Fox News Rundown EXTRA: Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan Spells Danger For Americans Stuck There

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 21 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, leaving thousands of Americans and allies unsure about if and how they will make it to the United States safely. Many on both sides of the political aisles have criticized President Biden's withdrawal as mismanaged and poorly executed, as the U.S. now tries to evacuate people from Afghanistan as the Taliban restarts its violent regime tactics. Earlier this week, host Dave Anthony spoke to Matt Zeller, a former CIA analyst, Afghanistan War veteran, to discuss the lethal threat the Taliban now poses to the people of Afghanistan with militants in charge, America's need to focus on quickly airlifting all U.S. personnel and allies out of harm's way, and how he plans to hold President Biden accountable for the lack of foresight that led to an international disaster. The conversation was too long and we could not include everything Matt Zeller had to say about chaos unfolding in Afghanistan. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear all of his emotional reactions to the failure to safely withdraw from Afghanistan, how the U.S. should have organized the troop pullout, and his personal connection to the situation through his nonprofit, No One Left Behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:19.0	I'm Dave Anthony. Today the situation in Afghanistan as the U.S.
0:28.1	evacuates Americans and Afghans who helped us during the war out of Kabul, the capital now controlled by the Taliban
0:35.3	after the Afghan government fell.
0:37.2	Now we have covered this all week in our rundown podcasts.
0:41.3	One of our guests has a very personal connection to what's going on as
0:45.4	you'll hear. Matt Zeller is a former US Army major who served in the war and
0:50.4	as a former CIA analyst who also helped found a group called no one left behind
0:56.2	which for several years have been helping Afghans get visas to leave that country.
1:01.1	He had a lot to say to us but we didn't have time to include it all
1:05.1	so today we let you hear everything in the extra. Now keep in mind this discussion was
1:10.4	several days ago so we don't have the most recent developments.
1:14.4	Thank you for listening.
1:15.8	We hope you come back for more.
1:18.0	And now, Matt Zeller, on the Fox News rundown, Extra. Well, I appreciate you giving us some time today.
1:28.0	Thanks so much.
1:30.0	My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
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