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Difficult for u.s. forces to try to bring out more people. you heard from jeff zeleny as well, those numbers are coming down. saturday to sunday, 2,900. sunday to monday, we're down to just over 1,000. so, we are in the final phases. and i think the u.s. military and many other forces internationally are now relying on the taliban that they will keep their word and let people out who have the appropriate documentation, even after the deadline has passed. >> clarissa, that's the thing. yes, we need to acknowledge over 113,000 people have been evacuated since august 14th. but already people who ...

Military is also working to evacuate the hundreds of americans still looking to leave afghanistan before tomorrow's deadline that was, of course, set by president biden. according to the latest numbers provided by the state department, approximately 250 u.s. citizens are still in the country. since august 14th, the u.s. says it's evacuated more than 114,000 people, including close to 3,000 between just saturday and sunday alone. and as for the thousands of afghans who worked with the u.s. military who have not yet been evacuated. "the new york times" reported their window to be airlifted out h...

Been advised. he has reconfirmed his order that commanders redouble their efforts to prioritize doing whatever is necessary to protect our forces on the ground. this comes after 13 u.s. troops and more than 100 afghans were killed in gunfire and two suicide bombings near the airport on thursday. meanwhile the united states military is also working to evacuate the hundreds of americans still looking to leave afghanistan before tomorrow's deadline set by president biden. according to the latest numbers provided by the state department, there are probably 250 united states citizens still in count...

Out a humanitarian mission to bring americans and their allies to safety. 6,000 americans evacuated since august 14th. 122,000 afghan allies. >> your message to americans and afghan allies who were left behind? >> so the military phase of this operation has ended. the diplomatic sequel to that will now begin. >> in the past 20 years of war, more than 20,000 american service members were wounded fighting against the taliban. the group that harbored the al-qaeda terrorists who struck the united states on september 11th, that same group marched into kabul on august 14th, 20 years later. today the...

Ton of them. >> brianna, you're right. it's very sad to hear the stories of the families being separated. we talked about this before on this program. u.s. government's first and foremost priority is always to focus on citizens. we don't like this hierarchy, but it does exist. reading between the lines of what the administration is saying, they're going to work on taking care of these green card holders. they skrust can't do it by august 31st. that's where the communication with the taliban and this negotiation becomes all the more critical. >> phil, we have seen, in addition to, i think, the ...