Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20210817 14:29:00

official at the pentagon spoken with any other afghan counterparts or i sufficient at this point people that are former afghan counterparts since sunday? >> i know of no high level communications here from the pentagon with afghan counterparts over the last couple of days and i'll let the general take the question about the anso. >> we do know that commanders on ground are continuing to communicate with andsf and specifically on the the airfield, we do have approximately 5 to 600 andsf that are assisting us with that security. >> back in the room. >> thank you, john. i'll start with you and then i have a question for the general as well. what advice, john, do you have for the afghans who assisted the u.s. and now can't get to the airport or are in kandahar and

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