Theyre in the crowd. We asked the pentagon for comment. We have Breaking News as well. New details of the top american commander in afghanistan. To be clear, these are not the ongoing talks between diplomats in qatar. This is a rear admiral speaking directly with the taliban. Also tonight, new groups that foresaw this. Telling you about the extraordinary action they saw to warn their boss that the situation could rapidly deteriorate and that they feared a catastrophe which is exactly what came to pass. Which is exactly why the biden administration is scrambling, why its now knows negotiate with the taliban and why despite Evacuation Efforts some of the growing number of transport planes are leaving kabul less than full. People who want to leave cannot safely get through Taliban Checkpoints to the airport. They have made it clear theyre not getting afghans and neither do they know how many afghans are still in the country. John Kirby Wouldnt say. He wouldnt give a number. I do not have
Catastrophe in afghanistan. When was he warned . A month ago. A month ago, he was urged to take swift action to get the afghans who have been helping us out of the country. Cnn has learned about the classified cable to tony blinken. Signed by more than a dozen u. S. Diplomats in midjuly which laid out how the State Department could speed up the process of afghans applying for Siv Or Refugee status because they knew afghanistan was falling fast. Again, they knew afghanistan was falling fast. According to department officials, those diplomats now feel their warnings were where we are and how we got here. Yes, this is also a rush to judgment about what is happening there. People are already concluding that its over. That this is a failure. We dont know that, yet. It is premature to judge. But the sooner the administration shows it can get more people out, the sooner the naysayers will have to shut up. But be clear. The situation on the ground is getting worse. This is how the taliban does
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Enough. Crowds mobbing the tarmac, climbing onto jetways trying desperately to board outgoing flights. Clinging on to the outsides of planes. Thats an Air Force c17. People are grabbing on to it as it taxis off. There are people holding on to the aircraft as it takes off. And as it flies away. At least two people were seen falling several hundred feet from one of the planes. Sickening. Haunting as well, this photo posted on the website, defense one, about 640 people, according to defense one, on an aircraft designed to carry 102 troops. Afghans desperate to leave. Right now, according to the pentagon, there are about 2500 u. S. Troops securing the airport. Late today, the president said their number will rise to as many as 6,000, but only to secure the evacuation. Before that, in words laying blame squarely on our former ally, the president justified his decision to end all military involvement. So im left again to ask of those who argue that we should stay, how many more generations o
Children make for a good photograph. But this is not a good reality. This is a drop of humanity compared to the thousands, Tens Of Thousands, Hundreds Of Thousands who will now be subjected to a truly horrible fate. People there are so scared theyre willing to do this. So desperate they would rather risk death holding on to an american plane than face the certainty of oppression on the ground. Think about that. The reality is tragic. The question for us is, did it have to be this way . Was there a better alternative for america . Is this Americas Problem . Look, we know its a political problem, the scenes are terrible for americas image, theyre terrible for bidens image. But even the president gave a nod that what were seeing is the price of pulling out. I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years, i learned the hard way. That there was never a good time to withdraw u. S. Forces. But i always promised the american people that i will be straight with you. The truth is, this did