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What we know about Afghanistan's interim Taliban government

Clip: 9/7/2021 | 3m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

What we know about the Taliban men who will form Afghanistan's interim government

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues as the group announced leaders of a "caretaker" government Tuesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. secretaries of state and defense were in the Gulf region, in Qatar, where the American evacuation mission is headquartered, and the White House requested $6.4 billion for both the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees. Yamiche Alcindor reports.

09/07/2021

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