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said it could have been in a more orderly way. he says 100 to 200 americans remain in afghanistan, and he insists there is no deadline to get them out. the commander in chief vowing to continue the fight against isis-k terrorists who killed 13 u.s. service members, warning, and i m quoting him now, we are not done with you yet. let s begin over at the white house with our chief national correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, the president waited, what, 24 hours after the u.s. withdrawal to declare on camera that the operation was a success. wolf, this was the decision that president biden has long wanted to make, but as commander in chief, he could finally set the course to end america s longest war. he spent far more time talking about the merits of that decision rather than the questions that do, in fact, still remain about the operational decisions that led to a frenzied, chaotic, even deadly war. he was defiant as he spoke today at the white house but left no question h ....
the end of the vietnam war. and president jerry ford never said a word. never once. there was no press conference. there was no statement to the country. he issued a written statement after the final helicopter came out. there was none of what we re seeing in these last two weeks. and, so, we have seen two of these. we have seen two big losses after multidecade wars. this is very different from vietnam. and it is actually a good point. we saw the commander today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. we then saw secretary of state blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission of doing those things. we have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. but now we re going to get another speech on this matter. we have seen several already from president biden. he says he s going to talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st and the military advise he got not to do that an ....
there was no statement from the country. he issued a written statement out to the final harry cocktail came out. there was not of what we re seeing in these last two weeks, and so, we ve seen two of these, we ve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. this exit is very different from the vietnam exit. and it s actually a good point. we saw the sitcom commander formally announce that the last aircraft was carrying afghan airspace. we then saw blinking give essentially a formal address to the country, explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission and doing those things. we just seeing tonight statement from secretary of defense lloyd austin that we re going to get another speech. we ve seen several already from president biden. he says he s gonna talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st. and the military obviously it is a lot, sort of a lot of accountability, in terms of people saying yeah, this is me, and this is happening on my watch, and ....
residents do not go home. also, this morning, history. for the first time in 7,268 days, americans wake up without the country at war in afghanistan. this photo capturing army general chris donahue, the last soldier to leave afghanistan. the last flight carrying military personnel, taking off one minute before midnight, kabul time, marking the official end to america s longest war. but this morning, more questions than answers about what exactly comes next. that s where we begin. we begin with the taliban back in power after we drove them out in 2001. we went there to find osama bin laden and take out al qaeda training camps, with former president george w. bush making this pledge to the american people. we will win this conflict by the patient accumulation of successes, by meeting a series of challenges with determination and will and purpose. we did not ask for this miss. this morning, the taliban telling nbc news they took control of the kabul airport after u.s ....
there should be a designed safe zone at kabul airport for afghans wishing to leave. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph and richard duggan, editor of essex and cambridgeshire live. tomorrow s front pages. starting. the i, which has an image of one of the final us flights to leave kabul it says thousands of people who helped western forces have been left behind. the telegaph quotes the head of the raf, who says his force is prepared to launch fresh air strikes against the islamic state in afghanistan. an image of the remains of vehicle hit by a us drone strike in kabul is on the front of the guardian. it s thought seven children were among the dead. that s a picture of afghan refugees arriving into kosovo on the front of the ft, which also says the eu is preparing to impose covid travel restrictions on the us. ending 20 years of conflict there. afghan th ....