To prevent looting since their predecessors fleed. Smoke rising from the u. S. Embassy grounds as officials scramble to burn sensitive documents no they are destroying classified documents as i speak. The Visa Process is stopped. And now you know, President Biden said in july, this is not going to be a saigon. It is not like south vietnam. But guess what . When i talked to ambassador crocker, we think it is going to be worse. President biden has increased the deployment of u. S. Troops to kabul to 5,000 now to help with evacuations. And debate continues over which administration is responsible for the fall. There is no question that trump, his administration, secretary pompeo, they also bear very significant responsibility for this. President trump told us that the taliban was going to fight terror. Secretary pompeo told us the taliban was going to denounce Al Qaeda. None of it has happened. We go beyond the headlines. We will start with nbcs ali arousi in tehran. From where you see, w
Bring them to justice and make they were that you could not do that again. We succeeded in achieves those fundamental objectives. The idea we would remain there in the midst of a Civil War was simply not in the national interests. Thats the hard decision the president made. This as taliban officials say they will soon enter the palace to declare the country the islamic emirate of taliban. There is no they also bear significant responsibility to this. President trump told us that the president was going to fight Terror None of that has happened. None of it has happened. Ali, the u. S. Embassy issued a statement a short time ago, saying the Security Situation in kabul is changing very quickly. That includes at the airport. The americans there had hoped to get about 72 hours to ferry all of The Americans and their personnel out of afghanistan. If those reports are verified that now gunfire is being opened up on the airport. That means the situation is rapidly deteriorated. And its a bad s
Bring them to justice and make they were that you could not do that again. we succeeded in achieves those fundamental objectives. the idea we would remain there in the midst of a civil war was simply not in the national interests. that s the hard decision the president made. this as taliban officials say they will soon enter the palace to declare the country the islamic emirate of taliban. there is no they also bear significant responsibility to this. president trump told us that the president was going to fight terror none of that has happened. none of it has happened. ali, the u.s. embassy issued a statement a short time ago,
Sort of connection with the united states, their lives are going to be in danger, as will their families. that s why you re also see such a huge influx of refugee from aflg trying to pour into iran, where i am right now, just to get away from this oppressive rule of the taliban. ali, i want to say we have breaking news now that president ghani has issued a statement on twitter about where he has fled to. can you tell us more about the president, where he is and exactly when he left? reporter: well, he left in the last few hours he wanted to go to tajikistan, but they wouldn t allow it, and so he
Administration, which basically said if you promise not to shoot at us and let us leave, you can settle your affairs with the ghani government. the only purpose is to get the americans out. no mass evacuation of the afghans who have worked with us us. they re going to have to flee into adjoining countries. unlike vietnam, they can t just take to the seas and get rescued by the u.s. navy. afghanistan is at the end of nowhere. wow. all right. to do that, the goal is to do it, as we just heard shannon say, with both speed and safety. thank you both for your time and your candor and expertise. to our viewers, our breaking news coverage continues right now. we re following the very latest development from the taliban s takeover. just after the break, members of