A Nation On 'The Brink Of Starvation': Afghanistan A Year After Taliban's Takeover

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On August 26th, 2021, during America's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, a suicide bomber attacked the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Nearly 200 people were killed, including 13 US service members. Fox News Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst was in the country at the time and recently returned to the region to report on what life is like for Afghans now under Taliban rule. On the FOX News Rundown earlier this week, Yingst joined Jessica Rosenthal to discuss the suicide bombing, his unprecedented access to the Taliban, and the impact America's exit from Afghanistan has had on the people. Trey also detailed the nation's widespread starvation and meeting mothers who were desperate to feed their children. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Fox News Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst and get to hear more about the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and what it was like speaking with the Taliban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Fox.
0:15.0	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:18.0	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:22.0	This week we talk to Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yincst about
0:25.9	Afghanistan one year later. We especially wanted to mark one year since a suicide bomber
0:30.9	at Hamid Karzai Airport killed 13 U.S. service members.
0:35.0	Those were the first U.S military deaths in the country in over 18 months.
0:39.0	The explosion also killed dozens of Afghan civilians who'd gathered at the airport, many desperate to get out as we
0:44.9	ramped up our departure and withdrew troops.
0:47.9	We talked to Trey about what he recalled and what's transpired since as he went back to
0:52.4	witness what had happened in Afghanistan
0:54.2	over the prior year.
0:56.0	He had a shocking amount of access to Taliban leaders and visited with mothers who watched
1:00.2	their malnourished toddlers and babies languish in hospital beds as the country faces critical
1:05.3	food shortages.
1:07.0	One year under Taliban rule and Tray says many of the civilians fears have become realities.
1:13.3	We often have to cut interviews down for time during the week, but we thought you might
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