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Interest of innocent civilians that have need to get to the airport. >> meanwhile, in just the last few hours, hundreds of evacuees have arrived at military bases and camps around europe. a number of allies have agreed to accept afghan refugees. state department officials say they will make decisions on permanent resettlement locations. we have reporters standing by with all the details. let's start with courtney kube at the pentagon. welcome to you on this saturday. what are we learning about what is happening on the ground in afghanistan right now? >> reporter: so flights have resumed, u.s. ...

>> sure, thanks for having me. it feels like that 5700 number is a much better number than we have been seeing. is that getting close to what the defense department wants to be doing on a daily basis now until they clear all the people they want to clear? >> yes. and they actually -- if they were operating at their full capacity that they have the ability to do, they could get upwards of 9000 out today. what is difficult here is the numbers. they are just confusing, they always are in these cases. and how do you measure the 24 hours? so what we know is, they have really ramped up the evacuatio...

Operation. in total since the end of july, the cumulative number moved out of afghanistan is greater than 18,000. there are siv applicants, at risk afghans who worked alongside us throughout our time in afghanistan and other vulnerables, including women and children. many of the flights leaving kabul have stopped in designated safe havens and stagiing bases n qatar. state department and other military personnel are actively processing. we did pause flights earlier today leaving kabul. we adjusted resources and sflel to especially sure a tech mpora capacity issue. flight operations have resumed...

Capacity issue in doha, qatar, one of the few landing sites for flights out of afghanistan. cnn's cam kiley is in doha with that side of this urgent rescue operation. >> reporter: desperate for a child's salvation. >> we've secured the airport enabling flights to resume, not just military flights but civilian charters from other countries and the ngos taking out civilians and vulnerable afghanis. and now we have almost 6,000 troops on the ground. >> reporter: but through the hours of daylight today, no evacuation aircraft left the runway, leaving hundreds pressing on its perimeter as night fel...

Coming in, again, not just for covid, but for all the usual things that people use the e.d. for? so it's a very, very tenuous situation. >> yeah, the e.d. and other procedures, we've heard of people who need cancer surgery who can't get in in states that are having this kind of issue. and i wonder, you know, what do you see coming your way in alabama? because alabama has reported more than 4,000 new cases just yesterday alone. >> more than 4,000 new cases, which is a new high for us. the other issue is that we have now 2800 people, as you noted, hospitalized with the i.c.u. capacity issue. if ...