Sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u. S. Cnn military retired general. Orrin, let s start with you. What do we expect to hear in these remarks? in terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. Generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and that s what we expect here. Second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 service members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other service members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. I don t think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themselves, and we hope to get in ther
In charge. So in 1839, the brits invaded afghanistan. They tried to install their own guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan which would make afghanistan closer aligned with them. The british stayed to fight that war, but ultimately it did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then 35, 40 years later, the british army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again that happen a place they thought ought to be allied with them was actually more inclined toward russia, the same thing that had driven them 35, 40 years before. So in 1848, the british invaded afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy, this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had won and that afghanistan would have a longterm alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second war. But the guy they installed in the government, he abdicated, and afghanistan went their own way and british left again. It was 35 years between the first war and
With russia, instead of them, giving russia too much influence in a place where britain thought that they should be in charge. So in 1839, the brits invaded afghanistan, they tried to install their own, guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan. Who they thought would make afghanistan more closely aligned with them. The british army state for several years, fighting that war, but in the end that did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then, 30 5:40 years later, the british army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again, that a place they thought out to be aligned with them, was actually more inclined toward russia, same thing that has driven them 30 5:40 years before. In so in 1878, the british invaded afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy. This time for a hot minute they actually thought they had one. In that afghanistan would have a long term alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second or. But
Would make afghanistan closely aligned with them. The british stayed to fight that war, but ultimately it did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then 35, 40 years later, the british army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again that a place they thought ought to be aligned with them was actually more inclined with russia, the same thing that had driven them 35, 40 years before. So in 1848, the british invaded afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy, this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had won and that afghanistan would have a longterm alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second war. But the guy they installed in the government, he abdicated, and afghanistan went back to its previous ways again and the british left again. How long does it take to forget? it was 35 years between the first war and the second one. It was another 35 or 40 years before they invaded a third time. At the clo
Deadline for evacuations to end and for all u. S. Troops to withdraw from that country. It is believed that less than 250 americans remain in afghanistan. In the next hour secretary of state tony blinken will deliver remarks on the next stage in those efforts to evacuate americans and our allies from afghanistan. We will bring those remarks to you live when they begin. Earlier today the pentagon announced that 1,200 people have been flown out of afghanistan in just the last 24 hours. And then in total more than 116,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan just since august 14th. It is likely to go down in history as one of the largest airlifts ever. Looming over this operation in its final hours is the threat of more attacks by isis. Just today u. S. Forces intercepted a barrage of rockets aimed at kabul airport. That comes on the heels of a drone strike by the u. S. Targeting a vehicle that was carrying explosives and foiling a bomb plot. That strike reportedly killed ten civil