- [Dale] With the deadline to withdraw
troops from Afghanistanless than 24 hours away,
the State Department says 250 US citizens
are still in the country.
A US drone strikes Sundaytargeted a suspected car bomber
on his way to Kabul airport
with what officials saidwas a substantial amount
of explosive material.
Overnight as many as fiverockets were fired at the airport
with at least some of them intercepted
by an anti-missile system.
But the rockets didn'tstop the steady steam
of US military cargo jetstaking off and landing
at Kabul's international airport.
Sam Brownback, religiousfreedom ambassador
under the Trump administrationsaid the White House
must do more to help non-Muslims escape
before they're killed.
- If you're a religiousminority in Afghanistan,
we need to be granting the Visa rights
to be able to come to the United States
because they're sitting ducks,
they're gonna get killed.
- [Dale] Lawmakers on bothsides are urging the White House
to extend the deadlineto allow evacuations
for US troops and their allies,
but the administration isn't budging.
Secretary of State Blinken saying
there likely will be nodiplomatic presence in the country
after August 31st,
but insists there's a plan
to get Americans out after that date.
- If the Taliban is serious
about the commitments thatit's repeatedly made in public,
including nationally across the country,
as well as in private
commitments that theinternational community
intends to hold the Taliban to
the we'll find ways to do it.
- [Dale] Nebraska GOPSenator Ben Sasse says
it shows the administrationstill lacks a plan.
- That interview was disgusting
and the American people havea right to be livid about it.
There is clearly no plan.
There has been no plan.
Their plan has basically been happy talk.
- [Dale] And South CarolinaSenator Lindsey Graham
says the president should be impeached.
- Do you still feel he shouldbe impeached over this?
- Yeah, yeah, I thinkit's dereliction of duty
to leave hundreds ofAmericans behind enemy lines,
turn them into hostages,
to abandon thousands of Afghans
who fought honorably along our side
to create conditions for another 9/11
that are now through the roof.
I think he's been derelict
in his duties as commander in chief.
- [Dale] Meanwhile, a solemnseen in Delaware Sunday
as the bodies of the 13 service members
killed in a bomb attack lastweek were returned home.
Joe Biden is being blasted on social media
for appearing to look at hiswatch during this ceremony.
The administration hasbeen touting the fact
that the US and its allies have evacuated
100,000 Americans andAfghans on very short notice.
But as the evacuation deadline looms,
many Afghans desperate toescape will have no way out.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.
