a dedicated team of military, civilian, and contract personnel are working closely with numerous agencies, both government and non-government, to ensure further requirements and additional capabilities are available. we will keep you updated on this effort. south com continues to conduct humanitarian relief operations in haiti. and north com, while simultaneously executing evacuation flights, is postured to support fema as a lead federal agency in preparing for tropical storm ida. lastly, i want to share that the department of defense will shortly announce the names of the 13 service members who were killed in service to their country. we grieve with the gold star families, friends, and loved ones of our fallen. they will be remembered and revered among americans who have served in afghanistan in
maybe they change their mind, don t want to leave, maybe can t get to the airport, can t get out for whatever reason but still several hundred americans who potentially, general clark, could be stranded inside that country. what happens to them after tuesday when the u.s. military withdrawal needs to be completed? so there are many different organizations still working and i think there will be many efforts, go out over land, may go out by helicopter, from covert airfields somewhere. we don t know. these networks, this is like the evacuation of the british forces from dunkirk. this is like a thousand boats leaving to cross the channel to france. thousands of people in the united states, europe, elsewhere, working with contacts on the ground in afghanistan and in the region to get people out.
can t imagine how massive this effort is. phil, what does it say to you, you heard admiral kirby say there were no notifications of this strike, of the drone strike that killed two terrorists in advance to countries where the drone may have been flying over, countries the drone may have originated. we don t know where the drones originated from. there was no notification, and no notification of key members of congress either. that s the way i understood what kirby was saying. what does that say to you? a couple things, one on the domestic side, on the foreign side. domestic side, clearly, john kirby suggested this, the president feels as in the waning days of withdrawal he has the authority to strike a target in afghanistan. i can t believe anybody in congress or elsewhere would dispute that. also say he probably didn t have time to pick up the phone and tell somebody. these targets are very fleeting.
there was no notifications that did or needed to happen beforehand. to countries or no notifications that were needed to be done beforehand. yes? names of the individuals aside, do you know the individuals who were killed in the drone strikers? we know who they are. the one wounded was the planner or facilitator? i don t have that information. the tallahiban, have they indicated they won t allow afghanistan to be used as a launching pad for terrorists against friends and allies? say it again. have taliban leadership indicated or given assurance to you they ll not allow afghanistan to be used as a launching pad for terrorist attack against u.s., its friends and allies? they made assurances as part of the doha agreement about
wounded. we also learned that the terror threats from the u.s. perspective that remain during these final three days of the u.s. military withdraw and evacuations, the terror threats remain in the words of these pentagon officials, very real, very active, and very dynamic. and we also got an update on the number of individuals who have been evacuated from afghanistan over these past several days since august 14th. a total now of 117,000 u.s. citizens, green card holders, afghan allies, other afghans, third-country individuals. 117,000 have been evacuated over these past couple weeks or so. 5,400 of them, 5,400 of them u.s. citizens. most obviously of the 117,000, afghans. we have a team of reporters and experts covering all of this. cnn s nick paton walsh is