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Some of the more experienced and trained afghan, more conventional forces, they put up somewhat of a fight, they just weren't able to stop the taliban. in some places the taliban was able to move into the areas, completely uncontested and take over provincial capitals and entire provinces. that's been the real determining factor here. what we know that is good on right now, morgan, the u.s. military is moving troops into kabul as we speak. they are still plans to build up to at least 5,000 troops in that city with the mission of evacuating as many americans as they possibly can. these are amer...

When you add onto that part of the u.s. military mission was not just the americans but help some of these afghan civilian who is may be eligible for the special immigrant visa process. that could be potentially thousands of people. considering they were at the early stages of getting any of those vijs out, we don't have confirmation any got out. we are still most likely talking about thousands of people who would be in kabul trying to leave the country under the auspices of this new effort to get them out. >> how long, based on, this is a bit of an unknowable question but based on your report...

>> i don't know. [ indiscernible ] >> thank you so much for being here. the pentagon is calling as we heard for the deployment of those 3,000 troops temporatempo but will it really be temporarily? can they actually stay on the ground a short time considering what's happening? >> yes. i mean, that's -- it's not just they're calling it temporary, but they're making sure to call it tailored and for a very specific mission and that is the evacuation of u.s. citizens from the embassy in kabul and then to support the special immigrant visa process. jonathan, it's important to point out, it's not jus...

Population of afghans, of course, that are being processed through the special immigrant visa program, including their families. okay. that's about it for today. thank you. thank you very much. we're all set. we're all set. >> all right, admiral john kirby there at the pentagon. we'll get to the news made there in just a moment, but i want to go first to kylie atwood, she has breaking news. what's the new reporting? >> reporter: the new reporting is that the u.s. embassy in kabul is instructing their diplomats to get rid of any sensitive materials. this is from a management notice that was sen...

Kabul and help close the u.s. embassy in kabul if the state department requests it? >> our mission right now is to help the state department reduce their civilian personnel in kabul and to assist with their acceleration of the siv immigrant visa process, the special immigrant visa process. that is what our focus is on right now. >> how close is the u.s. government to closing its embassy in kabul? >> you'd have to talk to my colleagues at the state department. they get to decide that. they have made it clear, though, that as of today, they are reducing, not eliminating, their diplomatic presenc...