CNN Reporter: There’s Absolutely No Faith in Taliban’s Promises Here on the Ground in Afghanistan

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KILEY: “Brianna, it’s comparable to what Clarissa Ward has reported when she left. Things have settled down at the airport. Large evkevacuees are from Qatar and the United States and, of course, large military presence here. Some of the refugees also are gathering on the outskirts of the perimeter, which we haven’t yet been able to see, Brianna. The situation inside the airport is comparable to the situation outside the airport where thousands have been gathering, where at least seven people were crushed to death in a stampede yesterday. I was speaking just as he was about to embark on a qatari flight, well-known journalist here evacuated. He said he didn’t know whether he was happy or heartbroken. He was going to be alive, already left the country once during a Taliban threat, in 2016, and came back on a lower profile. Of course, he is leaving behind his family and friends, not sure if ever he would be able to return to his home country. Another one getting on that flight, another former journalist saying he thought Afghanistan was suffering a catastrophic brain drain now. That is something that the Taliban is anxious to avoid while simultaneously they’ve been promising to have a more inclusive regime compared to the medieval regime they had in the late 1990s, but on the ground, there is absolutely no faith in their promises of that, a consequence of which the huge number of people trying to get out, Brianna.”