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0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. let's toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? >> chris jansing, thank you. i'm garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. you're looking at live pictures of the airport. it's 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are huddling as we speak. we hope to learn more from them soon. the airport has been under a terror thre...

Environment in a city and country controlled by the taliban with the very legal possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution, but this is very high risk. as the president said yesterday, we're on track to complete our mission by august 31st provided the taliban continue to cooperate and there are no disruptions to this effort. the president has also asked for contingency plans in case he determines we must remain in the country past that date, but let me be crystal clear about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining citizens who decide they want to leave ...

The complexity and the danger of this effort. we are operating in a hostile environment, in a city and country now controlled by the taliban, with the very real possibility of an isis—k attack. we're taking every precaution, but this is very high risk. they're no longer being called the enemy, but the taliban are waiting at the gates. some may look more professional, but there are still questions as to whether they have really changed. the us says the taliban have promised that foreign nationals and some afghans will be allowed to leave after the deadline. but can they be trusted? the taliba...

May have left, some may not actually be u.s. citizens, and some may want to stay. >> we believe the number of americans actively seeking assistance to leave afghanistan is lower, likely significantly lower. >> reporter: president biden has promised to bring home every single american who wants to leave by next week. as secretary blinken offers this warning about threats on the ground. >> we're operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. >> reporter: in the last 24 hours, the u.s. and its allies have ...

Our jim sciutto the concerns increase because of quote a very specific threat stream from isis-k. adding to those concerns, members of isis-k escaped two prisons in kabul with one saying as many as several hundred members of the group may have escaped and you only need to listen to the words of president biden and top advisors to see how serious they believe this isis threat is. >> these are credible threats. >> we're operating in a hostile environment in a city and country controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. >> every day we're on the ground is another...