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Afghans marched in protest today against the taliban in the capital city of kabul and other provinces. a very brave move given the talibans reputation for brutality. in fact, three people were killed for trying to hoist the afghan national flag. theres been violence near the kabul airport as people who want out rush to escape the country. but the key to that being do whatever you can to get to that airport. 12 people have been killed since sunday according to reuters. still, the evacuations are ...

The flights contain more than 2,000 passengers. the flights arrived at designated safe havens in the cent com area of operation. since the start of operations on august 14th, we have airlift add proximately 7,000 total evacuees. this increase is reflective of both a ramp up of aircraft and airlift capability, faster processing of evacuees an greater information and fidelity in reporting. if we go back to when the department of defense began supporting the state department with movement of sivs a...

That country, even if it means staying longer than the august 31st deadline. we did get an update of how many people have been evacuated by the united states us the far. how many is it? how far do we have to go here? >> according to white house in the most recent 24-hour period, they were able to get out 1,800 people that brings the total since august 14th to 6,000 people. they have been able to evacuate. so theyre getting up to speed on now several thousand per day. thats still short of what pr...

Determined, that a new burreau,a whole new structure was not the right way to go, that we could make improvements in other areas and thats what we continued to do. kylie. >> reporter: okay. these numbers here. how many afghans, sivs, p1, p2, however theyre being considered, have been evacuated since august 14th? i know we have the 7,000 number in total for people, but how many afghans are in that group? >> well, the 7,000 figure, at this point im not in a position to break it down much further. ...

Determined just as lawmakers on a bipartisan basis has determined that a new bureau, a whole new structure was not the right way to go. that we could make improvements in other areas and as we to do. >> some numbers here. how many afghans, siv, p1, p to come up been evacuated since august 14th. i know we have the 7,000 number 12 for people but the number is accurate. thank you. >> at this point im not in a position to break that down much further. as you know it consists of american citizens and...

These flights contain more than 2,000 passengers. these flights left kabul and arrived designated safe havens. since the start of evacuations august 14th, we have air lifted approximately 7,000 total evacuees, reflective of a ramp-up of aircraft and air lift capability, faster processing of evacuees and greater informa fi. if we go back to the state department of movement at the end of july, cumulative number of people moved out of afghanistan is somewhere near 12,000. that number includes ameri...

And that legislation. so i think the president has to make clear that he understands he has a -- taken on a large moral responsibility through his decision to bail out on afghanistan. >> we know right now 7,000 people have been evacuated since august 14th, and there are tens of thousands of these afghan allies that would be in need of evacuation. colonel, president biden has also said in this interview that he doesnt trust the taliban but says there is a different taliban than 20 years ago. >> t...

Americans or afghans through the check points or expanding the perimeter to more people could get there safely. that is one of the things that were hearing, people cant get to the airport to leave. >> without going into the details of communications of which im not a part, as i said, there is -- there is -- there are interactions down at the local level. and as the general said, we are processing american citizens to get out. so, again, court, with speaking to the sausage making of communication...

Allowing americans or afghans through the taliban checkpoints or expanding the perimeter around the airport so more people can get their safely? people cant get to the airport to leave? >> without going into the details of communications that im not a part, as i said, there are interactions down at the local level and as the general said we are processing american citizens to get out. so again without speaking to the sausage making of communications here, thus far and it is early on, the results...

1,500 people taken out from august 14th? >> rough numbers, yes, to through the sivs. >> from an operational perspective, is there talk of expanding the perimeter around the airport? >> right now the air field like i said earlier is secure, and the commander on the ground has the ability to continue to flow flights in and out. i would say the air field is secure to allow to us do that mission. >> to clarify on what you said about the taliban, u.s. military personnel are talking to taliban command...