withdrawal. >> reporter: despite the chaos outside kabul's airport, evacuations are picking up speed. u.s. military cargo jets evacuated more than 10,000 people, some of them americans but most of them afghans in the past 24 hours. just outside the airport at least 7 afghans were crushed to death this weekend and a firefight claimed the life of an afghan soldier. the pentagon confirmed today that u.s. troops made a second foray off airport grounds to rescue trained americans. >> commanders on the ground have the authority to conduct local missions as they deem appropriate to the need. and we charge them with assessing the risk. >> reporter: u.s. troops are racing to get as many people out as possible before august 31st. the deadline president biden set months ago for a full u.s. withdrawal. today a taliban spokesman warned the u.s. military not to stay a