This is one of those stories. Watch this. Stick with me till The End. Okay . Here we go. September of 2010, the Warren Afghanistan was closing out its ninth year. And of course for a long time it hadnt been just american troops fighting the war in afghanistan. A lot of our allies joined in the War Effort to. For years, for example, the British Army had been engaged here, in the town of sank in, in Helmand Province and that area, Helmand Province, but that area near sangin was, a Cure Center for the opium trade. It was also just absolutely swarming with taliban fighters. So on the earlier side of the war, first decade of the war, the british were the ploy there to try to beat back the taliban, prop up support for the afghan government there. That experience was just absolutely devastating for the British Army. By june of 2010, the british had lost around 300 soldiers, total, and all of afghanistan. But nearly a third of that number, nearly a third of all the british older skilled in the
Stay beyond August 31st if necessary . Depends on where we are and if we can ramp these numbers are to 5,000 to 7,000 a day coming out. If thats the case, theyll all be out. So americans should understand that troops might have to be there beyond august 31. No. Americans should understand that well try to get it done before August 31st. If we dont if we dont, well determine at the time who is left. And . And if theres american citizens left, were going to stay and get them all out. Situation on the ground in afghanistan remained tense as the taliban now dig in and assert control over their country. Our veteran chief Veteran Correspondent Richard Engel is in kabul again for us tonight. Reporter the u. S. , did Led Evacuation is finally moving quickly and movingly from the military side of kabul airport. Planes arriving and departing around the clock. Its a Far Cry from the bedlam monday when thousands of afghans broke into the airport, so desperate to escape the taliban. They clung on t
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