Donahue. He is pictured here boarding an american jet. When all was said and done, 122,000 people were evacuated in just the last few weeks. Really an incredible number. The State Department has suspended diplomatic operations in kabul and will now operate out of qatar. And that is where we find Nick Paton Walsh at an Air Base used in evacuations. Nick, good morning. Overnight the taliban celebrating the u. S. Withdrawal. Tell us what is actually happening in afghanistan now and can the taliban hold this control . Reporter yeah, that will be the ultimate question for them in the weeks ahead frankly. They are already seeing a Security Threat from isisk. The question is how that sustains once the american presence has gone, which it now has finished. And it is extraordinary after 20 years to think of the american presence in afghanistan in the past tense. So many of the final aircraft which were involved in Yesterdays Departure landed in the distance behind me over there at the Air Base
They are blasting the commanderinchief over his broken promise, and for bringing a dishonorable end to americas longest work. This is outnumbered. Im kayleigh mcenany. Here, my cohost, Harris Faulkner and emily compagno, former deputy national Security AdviSor to the trump administration, k. T. Mcfarland, and virtual seat today, Executive Editor of special report, bret baier. Withdrawal from afghanistan is complete, The Last Flight out leaving the Taliban And Control of air. PriSon putting in a slimmed, set to address The American people hours from now. Critics charge that he broke his promise to get all u. S. Citizens out. Here is the president taking a question on that less than two weeks ago. President Biden Reporter are you committed to making sure troops staying until every americans are . President biden yes. Yes. Kayleigh bret, starting with you i thought we wouldve heard the Commander In Chief earlier, certainly earlier than john kirby, but i think there needs to be accountabil
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are olivia utley, assistant Comment Editor at the telegraph and richard duggan, editor of Essex And Cambridgeshire live. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. When the final us flights to leave the area those who helped western forces have been left behind. The taliban according saying that theyre able to launch fresh air strikes against the islamic state in afghanistan and the remains of the vehicle hit by a Drone Strike in kabul makes The Front Page of the guardian. It is thought that seven children are amongst the dead. The time reports on leaks from the pentagon which Shift Blame towards Uk Forces for the deaths at the airport on thursday. The metro since the last us troops left kabul a minute before midnight local time to end 20 years of conflict there. That is the picture of both afghan refugees arriving on The Front Page of the ft. Which also says that the eu is preparing to impose c
Strike, so that was the only option you guys used, was there any other option to stop the bomb with the vehicle. Im let The General ill ask The General to provide context. Only thing i would say is that Weve Use Td Word Dynamic a lot and i know that sounds like pentagon speak, but that is really how the best way to describe the threats were facing. Dynamic, moving, fluid, quick. And because that is how isisk operates. And we have to try to be as quick and as nimble as they are. And when you have what we believe to be an imminent threat and we believe this to be an imminent threat, we took the action that we believe was the most necessary at the best opportunity to thwart that attack. Commanders will always minimize collateral damage. This is one of the key tenants of what we how we operate. In this case, just like mr. Kirby said, that this strike prevented a high Profile Attack against both, you know, coalition and u. S. Forces and other afghan civilians. And so as we looked at the inf
Drone strike was [inaudible] was that the only option you guys used . Was there any other option to stop that bomb in the vehicle in i will let The General ill ask The General to provide context. Only thing i would say is that weve used the Word Dynamic a lot. It sounds like pentagon speak. But thats really how the best way to describe the threats were facing dynamic, moving, fluid, quick. Because thats how isisk operates. And we have to try to be as quick and nimble as they are. And when you have what we believe to be an imminent threat and we believe this to be an imminent threat we took the action we believed was the most necessary at the best opportunity to thwart that attack. Commanders will always minimize collateral damage. That is one of the key tenets of how we operate. In this case like mr. Kirby said, that this strike prevented a highprofile attack against both coalition u. S. Forces and other afghan civilians. And so as we look at the information that we had during the time