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For hour after hour well into the night, the wounded were rushed to hospital. the chaos of the last week in kabul turned to carnage. some arrived by ambulance, some in the cars, some in wheelbarrows. afghans who had hoped to escape to a better life. just before sunset, there were two large explosions at kabul airport, the plume of smoke seen across the plume of smoke seen across the city. the attacks happened at the south side of the airport, one at abbey gate crowded with civilians, the other a...

We will continue the evacuation. >> odonnell: the president also vowing to press on with the evacuation, promising to rescue americans and afghan allies, with just five days until his deadline for withdrawing u.s. forces. well, we have a team of correspondents covering every angle. cbss charlie dagata is going to lead off our coverage from the region in doha, qatar. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. tonight, afghanistan is on a state of high alert. kabul hospital is...

The uks defence secretary has said british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. ben wallace said it was a matter of deep regret that not everybody could be evacuated. it comes after 90 people were killed in two bomb blasts. this includes 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. an emotional us presidentjoe biden had a message to those behind the attacks saying, "we will hunt you down, and make you pay." the uk says the kabul bombings will n...

That british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. ben wallace said it was a matter of deep regret that not everyone could be evacuated. of deep regret that not it comes after 90 people were killed in two bomb blasts. this includes 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. an emotional us presidentjoe biden had a message to those behind the attacks saying, "we will hunt you down, and make you pay." the uk says the kabul bombings will not affe...

Tonight at ten, britains airlift in afghanistan starts to wind down as the government admit some of those able to leave or be left behind. the raf has evacuated more than ilt,ooo people in the last two weeks on the government pledges to help those who didnt make it. we will shift heaven and earth to help them get out, we will do whatever we can in the second phase. hospitals struggle with the wounded after the airport bombing, two uk nationals and the child of a british citizen are among the dea...

Wife and i, you know, we feel with part of the military family and we were in morning for the last 24 hours thinking of the families of the 13 and the wounded who will be at walter reed military installation. this is a terrible blow to the marines and to the army and to families generally, those who were serving us. every time we say thank you for your service, i think we should say thank you for serving us, thank you for saving us. thats what the military is doing on a day by day basis. >> were...

As you know, sadly, from covering this for so long, lita, usually the process doesnt take that long. >> will the president and secretary go to dover to meet the families of the fallen? >> i dont have any schedule announcements to make, but were all mindful of the importance of any return of fallen members and certainly these included but i dont have any things to announce. tony? >> any on the 17 that landed in landstuhl? >> i dont have an update on the wounded. the last count i had was 20 of the...

Following yesterdays terror attack at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded. the pentagon says that the attack was carried out by one suicide bomber, not two. i can confirm for you that we do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the baron hotel, that it was one suicide bomber. it comes as the uk government says its stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the...

Anonymously. we just dont typically talk about that. >> useful to get a sense whether most are stable or -- >> im not going to promise that, tony. we -- we just dont talk about the status of -- of wounded, as i think you can understand. i mean, there is real privacy issues there that we want to be mindful of. >> okay. we have been listening to pentagon spokesperson john kirby there, as well as general vanherck. they took the gambit of questions, covered the gambit of issues. the number. they kee...

0 kabul. and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm the vast majority of our staff and the immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the grounds of the karzai international airport. were actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say...