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I went back in 2002, and then 2005, 6, basically have been back almost every year in the last 20 years. and to see women running for parliament, working as lawyers, working as teachers, really out there in part of the society was incredible. but i don t think anyone ever imagines in their lifetime that they will go backward. i think everyone always strives to go forward. and so none of these women ever thought they would suddenly be stuck at home. but all of the women i know are too terrified to go outside. lyndsay adario, your work is so compelling, it s so important. thank you for doing it, as you said, year after year after year. no doubt you will come back and be back and share those messages. thank you, lyndsay. just some powerful stories there. anyone in san francisco who wants to eat, drink or exercise indoors must show proof they re fully vaccinated. could other cities soon follow suit? ....
That? we know from shannon pettypiece s reporting they are withdrawing military and diplomatic efforts in the region. lyndsay, i worked on afghanistan as a senior staffer, under the bush administration, i worked under president obama in the executive branch. i ran for congress last year saying we should leave afghanistan, but not this way. and the problem is that, you know, we have maximum leverage and we had maximum leverage. frankly, i would say before president trump got into office because it was clear that once he was in, he was going to try to withdraw us and possibly suddenly precipitously. but we really didn t use that leverage very effectively. that s obvious. and so you know, what relieves now? the military force we have in kabul is still some leverage. the fact that the taliban has to exist in an international order, so maybe they need some assistance. they are, it does seem, trying to get a message out that they ....
ali arouzi joining us once again from teheran. ali, thank you for your perspective on that and the situation that continues to unfold there. want to go ahead and bring in former deputy assistant to the secretary of defense evelyn farkas again as we continue to monitor these lives pictures that are going in and out over kabul. evelyn, since we ve been talking, nbc news has confirmed that bagram is now in the hands of the taliban. they re emptying out the prison there which contains 5,000 to 7,000 of the most hardened taliban and al qaeda fighters. what s your response there to bagram air base falling and really just the trajectory here of this day? yeah, i have to say, lyndsay, this does not bode well for what will happen next in the capital because, you know, we have been sitting here waiting to see what kind of deal gets worked out between the afghan government, the u.s. government, the international community, and the ....
Confirmed, the u.s. officials are saying taliban officials are negotiating currently at the palace with the afghan government? reporter: yeah, and i can tell you, lyndsay, i now have two defense officials confirming to me that bagram, this sprawling air base just outside of kabul city, has now fallen into the hands of the taliban. and with it comes just countless amount of military equipment and vehicles, potentially aircraft, weapons that were there. but what s even more critical is there is a prison facility. it s called the parlon prison facility collocated right next to bagram. defense officials are telling me the taliban have emptied out the prison. this isn t just any old prison. it has 5,000, upwards of 7,000 fighters and we re talking some hardened taliban fighters and some al qaeda. this is a place where the u.s. ....