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And decades. but clearly what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work in as fast and as efficient a manner as possible, in the hours that remain to us and thatis in the hours that remain to us and that is what we're going to do. borisjohnson confirming that that is what we're going to do. boris johnson confirming that the evacuations continue. let's speak now to colonel richard kemp, who was a commander of british forces in afghanistan. richard, welcome to the programme. it has been a very distressing day, with the number of casualties figure is rising by the hour. your tho...

Airport but also, too, there are many who are trying to get in buss who are stuck on the perimeter because they simply cannot help all the people they want to. it does seem if we're seeing now the number they're flying out diminishing it's clearly not because the u.s. with extraordinary air lift the past few days lacks the air power. they can bring in c17s every 39 minutes they say. it's probably because the people they need to get are actually harder to find. and it seem thats things are ramping down now. i'm hearing the turkish, italians, the brits may leave tonight. it's fast developing and...

That this is happening as we're learning that those evacuations are now winding down, expected to taper off in the next 36 hours, according to our colleague nick paton walsh. so, this is clearly beginning at least to shift to this withdrawal operation. we know that perhaps part of this is the fact that so many of these gates around the airport have been closed. and again, that is not only the motivation for closing these gates but also the motivation for winding down this evacuation operation is that president biden, white house officials, are very, very worried about what they see as very cre...

Them. and it's unfortunate, but right now the thing is get out. >> i want you to respond, general. let me ask you this question as you're responding to that. based on the few, you know, americans left, it seems to be the case some of those people are not directly near the airport. the pentagon confirmed there are performing extraction operations by helicopters to get people there. how difficult is it to organize and pull off these kind of missions? >> i won't comment on whether or not we're doing that, don. i'm smart enough not to do that, but i will tell you that the special operating forces ...

We will get them out. ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. the first person i was instructed to call on is kelly o'donnell of nbc. >> mr. president, you have said leaving afghanistan is in the national interest of the united states. after today's attack do you believe you will authorize additional forces to respond to the attack inside afghanistan? are you prepared to add additional forces to protect the americans who remain on the ground carrying out the evacuation operation? >> i have instructed the military, whatever they need, if they need additional force i will grant it. but t...