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That it is very hard to get people now on to the airport. because you have this heightened security situation and of course the fact that frankly for their own protection so many of the americans and the remaining nato allies dwindling fast in number have to worry about the persistent isis threat. >> nick, thanks. lets turn now to arlette saenz in washington. in just a few hours the president and vice president will meet with their national security team. similar question to what we were tal tal...

Fly. and that becomes a challenge for the deployed commander. >> u.s. military leaders are warning that the deadly suicide bombings outside the kabul airport are likely just the beginning. cnns natasha is joining us. what are you hearing about the continued threats and how they might impact evacuations as they hopefully proceed along? >> were told that the threats continue, they are persistent. u.s. officials are very concerned particularly about isis, but also about al qaeda. however, isis khor...

Changing in real-time, right? just days ago, he said this. >> we made clear to the taliban that any attack -- any attack on our forces or disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with swift and forceful response. >> right. but not against the taliban, in this case, right? because isis-k is supposedly their enemy, right? but we are hearing from the ground that people believe that the isis guys are mixed in with the taliban guys. whats the reality? do we even know? do we even have t...

[ inaudible question ] >> wherever they are. >> the attack comes as u.s. forces race to evacuate americans and some of the thousands of afghans who helped them fight the taliban. earlier i spoke to cnn military analyst and retired air force kernel cedric leighton about the challenges to protecting the airport. >> force protection is actually job one for all deployed commanders in the united states military and that normally means protecting your own force and allied forces. this is a little bit ...

There around the globe. from weighing to hong kong. and well also go live to germany where many afghans are now refugees. we begin with sam kiley who was at the kabul airport just a few days ago with more on the terror attack in this report which contains some very graphic images. >> reporter: 13 u.s. personnel and scores of afghans have been killed in a terror attack at the kabul airport. u.s. central command says the 18 other service members were also wounded. in a complex attack, which the af...

Where many were waiting in line hoping to be processed for flights. the u.s. president joe biden wowing that the attacks wont stop the airlift that has now brought more than 100,000 people out of afghanistan and he is ordering the u.s. military to go after isis-k targets. >> for those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. we will not forget. we wwill hunt you down and make you pay. >> meanwhile the uk ministry of defense says its ...

The west is leaving, and that they will compete with the taliban for control of the country. and unfortunately, the afghan people are sandwiched now between the taliban on one side and isis-k on the other side. he also said isis-k grew stronger in just the past few week after the taliban freed its prisoners from various jails in afghanistan. as we were saying before, british officials say the uk has now entered the final stages of its evacuations from afghanistan. cnns anna stewart in london f...

Ve vice versa. so it is much more murkier. >> that is fascinating. i guess when it comes to the attack tactically it achieves exactly what isis likes to do, american casualties primarily, but also chaos on the ground. what else might isis-k be looking to do and what does this attack suggest about its reach and capability in afghanistan? >> if we look at some of the attacks that they have carried out over the last year, you mentioned the attack on the maternity ward, they murdered women who were ...

Tremendous impact is really right there. what do they do going forward? that is really the challenge. what they have to do is figure out some way to manage that pass-through while they deal with still a lot of people. remember, we have about 1,000 u.s. citizens believed to still be in the country who may want to come out. and there are about 5,000 troops who still have to be withdrawn. now we know the system set up according to the pentagon to operate under stress, operate under attack, we know ...

Complicated situation. they knew enough to know that an attack like this was likely coming, and they said more are likely still coming. but dont know enough to prevent it. >> one of the breakouts i want to hear from the numbers from the taliban side is how many of the people they are saying were seriously injured and killed are their own? they have just been saying afghan people. they havent said whether they were members of the taliban. john harwood, thank you very much. nat natasha bertrand, a...