a week ago. and they came from u.s. officials, up to and including the secretary of state and even the president, himself. >> we are, also, keeping a close watch on any potential terrorist threat at or around the airport, including from the isis affiliates in afghanistan who were released from prison when the prisons were emptied. and because they are, by the way, make everybody understand that the -- the isis in afghanistan are -- have been the sworn enemy of the taliban. >> there is complexity and there is turbulence on the ground in -- in kabul. and it's very risky and dangerous because there's a genuine threat from isis-k. that is the reality of what we are up against, and i'm not gonna sugarcoat that reality. >> how real is this isis threat? >> the threat is real. it is acute. it is persistent. >> isis-k is a sworn enemy of the taliban.