you will, to a certain extent that this is an organization that is struggling to figure out what it is going to look like, precisely, after the united states is out. what do you make of that. the taliban don t seem to be struggling with their identity. they re claiming to have a new identity. they say this is transformed. they say it is not the world nay knew in the 90s when they were in power in afghanistan. when they were very repressive, particularly to women, banning women from going to school and taking part of any kind of public life, stoning for adultery. they say they will be tolerant, inclusive, but we will see how that plays out after american troops leave. they are appealing to people to
0 all right, david, thank you. we have a bit more breaking news to add to this, the pentagon spokesman saying we can confirm the explosion at a gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casuacasualties. another explosion a short distance from the abbey gate also took place. our breaking news coverage continues now with craig melvin. good thursday morning. craig melvin here. we continue to follow breaking news in afghanistan. explosion outside of the airport in kabul. expected to be an ied attack. word a few moments ago from pentagon spokesman. another explosion near by at a hotel. while they have no confirmation who is behind it, the assumption is that it was caused by isis-k. a splinter group of isis. that group considered to be an adversary of the taliban. the airport already on high alert because of a threat attributed to that group. just in the last few minutes john kirby saying the explosion near the abbey gate at the kabul airport