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Over the weekend. there are still many tens of thousands more so our work is very difficult. the men and women who are serving on the ground are fearless including the tenth mountain division so he has the resources he needs to do this, but its up to the president whether he wants to extend the deadline. if he feels he needs to, he should. we, at the end of the day dont have a regard for what the taliban wants and we have a regard for our men and women who are serving, our families who are there...

Rescue. possibly concerned about their own safety. there is some frustration because a lot of the afghans have made it onto the base and not necessarily connected with the siv program. there was a period of time where there was more humanitarian filtration system that they let people on who looked desperate. they sometimes let people on who showed an american-style visa which was essentially passed aroundgetting more of a handle on it. a lot can still go wrong but the ultimate question of how lo...

It doesnt seem like thats particularly likely because this could be an indefinite process to some degree. they dont know how many americans they are looking for. and the allied afghans could bring on, its complicated and there could be an awful lot of them. so they could be doing this for weeks if they want to allow any afghan who feels they are eligible for the siv program to come forward. its increasingly difficult for them. he mentioned specifically himself, the local afghans employed at the ...

But theyre not necessarily all eligible to be evacuated. i want to go straight to doha. nick paton walsh joins me now was also in kabul just a few days ago. were getting this real sense of how many people are there on the ground, just clamoring to try to get out of kabul right now. >> yeah, im hearing from a source familiar with the situation on the airport that there are a total of 14,000 currently on the airport. thats people trying to get out. now its not clear obviously amongst those who are...

Included in that universe of potential evacuees to include all of those groups of afghans? >> well, let me take this in turns. as you know, we have a commitment to the american citizens who are in afghanistan. we have spoken of our enduring commitment to those afghans who have worked with us. that includes our locally employed staff. that is to say those that worked with us at our embassy in kabul as well as the many brave afghans that partnered with the united states government over the course ...

Infrastructure projects, and so on and they have been targeted and theyre not eligible for this siv program that we have been hearing so much about. the special immigrant visa program. they were not direct employees, it was government affiliated projects or american institution affiliated projects but theyre still targets. and theyre vulnerable and trying to leave. they did manage to get on an evacuation list from another flight. from an allied list, but they went through at 8:00 last night. a f...

Immigration visa program. the siv program, right? which -- which brings to america those afghans who worked closely with us and might be vulnerable if the -- if the taliban rose to power. so -- so at a minimum, we spent those 14 months or -- or -- or more -- um -- sort of sitting on our hands. when we couldve been making progress against the numbers that need to be evacuated today. >> thats right. >> so we lost a lot of time. >> that -- we had an anti-muslim and anti-non-white immigrant administ...

0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. were very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secret...

They have part of the siv program to get into the united states or whether they be europeans trying to get on as well. they flood, they crush. i was caught in the crush myself trying to get on. it is incredibly difficult for the marines to respond in any other way other than shutting down. you let one person over and everybody tries to climb over simultaneously today. we have seen video suggesting the crush today is worse. if someone is successful getting on through a hole or gate that is loosel...

Jane, walk us through the special immigrant visa program. how exactly does it work for the people who are trying to leave afghanistan? >> yeah. the special immigrant visa program is commonly referred to as the siv program. that program has been around for decades. the applications for the siv program originate in the country of origin. so in this case afghan citizens who are living in afghanistan, many of them in kabul, are applying in the u.s. embassy to relocate and qualify for the siv program...