Ward explained there is "a lot of bitterness" among people in Kabul that "every eventuality was not planned for, that evacuations did not begin earlier. "It is just a picture of desperation– of failure, as well, failure to protect our allies, failure to plan for this eventuality," she proclaimed. "I saw with my own eyes the Taliban fighters beating them, mothers throwing their babies trying to get them inside the airport compound. Afghanistan war veteran and former CIA analyst Matt Zeller tore into. "These kids behind me, sleeping on the gravel on a piece of cardboard box, are the lucky ones because there are many others, thousands of them, just outside the perimeter," Ward began. Afghan War Vet Shreds Stephen Miller on CNN: He ‘Should Be Held Accountable for War Crimes’. CNN’s chief international correspondent, was a center-stage broadcast reporter in the last days of the war in Afghanistan as she delivered her accounts, often with gunfire ringing in the background, on what it was like in Kabul in the often chaotic final days of America’s longest war. ![]() ![]() While waiting inside the Kabul airport compound for her flight to Qatar, Ward - who had become the face of on-the-ground reporting from Kabul since the Taliban overtook the city - succinctly described Biden's withdrawal as an utter "failure." CNN reporter Clarissa Ward, the network's chief foreign correspondent, chose the consummate word to describe President Joe Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal as she waited to depart Kabul on Friday.
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