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Biden told [[George Stephanopoulos]] the same morning that "one of the things we didn't know is what the Taliban would do in terms of trying to keep people from getting out, what they would do. What are they doing now? They're cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, et cetera.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-interview-president/story?id=79535643</ref>

Biden told [[George Stephanopoulos]] the same morning that "one of the things we didn't know is what the Taliban would do in terms of trying to keep people from getting out, what they would do. What are they doing now? They're cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, et cetera.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-interview-president/story?id=79535643</ref>

On August 19, 2921 [[VOA]] announced Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani had been placed in charge of security around the Kabul airport.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/hardline-haqqani-network-put-charge-kabul-security</ref>  On August 22, 2021, Haqqani told ''Al Jazeera'', “all Afghans” should feel safe under their Islamic Emirate, and that a “general amnesty” has been granted across the nation’s 34 provinces.  "If we can defeat superpowers, surely we can provide safety to the Afghan people," said Haqqani, "All of those people who left this country, we will assure them of their safety," Haqqani went on. "You’re all welcome back in Afghanistan."<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/22/all-afghans-should-feel-safe-under-taliban-says-security-chief</ref>  The Haqqani network was already executing civilians and former members of the Afghan National Army, according to the [[United Nations]].<ref>https://www.euronews.com/2021/08/24/un-has-credible-reports-of-summary-executions-of-civilians-by-taliban</ref>

On August 19, 2921 [[VOA]] announced Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani had been placed in charge of security around the Kabul airport.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/hardline-haqqani-network-put-charge-kabul-security</ref>  On August 22, 2021, Haqqani told ''Al Jazeera'', “all Afghans” should feel safe under their Islamic Emirate, and that a “general amnesty” has been granted across the nation’s 34 provinces.  "If we can defeat superpowers, surely we can provide safety to the Afghan people," said Haqqani, "All of those people who left this country, we will assure them of their safety," Haqqani went on. "You’re all welcome back in Afghanistan."<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/22/all-afghans-should-feel-safe-under-taliban-says-security-chief</ref>  The [[Haqqani network]] was already executing civilians and former members of the Afghan National Army, according to the [[United Nations]].<ref>https://www.euronews.com/2021/08/24/un-has-credible-reports-of-summary-executions-of-civilians-by-taliban</ref>

Stuart Ramsey of ''[[Sky News]]'' wrote shortly aftr being expelled from Afghanistan by the UK Ministry of Defnse amidst all the mayhem,

Stuart Ramsey of ''[[Sky News]]'' wrote shortly after being expelled from Afghanistan by the UK Ministry of Defense amidst all the mayhem,

{{quotebox|"One hope lies in a possible uprising. I wouldn’t discount it because young people born in the past 20 years (nearly two thirds of Afghans are under 25 years of age) are used to Western ways, the internet and smartphones and won’t want to go back to some sort of medieval nonsense run by a bunch of criminals.  And they are, by and large, just that, the most influential security people within the Taliban organisation belonging to the Haqqani Network, a cartel that sells opium around the world.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934115/STUART-RAMSAY-sends-vivid-angry-dispatch-Afghanistan.html</ref>}}

{{quotebox|"One hope lies in a possible uprising. I wouldn’t discount it because young people born in the past 20 years (nearly two-thirds of Afghans are under 25 years of age) are used to Western ways, the internet and smartphones and won’t want to go back to some sort of medieval nonsense run by a bunch of criminals.  And they are, by and large, just that, the most influential security people within the Taliban organization belonging to the Haqqani Network, a cartel that sells opium around the world.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934115/STUART-RAMSAY-sends-vivid-angry-dispatch-Afghanistan.html</ref>}}

==Botched evacuation==

==Botched evacuation==