Conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. That was ten years aGo. Think about that. Were Going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. Ive learned the hard way, there is never a Good time to withdraw u. S. Forces. The taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. Taliban fighters have broken through the front line. The Afghan Army has collapsed. The central Government has fallen. Panic fills the air in kabul. President biden said this is not Going to be saiGon. But guess what. Theres been an Explosion Outside kabul Airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. I stand squarely behind my decision. Its time to end americas longest war. Is it a mistake . I think it is, yeah. Because i think the consequences are Going to be unbelievably bad. I must say that its a moral defeat for the United States. I think is the president is right. Enough is enough. What was all of this for . That has to be the question veterans are asking. Two decades. More th
temporary retraining order that halts construction in just part of the area and does not protect the area where on saturday-security unleashed dogs and pepper spray on native americans who were trying to protect the ancient burial and prayer ground. we ll get an update and we ll go to iowa where the pipeline is also facing legal resistce. then, more than 20 immigrant women at the berks county residential center in pennsylvania have resumed their hunger strike to call for their release. some have been held for more than a year while they seek asylum. in an exclusive interview, we ll speak with a woman just released from berks after nine months. immigration officials told all she had to do to win her freedom was end her protest. look, they would put big servings of fruits, of watermelon, of grapes, of all different types of fruit around where we were to entice us to eat. amy: we ll get reaction from a board member of physicians for human rights who just spent more than a week
louder. amy: as more than 1000 native americans from more than 100 tribes gather to defend the standing rock sioux reservation from the dakota access pipeline, a federal judge has issued a temporary retraining order that halts construction in just part of the area and does not protect the area where on saturday-security unleashed dogs and pepper spray on native americans who were trying to protect the ancient burial and prayer ground. we ll get an update and we ll go to iowa where the pipeline is also facing legal resistance. then, more than 20 immigrant women at the berks county residential center in pennsylvania have resumed their hunger strike to call for their release. some have been held for more than a year while they seek asylum. in an exclusive interview, we ll speak with a woman just released from berks after nine months. immigration officials told all she had to do to win her freedom was end her protest. look, they would put big servings of fruits, of watermelon,
obama s decisions on afghanistan, including up to the decision to seek the strategic agreement with the afghans that would keep a residual force there after the end of this year. but there were two aspects of the war in afghanistan that troubled me. one was the presidents suspicion of the motives of the senior military, particularly when it came to the recommendations on afghanistan. and the second was what you describe. as i told rahm when i met with him, i don t mind that the president speaks out on exit strategies and so on, but the troops need to hear from their commander, the person who is sending them in harm s way, that their cause is just and noble, and the mission is important for the country and, therefore, their sacrifices worthwhile. and into two and half years i worked for president obama he only did that once or twice. and i think that s one of the responsibilities of the commander in chief when he deploys men and women in harm s way is that he would be willing
they will be ripped. .here will be no safety i am telling you straight. you must be honest. i am being honest with you here. in 2001 dostum was accused of in 2001 dostum was accused of orchestrating the killing of up to 2,000 taliban prisoners in what became known as the afghan massacre. on monday he was sworn in as afghanistan s new vice president. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. hong kong is facing its largest political unrest in decades as pro-democracy protesters have refused to leave the streets. tens of thousands of people have defied a police crackdown to continue their calls for greater political freedom. the protests began last week over china s recent rejection of free elections for hong kong. we will go to hong kong for more after headlines. afghanistan is expected to sign an agreement to keep 10,000 us troops in the country after inaugurating its new president on monday. the