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Pentagon admits it could not evacuate as many from Kabul as hoped

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"We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out," says Commander of US Central Command Kenneth McKenzie as he announces the departure of the last US troops from Afghanistan, concluding a 20-year conflict that ended with the Taliban seizing control of the country. SOUNDBITE

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