Taliban forces take Kabul, thousands try to flee the capital

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These were the scenes of chaos and panic at Kabul's airport as thousands tried to flee the country after the Taliban seized control of the capital ...

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00:00The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything

00:04and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.

00:30The embassy gates were closed and we, like the frightened Vietnamese and their families,

00:51had to fight and claw our way up.

00:54And we did claw, and we did fight.

00:57The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army.

01:01There's going to be no circumstance where you'll see people being lifted off the roof

01:05of a embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.

01:35We are here to serve our fellow citizens of Kabul.

01:44I am here with my family, my daughters and my children.

01:50We hope that the issues of our country and our rule will be resolved through peace negotiations.

02:00We call on the security forces and the Taliban to keep the safety of the lives of the people

02:12wherever they are, and to protect the safety of the lives of the people."

02:30As I said in April, the United States did what we want to do in Afghanistan, to get

02:58the terrorists who attacked us on 9-11 and deliver justice to Osama bin Laden.

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