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thousands of afghans are crowded around the airport hoping for a flight out of the country before the u.s. military s mission ends next week. and the state department says about 1500 americans still may be in afghanistan. it has made contact with about 500 of them with specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. there is no deadline on our work to henlp any remaining citizens who decide to leave do so along with the many afghans who have stood byis and want to leave and have been unable to do so. that effort will continue every day past august 31. the taliban have made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for americans, third country nationals and 56 afghans past august 31. the expectation is that people who want to leave afghanistan after the u.s. military departs ....