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

00:44had to fight and claw our way up.

00:47And we did claw, and we did fight.

00:50The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese Army.

00:54There's going to be no circumstance where you're going to see people being lifted off

00:57the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.

01:27I would like to say to my fellow citizens of Kabul, that my family and I are here with

01:42you.

01:43We are here with you, and we hope that the issues of our country, and our rule, can be

01:50resolved through peace and negotiations.

01:52We ask the security forces, and the Taliban, wherever they are, to keep the safety of the

01:59lives of the people, and to pay attention to the safety of the lives of the people.

02:44As I said in April, the United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan, to get

02:50the terrorists who attacked us on 9-11, and deliver justice to Osama bin Laden.

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