Taliban militants take Kabul as president flees Afghanistan, U.S. embassy evacuates
Published Date: 8/16/2021
Source: CBS This Morning
The Taliban's lightning takeover of Afghanistan was completed after militants entered the capital Kabul, taking over the presidential palace. President Ashraf Ghani and his family fled and the U.S. military was drafted in to evacuate U.S. embassy staff. Roxana Saberi reports from Kabul. Each weekday morning, "CBS This Morning" co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil deliver two hours of original reporting, breaking news and top-level newsmaker interviews in an engaging and informative format that challenges the norm in network morning news programs. Subscribe to “CBS This Morning” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSThisMorning Watch CBSN live: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7c​ Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8​ Follow "CBS This Morning" on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Q7NGnY Like "CBS This Morning" on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1LhtdvI Follow "CBS This Morning" on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1Xj5W3p Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T​ Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]