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>> did the u.s. troops have to go through any taliban checkpoints? >> no. >> and then can you, general, can you talk a little bit more about this flight pause? how long did it last? and can you -- can you say when it started? >> yeah. early this morning. lasted about six to seven hours. it was allowed to ensure that flights at or intermediate staging basis could receive more personnel. they are ready to fly in kabul to leave. >> this is qatar, sfligt. >> were there any other locations. >> do you have permission to fly afghans from kabul to the united states or only to a third country? is that ...

And go from there. >> have any more forces been under deploy orders? >> no. >> and then how long was the airfield, six hours, three hours, two hours? >> roughly six to 7 1/2 hours. >> during that time, what was happening? were you trying to get other countries to accept the refugees -- the evacuees or what was happening. >> on aur field, processing continued. so when we say what is happening, flights were paused to allow for backlog, to ensure reception of folks leaving kabul. so we were scheduling other flights and ensuring that we could get those flights out first as we brought other flights...

Something additional. i won't speculate right now. >> did the u.s. troops have to go through any taliban checkpoints to get the americans? >> no. >> can you, general, talk about the slight pause? how long did it last and can you say when it started, when it stopped? >> early this morning. lasted six to seven hours and it was allowed to ensure that flights in our immediate staging bases could receive more personnel. that has been cleaned up as flights have departed there, allowed us to continue with those ready to leave. >> this is qatar, right? a backlog. were there any other locations that ha...

>> we have airlifted 13,000 evacuees during the operation. in total since the end of july, the cumulative number is greater than 18,000. there are siv applicants, at-risk afghans that worked alongside us throughout our time in afghanistan and other vulnerable afghans including women and children. many of the flights leaving kabul have stopped in designated safe havens and staging bases in qatar and others where state department and military personnel are actively processing passengers for their follow on flights to other destinations. we paused flights earlier today leaving kabul. we adjusted ...

You're at a pace where the incoming and outgoing from qatar is more -- there is some equilibrium. >> getting there. >> you are going -- are they flying to other countries yet? >> i don't have that report. the flight plans yet. i mean that is very, you know, an extremely dynamic piece. but i don't have those flute schedules as of right now. >> okay. follow up. we've seen videos of babies being taken over the barb wire and walls. can you tell us what is going on? are the babies of families that have visas and u.s. pass torts or afghans? are they people with credentials? what is happening? >> oka...