STORY BY THE WAY.
THREE MINUTES AFTER THE TOP OF
THE HOUR.
TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE
TALIBAN INVADED THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE IN KABUL AND SECURED THE
GRIP ON AFGHANISTAN.
>> Steve: NEW REPORT FROM HOUSE
REPUBLICANS CALLING OUT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S ABRUPT
PULLOUT OF U.S. TROOPS FROM
LEAVING THE COUNTRY.
LEAVING COUNTLESS AMERICANS AND
ALLIES BEHIND TO FIGURE OUT
THEIR OWN WAY OUT.
>> Ainsley: HOW CAN WE FORGET.
TREY YINGST IS LIVE IN KABUL
AFGHANISTAN WITH THE LATEST.
TREY?
>> BRIAN, AINSLEY, STEVE, GOOD
MORNING, REMARKABLE SCENES RIGHT
NOW IN THE CAPITOL OF KABUL.
WE JUST SAW A LINE OF PICKUP
TRUCKS GO BY WITH TALIBAN
FIGHTERS ON THE BACK.
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR
TAKEROVER OF AFGHANISTAN IT
COMES AS THIS G.O.P. REPORT
INDICATES THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WAITED UNTIL THE
LAST MINUTE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT THE EVACUATION FROM
KABUL’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
LAST AUGUST.
WE HAVE GOT A LOOK THIS WEEK AT
THE SUFFERING THAT THE AFGHAN
PEOPLE ARE NOW FACING UNDER
TALIBAN CONTROL.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> 11-MONTH-OLD ROW BANE
STRUGGLES TO BEET AS HIS MOTHER
LOOKS ON.
THE YOUNG AFGHAN IS ONE OF MORE
THAN 1 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER
FIVE WHO ARE ACUTELY
MALNOURISHED IN THE TALIBAN
CONTROLLED COUNTRY.
>> IT MAKE PLEASE VERY SAD WHEN
I SEE HIM IN THIS CONDITION.
35-YEAR-OLD FATIMA COMPLAINT.
I HAVE LOST THREE OTHER
CHILDREN.
THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE.
>> THE YEAR INTO TALIBAN RULE.
AFGHANISTAN’S ECONOMY HAS
COLLAPSED.
THE UNITED NATIONS NOW ESTIMATES
97% OF AFGHANS ARE AT RISK OF
FALLING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
THE TALIBAN’S CONTROVERSIAL AN
ARCHAIC GOVERNING STYLE HAS
INCREASED INTERNATIONAL
ISOLATION.
PUTTING AT RISK BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF AID THAT ACTS
AS HUMANITARIAN LIFELINE FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
>> A STRICT INTERPRETATION OF
ISLAM IS GUIDING LIFE UNDER
TALIBAN CONTROL.
MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A
SEPARATION BETWEEN MOSQUE AND
STATE.
RIGHT NOW IN AFGHANISTAN,
LISTENING TO MUSIC IS OUTLAWED.
WOMEN MUST BE COVERED WHEN IN
PUBLIC AND THE MAJORITY OF
TEENAGE GIRLS ARE BANNED FROM
PARTICIPATING IN SECONDARY
EDUCATION.
THE TALIBAN CLAIMS THIS IS
EQUALITY.
>> ARE WOMEN FREE IN
AFGHANISTAN?
>> OF COURSE.
>> WOMEN CAN’T GO OUT IN PUBLIC
ALONE AT NIGHT.
THEY CAN’T SERVE IN SENIOR
GOVERNMENT ROLES.
THEY HAVE TO BE COVERED WHEN
THEY GO INTO THE STREETS OF
KABUL.
HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE THIS AS
FREE?
>> THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY
REGULATE HOW PEOPLE CONDUCT
THEMSELVES WHEN IN THE PUBLIC.
THAT DOES NOT IN ANY SHAPE, WAY,
OR FORM MEAN THAT SOMEONE IS
FREE OR IS NOT FREE.
>> AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL TELLS
FOX NEWS THAT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT WILL DELIVER A REPORT
TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS DETAILING WHAT WENT
WRONG WITH THAT EVACUATION LAST
SUMMER AND HOW SO MANY U.S.
ALLIES WERE LEFT BEHIND.
BRIAN, AINSLEY, STEVE?
>> Brian: HEY, TREY, DESCRIBE
FOR US, YOU WERE THERE DURING
EVERY DAY OF THE CHAOS.
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING A
YEAR LATER.
I MEAN, IS IT JUST AN
IMPOVERISHED COUNTRY LIVING
UNDER AUTOCRATIC RULE?
>> THAT’S EXACTLY IT.
THERE IS A SENSE OF NORMALCY ON
THE SURFACE.
YOU SEE STREET VENDORS GIVING
OUT FOOD AND TRYING TO MAKE SOME
SALES BUT MOST PEOPLE CAN’T
AFFORD THAT FOOD.
THE TALIBAN PATROLS THE STREETS
LIKE A POLICE FORCE.
FEAR AND ANXIETY FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE SPOKE WITH FEMALE ACTIVIST
LAST NIGHT AND SHE STAGED A
DEMONSTRATION OVER THE WEEKEND
AND THE TALIBAN BROKE UP THIS
PROTEST, FIRING WEDNESDAY INTO
THE AIR AND BEATING THESE WOMEN
IN THE STREETS OF KABUL.
THEY ARE NOT FREE DESPITE WHAT
THAT TALIBAN OFFICIAL TOLD FOX
NEWS.
AND IT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AS
THE DAYS GO OWN.
>> Ainsley: HIS DEFINITION OF
FREEDOM DOES THAT THE MAKE SENSE
THAT WOMAN, WHEN WE SEE THAT
WOMAN HAS ALREADY LOST THREE
CHILDREN.
THIS WILL BE HER FOURTH.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
THEY CAN’T AFFORD FOOD?
THEY CAN’T AFFORD MEDICAL CARE?
>> THEY CAN’T AFFORD FOOD.
THEY CAN’T AFFORD MEDICAL CARE.
AND SO MANY OF THOSE YOUNG
MOTHERS THAT WE MET HAVE LOST
OTHER CHILDREN TO MALNUTRITION
IN AFGHANISTAN.
MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM MORE
RURAL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY
TO THE CAPITAL OF KABUL TRYING
TO GET ANY SORT OF MEDICAL CARE
THEY CAN RECEIVE.
BUT, WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING HERE
IN KABUL IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
WE ARE GETTING REALLY A VIEW OF
THE TALIBAN THAT HAS BEEN
STERILIZED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU GO TO MORE RURAL PARTS
OF AFGHANISTAN, THE BEATING OF
WOMEN, THE OPPRESSION THAT THESE
WOMEN ARE FACING IS EVEN WORSE
AND, AGAIN, THIS ISSUE WITH
EDUCATION, WE ALSO SPOKE TO THAT
TALIBAN OFFICIAL PRESSING HIM ON
WHY YOUNG WOMEN CANNOT GET
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND RATHER THAN JUST ADMITTING
THAT THIS IS BASED ON THE
ISLAMIC LAW.
THE STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE
QURAN THE TALIBAN HAS, HE SAYS
THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PENCILS
AND TEACHERS.
AGAIN THEY ARE TRYING TO
STERILIZE WHAT THE CONTROL LOOKS
LIKE HERE IN AFGHANISTAN.
WE DO KNOW, ACCORDING TO REPORTS
IN THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF THIS
COUNTRY IT’S EVEN WORSE.
>> Steve: TREY, YOU KNOW, A YEAR
AGO, WHEN WE PULLED OUT AND 13
BRAVE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS
KILLED IN THAT SUICIDE ATTACK AT
THE AIRPORT, AND THEN WE PULLED
OUT COMPLETELY AND THERE WERE --
THERE WERE STILL HUNDREDS OF
U.S. CITIZENS, THOUSANDS OF
GREEN CARD HOLDERS THERE.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT APPARENTLY A
NUMBER OF THEM HAVE COME BACK.
BUT, AT THE TIME WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT HOW THERE WERE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF AFGHANYS WHO HELPED
US AS TRANSLATORS AND WITH
LOGISTICS.
AND THEY WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND TO
DEAL WITH THEIR TALIBAN
OVERLORDS.
IT’S BEEN A YEAR LATER.
WHAT HAS LIFE BEEN LIKE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO HELP THE UNITED
STATES BUT WHO ARE STILL THERE
WITH THE TALIBAN NOW FIRMLY IN
CONTROL?
>> THOSE PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED.
WE TALKED TO A MAN YESTERDAY WHO
WORKED EVERY DAY IN THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN KABUL.
HE WAS A SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE
EMBASSY.
AN AFGHAN OFFICIAL WHO WORKED
WITH THE UNITED STATES ON
FINANCE ISSUES.
ANSWERED WAS SENT AROUND THE
WORLD HELPING THE UNITED STATES.
HE EVEN WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
WORKING IN THE RONALD REAGAN
BUILDING.
HE TOLD US IS HE AN AFGHAN.
CAME BACK HERE WITH HIS FAMILY
AND WAS IT ASSISTING THE UNITED
STATES FOR YEARS.
HE STARTED OUT AS A TRANSLATOR
AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO HELP
THE AMERICANS.
HE WAS LEFT BEHIND.
ANSWERED LIVED FOR MONTHS IN A
SAFE HOUSE WITH HIS FAMILY.
AND HE SAID HE IS STILL TRYING
TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY ARE NOT
RESPONDING ANYMORE.
I ASKED HIM IF HIS VIEW ABOUT
THE AMERICANS CHANGED.
AND HE TOLD ME THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE GREAT PEOPLE.
HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN
CIVIL YAPS BUT HE WAS FRUSTRATED
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.
HE SAID THAT HE SERVED THE
UNITED STATES FOR SO LONG AND HE
HAD U.S. INTEREST IN MIND AND
NOW HE IS BEING IGNORED AND
FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I WANT TO JUST GO TO THE STREET
HERE.
I WANT TO PAN DOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS TALIBAN PARADE
TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
>> Steve: YOU CAN HEAR IT.
>> THESE FLAGS IN THE STREETS OF
KABUL.
YOU CAN HEAR IT BEHIND ME.
AND IT IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER
THAT THE TALIBAN OFFICIALS AND
THESE TALIBAN FIGHTERS ARE IN
CONTROL OF KABUL AND THEY ARE
CALLING THE SHOTS HERE.
AND FOR THE CIVILIANS WHO WERE
LEFT BEHIND.
THOSE WHO HELPED THE AMERICANS,
THEY ARE LEFT DEPENDING FOR
THEIR LIVES.
MANY OF THEM ARE LIVING UNDER
GROUND TERRIFIED ABOUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO THEM AND THEIR
FAMILIES IF THEY’RE FOUND OUT TO
HAVE HELPED THE AMERICANS DURING
THOSE 20 YEARS OF WAR.
>> Steve: RIGHT.
JUST TO REMIND THE FOLKS THAT
THE TALIBAN IS IN CHARGE, THEY
HAVE THE PARADE THROUGH TOWN
WITH THE MUSIC AND THE FLAGS
PERFECT TIMING.
TREY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.