04/26/2016
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"The Taliban seeks international legitimacy and support. Our message is any legitimacy and any support will have to be earned."
"Let me speak directly to our engagement with the Taliban across these and other issues. We engage with the Taliban during the past few weeks to enable our evacuation operations."
"We`re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban with the very real possibility of an ISIS k attack."
"Based on our analysis, starting on august 14th when our evacuation operations began, there was then a population of as many as 6,000 American citizens in Afghanistan who wanted to leave."