the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applicants out of the country, and to provide additional security at the airport. again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the security spacing. 3,000 s a lot of people, though. can you give any better sense of, like, on a day-to-day, what are they doing? sounds like they must be that shall. that people, sounds like they must be getting people to the airport and they re take over security. i wouldn t go that far, courtney. the turkish force are still at the airport. they re in the lead of security at the airport. we already have some security forces, united states security forces at the airport, including some aviation elements. these 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate the movement of all these people over the next couple of weeks. again, this is about prudent pr
who only days ago described the situation in afghanistan as grim. so can afghan national forces hold off against the taliban? hamdullah mohib, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how did you feel when you heard that the us were pulling their troops out of afghanistan at the beginning ofjuly? this had been a long discussion. it didn t come as a total surprise to us. but the timing of when they will do this, the amount of time that it will take to do this was a bit of a shock. that said, it is a decision that was made and we respect that and are trying to make the best of what we now have to do and can. the way it was done, though, according to the times, the electricity was on a timer that was set to go off 20 minutes after the last plane left bagram air base. was that true? look, the withdrawal from bagram air base is not the whole of the story. maybe the airport itself is one story, but then general miller and general mackenzie had a handover ceremony in kabul and it was a prope
welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. since the united states pulled their troops out of afghanistan at the beginning ofjuly, the taliban have retaken huge swathes of the country and reports have emerged that, once again, they re enforcing the same repressive practices of their past rule. my guest is afghanistan s national security adviser, hamdullah mohib. while he s here in london, he s meeting the chief of the uk defence staff who only days ago described the situation in afghanistan as grim. so can afghan national forces hold off against the taliban? hamdullah mohib, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how did you feel when you heard that the us were pulling their troops out of afghanistan at the beginning ofjuly? this had been a long discussion. it didn t come as a total surprise to us. but the timing of when they will do this, the amount of time that it will take to do this was a bit of a shock. that said, it is a decision that was made and we respect that and are trying
here in atlanta. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with breaking news right now from japan where authorities say at least 20 people are unaccounted for after a mudslide swept into the city of atami southwest of tokyo. let s bring in celina wang live from tokyo. celina, what s the latest? reporter: kim, exactly. we ve learned that at least 20 people are missing as a mudslide hit this morning at 10:30 according to nhk. search and rescue is underway and the prefectural government has asked for addition 23458 support. no deaths have been reported yet. they have been searching for hours. and the video there, kim, is absolutely devastating. you can see the mudslide engulfing homes. infrastructure, debris knocking down everything in its path. the residents there are shocked. they are concerned. atami city is 67 miles southwest of tokyo. the area that was hit by the mudslide includes hot springs, shopping streets and residential home