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Clarissa Ward : I think a lot of people outside that airport, particularly those taking the kinds of extreme actions we're talking about, would like to know if this isn't failure - what does failure look like exactly?

Clarissa Ward , CNN's chief international correspondent who's been reporting from Kabul, called what she's witnessed an "absolute mess" and offered a stunning rebuke to Biden's claim to ABC News that the pullout of troops out of Afghanistan which quickly resulted in a takeover by the Taliban was not a "failure." "I think a lot of people outside that airport, particularly those taking the kind of extreme actions we're just talking about would like to know if this isn't a failure, what does failure look like exactly?" Ward asked .  nam Here’s what Clarissa Ward had to say: “The panic, the lack of clear information. The rumor mill is in overdrive, there’s hysteria. You have Taliban fighters with whips, with guns. You have US and UK soldiers who are not allowing people in. You have mixed messaging coming through about what kind of paperwork you need, how you can get on a flight and where you can go. It is just an absolute mess. And we h...

CNN' Clarissa Ward to Pentagon: I'm the one who has to look our allies in the eyes

  CNN's Clarissa Ward, reporting live from Kabul, presses Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on whether the US allies still on the ground in Afghanistan can trust that they "will not be abandoned" following the Taliban's takeover. In other words, it’s up to these Americans to get to the airport themselves and if they can’t, good luck living under Taliban rule. What a fiasco. Do you know when it would have been ideal to get these Americans out of Kabul? BEFORE BIDEN PULLED OUR TROOPS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Hell, even last week before the Taliban made it to Kabul would have been better than trying to do it now. Biden said yesterday they planned for every contingency, but this was clearly a bold-faced lie to the entire country. What a catastrophe. Press Briefing