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That is now en route to doha, qatar. just yesterday you saw that first commercial flight, we talked about it right here on this broadcast as it was in the air, leaving the afghan capital for the first time since u.s. forces pulled out of the country in late august. raph sanchez is in doha. as we've been talking about, the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan very much tied to the moment we're in now. these reflections on september 11th and the 20 years since and as we speak the evacuations are continuing. what can you tell us about this second flight? >> reporter:s flight taking off from kabu...

Leader remains in afghanistan, has not fled the country the way president ghani did when kabul fell but not saying where he is. >> raph sanchez, thank you for the reporting. i want to bring in marina lagree of the organization ascend which empowers women in athletics and marina, good morning to you. i should note, too, i'm familiar with your organization since one of my in-laws used to be on the board. thank you for being here. can you give us a status update? where do things stand at 10:29 eastern time on the planes and evacuation? >> good morning to you, too. unfortunately there's not much...

Photo, shows six planes on friday at an airport in northern afghanistan. a white house official says these claims of a so-called hostage situation and americans on board from top republican in the house foreign affairs committee are not confirmed. listen. >> we have six airplanes as ma st a sharif airport, six airplanes with american citizens on them as i speak, also with these interpreters and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands. >> white house not confirming that but the taliban says it did stop the planes from leaving and they're also claiming victory today over opponents in the...

Ngos asked for some guarantee these people can have work authorization and a lot of support as they try to get resettled into the united states. it's not always easy to do. but of course the big question will be what happens to people who are still there? we know there are about 100 to 200 americans according to white house estimates, and far more of those afghan allies, many of those who worked with the united states, tens of thousands who may never be able to get out and are now trying to decide if they should risk their fate to try to go to a border when what used to be a ticket out, which ...

Begin speaking. we heard from raph sanchez the announcement on the new leadership is formerly postponed. i wonder what that relationship looks like. would you support a formal recognition? under what condition? >> not right now. that's the other form of the chaos. not like the taliban won an election and now installed as the government. anti taliban forces are fighting back, obviously we know about isis-k but also the taliban they didn't have a government in waiting. it adds to the chaos. the u.s. needs to look at theical ban with a wary eye and not recognize them.