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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00:00The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything
00:04and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.
00:30The embassy gates were closed and we, like the frightened Vietnamese and their families,
00:51had to fight and claw our way up.
00:54And we did claw, and we did fight.
00:57The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army.
01:01There's going to be no circumstance where you'll see people being lifted off the roof
01:05of a embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.
01:35We are here to serve our fellow citizens of Kabul.
01:44I am here with my family, my daughters and my children.
01:50We hope that the issues of our country and our rule will be resolved through peace negotiations.
02:00We call on the security forces and the Taliban to keep the safety of the lives of the people
02:12wherever they are, and to protect the safety of the lives of the people."
02:30As I said in April, the United States did what we want to do in Afghanistan, to get
02:58the terrorists who attacked us on 9-11 and deliver justice to Osama bin Laden.