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Could target the afghans. but as of now, theres no credible or specific threat. norah. >> odonnell: ed okeefe, thank you. more now on those afghan refugees. tonight, thousands are being housed at the u.s. airbase in qatar. it is the first stop as they seek to build new lives far from their homeland, but most have no idea where the next stop will be. cbs charlie dagata reports from doha. >> reporter: these refugees were among the last to escape kabul. by no small miracle, they somehow managed to ...

Well get more on president biden�*s comments in a few minutes, but first lets get more on the situation in kabul. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has just sent this report, which does have some distressing images from the start. the feared attack, a bombing forewarned, casualties rushed yet again into kabul�*s emergency hospital after twin bombings close to kabul airport. this man was there. translation: i saw at least 400 or 500 people there. _ the explosion was really pow...

Even in president biden�*s own party, of the us having to depend on the taliban to secure the perimeter of the airport. whats been his response to that? he rejects that criticism. he stands by it. he praised general mckenzie, whos the top commander in the region, saying that he thinks he did well to try and keep that area secure. and he made the point, and he keeps reminding people of this, that it is in the talibans interest for isis k, this group who has taken responsibility for the explosio...

In the past 20 years. the pentagon put on a brave face. i would like to offer my profound condolences to the families of our service men and women and afghan civilians who lost their lives today. we have put more than 5,000 us servicemembers at risk to save as many civilians as we can. its a noble mission, and today we have seen first—hand how dangerous that mission is. isis will not deter us from accomplishing the mission, i can assure you of that. hours earlier, in the centre of kabul, an ev...

Afghans are crossing through the border every day. this woman is from the minority hazara community, persecuted by the taliban. she has made the dangerous trip from kabul with her daughters. she tells me that her daughter—in—law was killed in a taliban bombing some years ago. translation: they are terrible people. | i am scared of them. they have martyred my daughter—in—law. they do not have any sympathy. they are heartless. the people here are scared for their safety. there are many rea...

Kabul. tens of thousands of people have been _ kabul. tens of thousands of people have been airlifted l kabul. tens of thousands of| people have been airlifted to security. today i would like to once again repeat that those who have not been able to leave kabul with the help of the airlift will not be forgotten. we will continue to work to ensure that they can leave their country if they so wish. ms merkel has actually cancelled a trip to israel due to the unfolding crisis in afghanistan. separa...

Cannot go to pakistan foot of the borders are closed. they cannot go to iran or any other country. and there are no civilian planes as well so the only hope right now is the american evacuation. nato has already..., british stopped, the crew views are also shops who are only one evacuation which is run by americans and this is the only hope so i hope many people will be taken out of kabul airport, as many as they can. they will look for any other ways to evacuate people or take people from the e...

Is staying here in afghanistan. and tonight, that danger all too clear. there had been warnings for a week of an attack like this — a last strike against western troops set to leave within days, another blow to many afghans�* last hope of leaving this chaos behind. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. great to have you on the programme today. i understand you spoke to my colleague last night on the bbc and sadly you predicted that such an attack might indeed happen. what is the urgent priority for ...

Big ben chimes this is newsday on the bbc. im karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: at least 60 people have been killed and 140 others wounded in bomb blasts at kabul airport. 12 us service personnel are among the dead. president biden pledged to hunt down the perpetrators. as youd expect, the kabul attack has left some afghans even more fearful for their futures. im joined now by hanif sufizada, who is a researcher with the center for afghanistan studies at the university of nebraska. h...

Have been evacuated. over the past 24 hours 3800 people have been ferried from kabul in six c-17s. >> we are committed to this highly important mission to bring americans and siv applicants out and vulnerable afghans including women and children safely out of afghanistan. since the end of july we have relocated 22,000 people. since august 14th weve evacuated approximately 17,000. >> today the department of defense releasing images of marine corps units helping them board flights out of kabul. th...