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Be ceasing operations at that key evacuation runway. and if you are dealing with a threat like that, the more of them and the afghans who they are trying to help, you could keep flying off that base. provided you're sure that the air space and the runway itself is secure. now we have known that the capabilities of the insurgency have developed over time. but i think that is all kind of baked into a u.s. operation on an airport like that in terms of defense moving forward. so you would imagine that there would have been a pause, some moment in which they locked down, took stock of what necessar...

>> nick, stick with me if you could. let me go back to general mark hurtling on this. two explosions outside of kabul airport. we know there are u.s. and -- we know there are casualties. we know that u.s. personnel are among the wounded. and we know there's been an alert that's come out this morning again from the u.s. embassy to say to all americans, anyone near, to leave immediately. what is the impact on evacuation on the evacuation operation? >> it's going to effect it significantly, kate. if i can for a second, though, i'd like to go back to what nick said. i think he nailed it. the talib...

Somewhere in the region of 100,000 people shipped out in a matter of four to five days. that is just remarkable. but also informs i think the rapidly closing window that we're seeing on the ground. i understand from a source familiar with the situation that things will end friday in terms of the evacuation operation itself. it is hampered by the skirt around the airport, taliban have checkpoints, but they only let people it seems who prearranged access. and of course they have at the gates this enduring issue with a bomb threat, an ied threat maybe linked to isis-k. that has leds gate for the ...

Passed. is that realistic? mr; passed. is that realistic? tj�*i understanding passed. is that realistic? tj�*i: understanding is passed. is that realistic? m; understanding is that the americans have only a thousand people left to get out. and in terms of the capability and capacity of the americans, if people want to come out, they could. the british have been more reticent to give you the figures that they are entitled. different figures to get bandy around, as of yesterday, there were 2000 left from the afghan resettlement translator scheme and then on top of that, you've got people who...

Special operating forces that conduct extraction operations are extremely well-trained. they do it in a very precise manner. it is very difficult when you're talking about an area that's as wide as some of the areas they might be going into in afghanistan. so, yeah, it -- it's tough, no doubt about it. but there -- we've seen over the last couple of days isas the --s the evacuation operation has continued, some unbelievable courage and heroism and empathy of all service members, not just special operators and some of the afghan special operators that are at the airfield. but especially, the ma...