Country. Joining me now, Ali Arouzi Nbc correspondent. Ali, Thank You for being here. To start things off, could you tellrt us the reaction in teher to whats happening on their border . Reporter well, its a mixed bag, jonathan, from teheran. Traditionally iran is ideologically opposed to the taliban. They are suni, the iranians are shia and they never read off the same hymn sheet. As history has always told us, your Enemys Enemy is your friend, and they are an enemy of the united states and iran is welcoming a large swath of u. S. Troops disappearing from their border. And weve also seen extraordinary scenes, jonathan, of Afghan Military Personnel Pouring Acrossta the Border Int Iran in advance vehicles with advanced equipment. No doubt provided to them by the united states which the iranian Defense Ministry will be very happy to get their hands on. Thats the military side of it. The humanitarian side of it is that the iranians have opened up three Border Crossings on this very porous
Coverage this morning our breakage continues with the sunday show with jonathan capehartw starting right now. good morning, i m jonathan capehart. this sunday we re continuingod monitor breaking news in afghanistan where taliban forces have swiftly taken over. seizing key cities and closing innd on the capital city of kab. nbc news is reporting that intense negotiations with the taliban are underway to safely evacuate americans and allied afghans from the embassy there. the embassy will close once all personnel have been transferred out. according to defense officials, bagram air base and par 1 prison have also fallen. 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners were released, some of whom are hardened taliban and al qaeda fighters. this a morning the taliban capturedal the key city of jalalabad in the eastern region of thern country, solidifying their near total control of the