I'M ARTHEL NEVILLE.
ERIC: THANK YOU FOR JOINING YOU
I'M ERIC SHAWN.
IT WAS CELEBRATION THAT TURNED
INTO HORRIFIC SLAUGHTER LAST
NIGHT IN KABUL.
162 PEOPLE KILLED, 182 INJURED
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNS TO
THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER MEETING
THIS WEEK WITH HIS TOP NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISORS AND CABINET
OFFICIALS OVER POTENTIAL PEACE
TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN A
RESULTING DEAL COULD LEAD TO
FINAL EXIT OF OUR TROOPS IN THE
COUNTRY AND END TO AMERICA'S
LONGEST RUNNING WAR.
THIS MORNING REPUBLICAN SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM TALKED ABOUT ON
"SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES" LEAVING
THAT COULD RESUME REPEATED
ATTACKS ON THE HOMELAND.
>> WE CAN'T LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
WITHOUT COUNTERTERRORISM FORCE
OR INTEL CAPABILITY TO PROTECT
US A AGAINST A 9/11 BECAUSE
AL QAEDA AND IS ISIS IS LIVE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
REPORTER: ISIS CLAIMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT ATTACK.
A FEW HOURS AGO THE GROUP
POSTING A PROPAGANDA PHOTO OF
THE MAN THEY CLAIM WAS
PERPETRATOR.
TERRORISM EXPERTS SAY THIS MOVE
HAS BECOME A SIGNATURE FOR THE
TERRORIST GROUP WHO USE
AFTERMATH OF ATTACKS TO SPREAD
HATE FAR AND WIDE ACROSS THE
INTERNET.
ONE GUEST AT THE WEDDING
OVERNIGHT WHERE THE ATTACK
UNFOLDED DESCRIBED THE SCENE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> Translator: AROUND 1200
GUESTS WERE INVITED TO THE
WEDDING.
I WAS WITH THE GROOM IN THE
OTHER ROOM WHEN WE HEARD THE
BLAST.
THEN I COULDN'T FIND EVERYONE.
EVERYONE WAS LAYING ALL AROUND
THE HALL.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT TRUMP
CONVENED A MEETING WITH THE
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM THIS
WEEKEND TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER
CUTTING A DEAL WITH THE AFGHAN
TALIBAN IN EXCHANGE FOR
WITHDRAWING U.S. TROOPS FROM THE
COUNTRY MAKES STRATEGIC SENSE.
AFGHAN'S PRESIDENT IS MAKING THE
CASE THE TALIBAN ISN'T TO BE
TRUSTED.
THE TALIBAN CAN'T ABSOLVE
THEMSELVES OF RESPONSIBILITY
BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A PLATFORM
FOR TERRORISTS.
EVEN SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
STRONGEST SUPPORTERS IN THE
SENATE ARE OPPOSED TO A IDEA OF
A DRAWDOWN.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM TWEETED,
TO TRUST THE TALIBAN TO CONTROL
AL QAEDA, ISIS, OTHER RADICAL
ISLAMIST GROUPS PRESENT IN
AFGHANISTAN AS REPLACEMENT FOR
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM FORCE
WOULD BE A BIGGER MISTAKE THAN
OBAMA'S IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL.
MILITARY BRASS WHO SUPPORT
WITHDRAWING FROM AFGHANISTAN
MAKE THE CASE THAT U.S. TROOPS
ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN REDUCED
TO SERVING AS A GLORIFIED POLICE
FORCE.
THEY SAY AFTER 18 YEARS OF WAR,