U.S. Military Departs Afghanistan, Ending Longest U.S. War

Erin Burnett OutFront

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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President Biden will address the nation tomorrow as the U.S. ends operations in Afghanistan, leaving behind a war that left nearly 2,400 Americans dead and 20,000+ wounded over a 20 year period. Hurricane death toll rises as 1.1 million are without power. Louisiana governor expects death toll will "go up considerably" in the coming days. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9	Good evening. I'm Erin Burnett, and you have been listening, as you saw there, walking out
0:35.3	the door, the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, speaking after the last U.S. military plane has left Afghanistan, marking an end to the bloody 20-year war, saying he believes right now 6,000 Americans have been evacuated and that there are less than 200, closer to 100 Americans, he says, who still want to leave the country who are still
0:54.4	there. He says America's work in Afghanistan continues. This is, of course, today, the end of a war,
1:00.9	the cost trillions of dollars, a war in which 2,461 Americans died. Last U.S.C. 17 to leave Kabul
1:09.4	left just one moment. One minute, minute exactly before August 31st which is
1:15.2	the formal deadline to withdraw the Biden said he would adhere to and left just four days after
1:21.2	13 U.S. service members were killed in a terror attack outside the airport. The chaotic evacuation of
1:27.0	more than 116,000 people, 123,000 according to the airport. The chaotic evacuation of more than 116,000 people, 123,000,
1:31.2	according to the latest numbers. The Secretary of State just shared happening in just about two
1:34.9	weeks coming to a close. Secretary Blinken says laid out his plan seven steps for what America's
1:41.6	going to do next, including continuing diplomatic relations with the Taliban.
1:46.0	We are following this story tonight from the State Department and also from the White House.
1:50.8	I want to start with Alex Marquart.
1:53.0	Caitlin Collins is also with us at the White House.
1:54.8	But Alex, first to you, it is a monumental day.
1:58.0	One minute before the stroke of midnight in Afghanistan, that last
2:02.5	U.S. military plane took off. It did, Aaron. 329 Eastern Times, 1159 Kabul time, the day before this
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