International airport. So much has happened today. Tonight we will take stock in whats happening on the ground, and we will answer questions that you submitted online, about why this happened and what could happen next. From nbc News World Headquarters in new york, im joshua johnston, welcome to the week. Let us begin at the monumental events that took place in afghanistan today. Taliban fighters marched into kabul, Intent On taking full control of the capital city. They faced a little resistance as they entered the president ial palace. They are flag now flies in place of afghanistans flag. Meanwhile, the american flag no longer flies over what was the u. S. Embassy. Diplomats removed, as they an Embassy Personnel were evacuated by helicopter. President of afghanistan has fled the country. He wrote on facebook that he did so to try and spare the city from additional violence. Just in time to. Commercial flights, out of afghanistan are off suspended. That blocks a key escapers, for afg
The lightning quick offensive has won the taliban control of more than twothirds of the country, sources telling Fox News u. S. Officials believe the taliban could control the capital within the next 90 days. Were getting some reporting from Lucas Tomlinson that they are watching for it to happen even sooner than that as they get on the ground, fierce fighting right now is taking place outside of kabul. Whats left of the afghan forces in the taliban. 30 miles outside the city, thats closing in on where our u. S. Embassy is. Critics are going after President Biden. Slang afghanistan is careening towards a massive disaster that was totally predictable. Totally preventable. Youre watching outnumbered. Im harris faulkner. Kayleigh mcenany, dagen mcdowell, former State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in the Center Seat former Cia Chief of station, dan hoffman. Right on time. The pentagon sending more than 3,000 troops back in to help evacuate our u. S. Citizens and those with helped
Events especially the vietnam war. back in 1975 people saw chaos on their televisions. americans being airlifted to the u.s. embassy, in saigon. the moment became a symbol of defeat. today, we saw helicopters flying over kabul. americans were being evacuated, from the u.s. embassy. our panel is back with us. kevin and christian, what do you make of her comparison to the withdraw from zion. is that a fair comparison? i hate it. to be honest. and i posted on twitter saying one of the smarter responses was that, in vietnam over 50,000 americans were killed. back home in the united states, there have been a years of anti-war protests. there was a whole other set of circumstances that led to that image. and a shot of the helicopter over the embassy of saigon on that day, compared to a shot that happened to caption the helicopter flying over kabul today, it s simply not the same thing. yes, they are both bad. yes, there are now afghans in
Regime in afghanistan one that was ousted 20 years ago because of its tyrannically brutal rule, but now they are in full power of the country essentially. now they have taken it over, without much of an effort. they are as you mentioned, in the presidential palace. the afghan flag has been taken down, and the taliban flag is flying their. the president, or should i now say the former president of afghanistan, has fled, the security forces have essentially all fallen apart. and the taliban are in control of kabul and other cities. what was left of the security forces have shed their afghan government uniforms. and they are either wearing taliban close or regular close, just to blend in. because everybody there knows now it is all over. and of course with the taliban taking over in that country, it is also triggered an exodus, a desperate exodus from the
To, tell you i don t know what happens after we get these people out of their. i can tell you this, however we ve left behind a far more dangerous taliban and al-qaeda that ever existed on september 11th. we will continue this conversation in just a minute. do stick around. president biden, as we ve mentioned, is monitoring the situation in afghanistan tonight, but with kabul under siege. some in congress are laying blame. we ll get to that more of your questions, just ahead. stay close. your questions, just ahead. stay close stay close knows everyone s unique. that s why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that s the spot. only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty (vo) the rule in business used to be, location, location, location. now it s, network, network, network. so you need a network that s built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america s most reliable network. then we add the speed of veri