CAFE Insider 8/17: On the Ground in Kabul (with Richard Engel)

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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With Joyce away this week, Preet speaks with NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, who is reporting on the unfolding crisis on the ground in Afghanistan. Speaking from the airport in Kabul, Engel gives an update on the status of the U.S. military’s evacuation effort as the Taliban solidifies control of the country. And he doesn't mince words. To listen to future episodes of CAFE Insider and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Use special code JOYCE for 50% off on the annual membership price. Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network. Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Jake Kaplan & Sam Ozer-Staton – Editorial Producers REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: “Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan,” Biden Administration, 8/16/21 Richard Engel, Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Pete here.
0:03.7	Joyce is away this week, so instead of our usual episode of Cafe Insider, we're going
0:08.1	to address the gut-wrenching story many of us are attempting to process the unfolding
0:12.2	crisis in Afghanistan.
0:14.5	As Afghanistan's government collapsed over the weekend, effectively seeding control
0:18.2	to the Taliban, the U.S. military scrambled to evacuate thousands of civilians trying to
0:23.5	flee the country.
0:24.5	The 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan, it appears, is ending right where it began, under Taliban
0:30.2	rule.
0:31.2	To help us wrap our minds around some of these stunning developments, I'm joined today
0:34.6	by NBC News' chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, who's been covering the situation
0:39.6	on the ground in Kabul.
0:42.1	No stranger to the realities of war.
0:44.2	Richard has been stationed all throughout the Middle East, from Baghdad to Beirut to
0:48.0	Benghazi.
0:49.0	In 2012, he and his crew were abducted in Syria, where they were held hostage for five days.
0:54.8	Richard joins me now on the ground at the airport in Kabul.
1:02.2	Richard Engel, thanks for being on the show.
1:04.2	There's my pleasure.
1:05.5	So the first thing I want to say is I hope that you and your crew are safe.
1:08.4	I've seen you ubiquitously on television.
1:10.9	There's lots of bad things going on.
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