long time, i have to ask your reflection on this moment, both this work that youre doing and what it means today to end this longest war. Rachel, you know, i reflect back, i was in uniform myself on 9 11. It was actually a time when i was potentially coming to The End of my service. I had finished my Service Commitment for being commissioned as an officer. When i saw those tragic attacks on our homeland, on the United States, on the twin towers, i was serving in the Aircraft Carrier at the time, it was a moment i knew i needed to continue to serve, because what i was doing was important, my time in uniform was important, and defending our country was essential. So from that point forward, i stayed for another 15 years. I think there are so many people i mourn the tragic loss of the 13 americans who died during the evacuation. And they put their lives on the lines to continue to defend our country overseas and understand that we have enemies overseas and theyre still there and theyre still sticking to our allies. I look back and think about our 20 years in afghanistan, the success of that was truly that we did prevent terrorists from gaining ground and planting a seed in afghanistan from which they could launch attacks against our country. But as we withdraw, i think its an incredibly tenuous time. Weve seen that with the time frame of this evacuation, that there are terrorists there who are willing to harm us, who have already harmed, the loss of life of 13 americans and others injured and many afghans killed from this tragic Terrorist Attack in recent days. Its a very tenuous and dangerous time, and Above And Beyond that, weve left behind americans. Weve left behind partners who served with us during this 20 years. We still have a mission at hand to make sure we can rescue them, that we can bring them back, that we can bring them to safety. This mission is not over until the mission is complete and weve brought every american home. We still have a mission at hand, indeed. Thats actually going to be the focus for the rest of our hour tonight. Congresswoman Elaine Luria from the great state of virginia, member of the select committee on January 6, thank you for joining us tonight. We have much more ahead tonight. Stay with us. More ahead tonight. Stay with us rful claritind. Claritind improves nasal airflow two times more than the leading Allergy Spray at hour one. [ Deep Inhale ] claritind. Get more airflow. In the Romo Household we take things to the max oh yeah honey, you still in bed . Yep bye thats why we love Skechers Max cushioning footwear. Theyve maxed out the cushion for extreme comfort. 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Mission, it will be a Diplomatic Mission. He told reporters that americans who want to leave and afghans who want to leave, they will not be denied that opportunity. He said the State Department, quote, is going to work that very hard in the days and weeks ahead. What does that mean, exactly . I mean, clearly in concept now that the u. S. Military is no longer on the ground in afghanistan, we are witnessing an administrative handoff of this issue from the military to fully the responsibility of the United States State Department and the nations diplomats. Tonight americas top diplomat, Secretary Of State, gave us the first outlines of what that might look like going forward while he reaffirmed President Bidens commitment that the u. S. Government will Get Out everybody from that country who wants to leave. An american in afghanistan tells us they want to stay for now, and then in a week or a month or a year, they reach out and say, ive changed my mind, we will help them leave. Additionally, we worked intensely to evacuate and relocate afghans who worked alongside us. We will work to secure their safe passage. This morning i met with the foreign ministers of all the g7 countries as well as cutter, turkey, the European Union and the Secretary General of nato. We discussed how we will work together to facilitate Safe Travel Out of afghanistan, including by Reopening Kabul Civilian Airport as soon as possible. Secretary of state Antony Blinken announcing a multilateral initiative to continue to try to get afghan allies and u. S. Citizens, dual citizens, out of afghanistan, in part by planning to reopen the countrys main airport in kabul. How is that going to work, and unless and until that happens, what are the other ways out . Joining us now is Nbc News chief foreign affairs correspondent, the host of Andrea Mitchell reports on nbc, Andrea Mitchell. Andrea, its great to see you. Its been too long, my friend. Thank you. Its great to see you, rachel. We heard a lot from Secretary Blinken about Americas Commitment and thanking our partners and talking about what has just happened. Whats the nittygritty in terms of the plan going forward to get additional people out who the u. S. Has committed to Get Out if and when they want to leave . This is very, very tough. It depends on relying on some very uncertain people, especially the taliban. They say that they dont rely on them, that they will trust them once they prove that they are living up to those commitments, commitments they have made not only to the u. S. But to 100 other countries that have demanded this and the u. N. Security council with, importantly, Russia And China both abstaining, the rest of the security council, as well as the g7 saying today that they have to live up to this commitment to let the freedom of movement, no repression of women and girls, freedom to move to the borders, including those in the u. S. With targets on their backs to be allowed to leave when they want to. Is that going to happen . It happened until the u. S. Left militarily, but now that its a Diplomatic Mission, what leverage do we have . They have some financial leverage, but basically they have to make this happen by pressuring the taliban with the finances and trying to get pakistan and iran to keep their borders open, pakistan primarily, we dont have much leverage with iran. There was a meeting with the five countries minus china surrounding afghanistan, and they have not said they made a commitment to keep those borders open. In the past pakistan has, but those Overland Roots are controlled by the taliban. Are they going to let people through . They know who the Point Of Impact are or they suspect or know were involved with the americans. There are thousands and thousands of people who are sivs and people who didnt even get through that process who should have been through that process, and then more people, the women lawyers, the judges, the teachers, others who have been prominent, judges who have put the taliban in jail. So theyve got documentation of these, theyve already been going Door To door. There is plenty of evidence that they have not lived up to any of these commitments outside of kabul and their relationship at the Kabul Airport. In terms of that airport, obviously kabul is not the only airport in the country, and the taliban takeover of the Airport Today was also simultaneously and necessarily a statement to the world that the Karzai Airport in kabul is closed. Is their effort, or is there going to be effort by turkey or by forces from any other nation to get Kabul Airport back open . Obviously the taliban cant run it themselves. They dont have Air Traffic Control, capacity and all these other things. This idea that that airport is going to reopen and that will again be some way that people can leave, how do we get there . That is exactly what blinken has been working on with Turkey And Cutter. He talked with the g7 and importantly with Turkey And Cutter today and has been doing this for weeks, and this started with the president talking to erdogan, Turkeys President in brussels when we were there for the nato meetings. There was no commitment then. Now they say they have that commitment. The airport is a mess, and we destroyed a lot of equipment. We left a lot of 73, i think they said, broken aircraft, making them unusable. Thats what general mckenzie said and listing all those assets that we left and made incapable of flying again. They also took out all of the staff, all of the Air Traffic Controllers, the airport workers, the mechanics, so there is no way that that can be opened without Cutter And Turkey putting people in. That is what theyre relying on and its going to take a long time to get that airport up to speed. They need the Overland Roots, but what were learning tonight from the veteran groups were talking to, my colleagues are talking to, the refugee groups, theyre telling people to shelter in place because there is no evidence that the taliban will let people pass. People are being told to go to safehouses, many of which have been financed in the past by american aid groups. Go to safehouses, go to shelters, try to hide out until we see what the taliban are going to do. Do. The other thing is, there are now 2,000 fighters, isisk fighters. At least he said 2,000 isisk fighters. Many were released by the taliban. And those are the hardest of the hard. They proved what they could attempt to do tragically last week with the 13 fallen Service Members that they killed and so many others injured and so many, you know, more than 100, we dont even know how many, 200 afghans who died in that terrible assault, suicide bomb. But they also had the rpgs, five that were aimed at the Kabul Airport today. So that was by american equipment. The attack on the airport in kabul was really the opening of the civil war. And there are resistance groups and some of the outlying provinces under the War Lords that had not been really part of the taliban taliban royal group. But the other group is the isisk that will now be going after the taliban. And the taliban has control of kabul, but can they control the rest of the country . This is going to be another Terror War Right in the same place as you described at the beginning of the program that has been the subject of a country that has been unconquerable by so many invasions, so many times by the brits, by russia and by us. And all leading to defeat. Nbc news chief Foreign Ashares correspondence. Andrea, this is a fascinating story to keep watching. The end of an era about the start of something new and complex. Thanks for helping us understand, my friend. You bet. Fascinating and tragic as well. Indeed. Well be right back. Stay with us. Stay with us nondrowsy, Allergy Relief plus an immediate Cooling Sensation for your throat. Feel the clarity, and live claritin clear. You need an ecolab scientific clean here. And you need it here. And here. And here. Which is why the scientific expertise that helps Operating Rooms stay clean is now helping the places you go every day too. Seek a commitment to clean. 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