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tried to resist. but the taliban are not to be put off, of course. any resistance is dealt with them quickly. there are fights near the airport. that is completely unconfirmed. some have said british soldiers who were there were probably providing the initial cover for that area may have been involved. we ve not had anything official from that. but we have seen from that direction smoke rising in the air. there have been gunshots and explosion as you say. there are helicopters going around continuously. all the time we are being told, and it s either in the presidential palace or in the interior ministry which is 500, kilometer away from me that direction, are talks between the current afghan government and the great report by sir ramsey. not the clip we intended to play at all at that point. in part of his reporting he said he s seeing a parade of taliban
but there they are right here. hopefully they keep going past this hotel. that hopefully part at the end. that s stuart ramsey there, our sky news reporting from kabul mentioning that he s seeing some members of the taliban with their white flag walking through the city. once again, you can see some in the far distance, some black plume of smoke there on the horizon. again, not clear. it could be one of anything. it is a typical day in kabul when you have things like that take place. but it is by far not a typical day when it comes to the history of afghanistan and the united states. and for everybody who is with us, every now and then this live shot does fade to black. we don t have control over that. that s not us, that s on their side. we re losing the feed sometimes. we do keep getting it back and will bring it to you. want to bring in correspondent courtney kube who has been reporting on this, incredible reporting over the last few months.
i think the united states certainly share some of the blame as well. all right. richard engel joining us from kabul. richard, if you don t mind hanging only as we continue to cover the situation there on the ground. do want to get the congressional as well as the white house perspective on all of this as we continue to watch that live picture of kabul. at some point while richard was talking, i did see a small bit of black smoke, black plume. it is unclear what any of that could possibly mean or if it means anything. shannon, let me start with you. i do know from an interview former president george w. bush who started this war 20 years ago said the consequence are going to be unbelievably bad if we pull out of afghanistan. we kind of get a sense right now many of those comments are coming to fruition at this point. reporter: yes. president biden has talked about how he is the fourth president to inherit this war in afghanistan, or to oversee, i should say, this war in afghanista