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tonight, with one week to go before this august 31st deadline, the situation there on the ground. and we begin here with abc's ne pannell leading us off from the kabul airport. >> reporter: with thousands of desperate afghans trapped in kabul outside the airport, president biden so far refusing to extend the august 31st deadline for u.s. forces to leave afghanistan. >> we are currently on a pace to finish by august 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. >> reporter: the president making the decision today to ensure the u.s. military could complete the drawdown safely, with just one week to go before the deadline, citing a, quote, very high risk of an attack. >> the longer we stay, starting with the acute and growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis-k, an isis affiliate in afghanistan. >> reporter: biden telling the american people meeting the deadline depends on continued taliban cooperation.