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Former ambassador to Afghanistan addresses Taliban seizing control

Name: Former ambassador to Afghanistan addresses Taliban seizing control
Uploaded: 2021-08-16T16:42:02-0400
Duration: 12 min 53 s
Description: Thousands of Afghans stormed the Kabul airport, trying to flee Afghanistan after the capital fell to the Taliban. James Cunningham, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on the situation in Afghanistan.

Thousands of Afghans stormed the Kabul airport, trying to flee Afghanistan after the capital fell to the Taliban. James Cunningham, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on the situation in Afghanistan.