IT COULD BE REALLY THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
BACK TO YOU.
LAWRENCE: THANKS, DAVID.
RACHEL: WE’LL BRING IN FOX NEWS
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY
YINGST LIVE FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST.
TREY, TELL US THE LATEST.
REPORTER: THERE IS A LOT OF
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS IN KABUL AMID REPORTS
THAT THE TALIBAN HAS ENTERED THE
OUT SKIRTS OF THE CITY.
CURRENTLY MEETING WITH TOP
OFFICIALS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
SOME SORT OF A TRANSITION OF
POWER.
I THINK THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW
FOR THE REGION, WE HAVE NOT SEEN
THE VIOLENCE THAT MANY FEARED
WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE TALIBAN AN
TERPED THE AFGHAN CAPITAL.
OVER THE PAST 8 DAYS WE SAW THIS
GROUP TAKE OVER 31 OF THE 34
PROVINCIAL CAPITALS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THERE WERE THESE SCENES OF
FIGHTING BETWEEN AFGHAN SECURITY
FORCES AND THE INSURGENTS BUT
NOW IT APPEARS LIKE SOME
POLITICAL SOLUTION COULD COME
OUT OF THE SITUATION IN KABUL
ONLY TO AVOID WHAT COULD BE SOME
SORT OF MASS CASUALTY SITUATION.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS THERE
WERE THESE QUESTIONS WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO AFGHAN PRESIDENT GHANI
IF THE TALIBAN ACTUALLY MADE IT
TO KABUL.
NOW THAT WE SEE THE SITUATION
UNFOLDING, PEACE NEGOTIATORS IN
QATAR MEETING WITH OFFICIALS
TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THEY
WANT SOME SORT OF PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER.
WE DO WANT TO NOTE THOUGH THE
BAGRAM AIRBASE NEWS COMING OUT,
DAVID REPORTING A FEW MINUTES
AGO, IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO
THE AFGHAN CIVILIAN POPULATION.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF
TALIBAN PRISONERS ARE CONSIDERED
CRIMINALS AND IN SOME CASES
EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
PEOPLE INSIDE OF AFGHANISTAN.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FREEING MANY
OF THESE INSURGENTS, IT IS NOT
ONLY GOING TO ALLOW THE TALIBAN
TO REINFORCE THEIR RANKS, BUT
ALSO EXERT THE FORCE AND FEAR
AMONG THE POPULATION THAT IS THE
MAJOR CONCERN.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE U.S.
TROOPS ARE ABLE TO GET THE
EMBASSY PERSONNEL OUT OF THE
COUNTRY WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND THAT
IS THE BIG QUESTION THIS
MORNING.
WILL: JUDGING FROM VIDEO WE’RE
SEEING, TREY, THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS VERY BAD.
TRAFFIC JAMS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO
LEAVE KABUL.
SEEMS TO BE INTERPRETATION OF
THOSE 5000 AMERICAN TROOPS ISN’T
GOING TO BE THERE TO HELP THEM
THIS IN WAY.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
HELPED US, TREY?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE INTERPRETERS,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT AIDED
AMERICAN TROOPS THE LAST TWO
DECADES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?
REPORTER: THERE WAS A HOPE BY
THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO HELP THE TERP TERMS AND
TRANSLATORS WHO WILL BE TARGETS
FOR THE TALIBAN TO GET OUT ON
TIME.
EVERYONE CAUGHT ON THEIR HEELS
THOUGH.
WE SAW A FEW DAYS AGO THE U.S.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THEIR
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION CALL
KABUL COULD FALL IN 90 DAYS,
THEN TURNED INTO 30 DAYS AND NOW
JUST HOURS.
WHEN KANDAHAR FELL THOSE WERE
MAJOR INDICATORS, TALIBAN
RAPIDLY ADVANCING TOWARDS KABUL.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE U.S. ALLIES
WHO WERE WITH U.S. TROOPS
FOLLOWING 9/11?
THIS 20 YEAR WAR ALOT OF PEOPLE
ALONG THE WAY HELPING AMERICAN
FORCES, EVEN THE DRAWDOWN.
WE STILL SAW MANY AFGHAN
CIVILIANS AND PROFESSIONALS
TRYING TO HELP THE AMERICANS
CONDUCT THEIR MISSION,
ULTIMATELY DRAW DOWN THE FORCE
PRESENCE THERE IN AFGHANISTAN.
THERE IS A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
IT’S A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA
PROGRAM THAT THE UNITED STATES
IS OFFERING TO MANY OF THOSE
U.S. ALLIES ON THE GROUND BUT
REPORTS INDICATE THERE ARE
UPWARDS OF 80,000 APPLICANTS AND
ONLY ONE OR 2% OF THEM HAVE BEEN
FLOWN OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
WE’RE SEEING IMAGES IN KABUL OF
STREETS FILLED WITH PEOPLE, CARS
BLOCKED IN TRAFFIC JAMS.
MANY HEADING TO THE AIRPORT
HOPING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN BEFORE THE TALIBAN
FORMALLY TAKES OVER.
WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF STATEMENTS
FROM TALIBAN OFFICIALS THEY WILL
NOT TARGET CIVILIANS OR THOSE
WHO WORKED WITH THE AFGHAN
SECURITY FORCES OR U.S.
MILITARY.
THAT IS ALL FINE TO SAY ON
PAPER.
IT IS FINE TO PUT OUT IN WHAT
HAPPENS ON THE GROUND IS LIKELY
DIFFERENT.
I SPOKE TO A MEMBER OF TALIBAN
THAT WORKS IN THE MEDIA WING OF
THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT
OFFICIAL SAID THERE WAS NO
CONSENSUS IN THE CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
AND TALL BAN OVER CONVERSATIONS
TAKING PLACE IN QATAR OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
ULTIMATELY THE ONE PHRASE THAT
SPOKESPERSON USED WAS ISLAMIC
SYSTEM.
THAT REALLY GETS TO THE CORE OF
WHAT THE THE TALIBAN IS LOOKING
TO DO HERE.
THEY’RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT A
ISLAMIC SYSTEM.
THAT MEANS VERY BAD NEWS FOR THE
CIVILIAN POPULATION IN
AFGHANISTAN, PARTICULARLY WOMEN.
LAWRENCE: TREY, I WANT TO PICK
UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF BECAUSE IT
IS SUCH A CRITICAL QUESTION.
TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF
AFGHANISTAN.
TALK ABOUT THE TALIBAN.
THEY PLAN ON IMPOSING SHARIA.
THEY’RE SUNNI ISLAMISTS.
ARE PEOPLE RESISTING OR ARE THEY
BUCKLING TO THE TALIBAN’S RULE?
REPORTER: IT DEPEND ON WHAT PART
OF AFGHANISTAN WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT.
MANY OF THESE PROVINCIAL
CAPITALS, YOU SAW THE TALIBAN
SIMPLY WALK INTO THE CITY AND
TAKE OVER.
THERE WERE NO FIREFIGHTS IN MANY
OF THESE AREAS IN AFGHANISTAN.
THAT IS IN PART BECAUSE THEY DO
HAVE SUPPORT IN MANY PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
THERE IS THIS GROWING
FRUSTRATION AMONG THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION IN AFGHANISTAN ABOUT
THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT THAT IS
ABOUT TO BE REPLACED BY THE
TALIBAN BUT THERE IS ALSO A VERY
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION THAT HAS LIVED IN A
WESTERNIZED SOCIETY.
WE SAW OLYMPIANS.
WE SAW SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS, SOME
OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS IN THE
WORLD COMING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
WOMEN WHO PREVIOUSLY WHEN
AFGHANISTAN WAS UNDER TALIBAN
RULE HAD TO CONSTANTLY COVER
THEIR HAIR, IN MANY AREAS COVER
THEIR FACES.
THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO WORK.
THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO STUDY.
THAT IS THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR
THIS POPULATION AND WE’VE
ALREADY SEEN IT ACCORDING TO
REPORTS IN SOME WESTERN
PROVINCES TAKEN OVER EARLIER BY
THE TALIBAN, OFFICIALS WALKED
IN, SAID, TO WOMEN, THEY COULD
NO LONGER WORK AT THE BANK.
THEY COULD NO LONGER STUDY
UNLESS IT WAS A RELIGIOUS-BASED
STUDY ON THE KORAN.
THAT IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING FOR
THE POPULATION WHAT IS OUT
THERE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY
IS THERE.
THE TALIBAN HOURS AWAY FROM
TAKING CONTROL IN AFGHANISTAN,
GOING TO TAKE AWAY MANY RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS FOR THE AFGHAN
PEOPLE.
RACHEL: THAT IS DEVASTATING.
WE HEARD OF THE TALIBAN COMING
IN AND JUST STEALING 12-YEAR-OLD
GIRLS, PUTTING THEM INTO FORCED
MARRIAGES.
ALSO HEARD OF OTHER ATROCITIES
AND WAR CRIMES, BEHEADINGS OF
SOME OF THE NATIONAL FORCES.
SO HOPEFULLY THINGS WON’T