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The Fox News Rundown

America's Longest War Ends In A Taliban Takeover

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Taliban is reportedly blocking people from getting to the airport in Kabul as Americans and Afghans struggle to evacuate from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover this past week. While many are trying to flee the region, what does the future look like for those who stay under the Taliban's rule? The Taliban has said it will respect "women's rights" despite the government's history of denying women freedoms. Freelance reporter Hollie Mckay who was in Afghanistan during the country's takeover explains what this past week was like and what she's heard from other people living there and how they're feeling. We also speak with former Afghanistan Ambassador Hugo Llorens about if he thinks it would have been beneficial for U.S. troops to have stayed longer, and what he thinks the future looks like under a Taliban regime. The Biden administration has faced multiple challenges in the past few weeks, with new concerns over combatting the pandemic, revitalizing the economy, and managing U.S. foreign affairs. Fox News Sunday Host Chris Wallace joins to discuss the difficulties facing the Biden White House amid surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the U.S., a crisis at the Southern border, an uncertain future for the economy as the nation confronts high levels of inflation and the flawed troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chris Wallace also discusses how the U.S. health officials and leaders are warranting calls for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose for Americans after WHO officials had called for international vaccine equity and he previews the guest lineup on this week's Fox News Sunday. Don't miss the good news with Tonya J. Powers. Plus, commentary by FOX News correspondent-at-large, Geraldo Rivera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Jason Chaffetz, and this is the Fox News rundown.

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Friday, August 20th, 2021, I'm Jessica Rosenthal.

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As the work continues to get desperate U.S. citizens and Afghans out of Afghanistan,

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others are looking ahead for those who will remain

0:35.0

there. What will life be like under the Taliban now? I don't have a lot of faith

0:39.6

right now that anything will be different between the Taliban of 2021 and the Taliban of 2001.

0:47.0

I'm Lisa Brady. How much political fallout could the president face over the fall of Afghanistan.

0:53.0

You know, does this mean it's the end of the Biden presidency?

0:56.0

No, and every president goes through some bad times,

0:59.0

but these are really bad times and Afghanistan is a real failure for this administration.

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We speak with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace.

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And I'm Geraldo Rivera.

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I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.

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The State Department and Pentagon say the U.S. military is working to evacuate U.S. citizens and legal

1:22.0

residents who were in Afghanistan as the

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