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Gates, the message is even more urgent, leave immediately. one defense official told cnn there is a very specific threat stream from isis-k about planned attacks against the crowds. it specifically names three of the airport gates. let's go to nick payton walsh who is in doha, qatar, with breaking news on what we know about evacuations, the pace, and how much longer realistically people will be leaving, nic. >> reporter: realistically, 36 hours more. that's what a source familiar with the situation is telling me. if you look at the sheer numbers of people being taken off the airport, that begi...

The airport and to continue evacuation has been ordered. is that going to be good enough for all the americans still there? when you have one facility and it is now a target and you don't have any other options outside of that, if it's this one facility, so now it is, you know, terrorists go for it and we may see more attacks as you heard from the general. the threat stream is increasing. >> martha: brett, thanks very much. we'll see you in a little while as we continue to cover this throughout the afternoon. the united states military says that isis fighters were behind the two attacks today ...

Abbey gate, and at risk was the northeast gate. that is where i was at one point briefly too. very tight crowds then there and then elsewhere an area in which afghan security forces have allowed some of their friends and colleagues sneak in. abbey gate, because of the dense series of walls that go along the side of it and the limitations put in place by the sewage canal that run as long part of it, a very terrifying target and one where simply the crowd put people at risk and now it appears we have into that two separate explosions. unclear if this is two bombs or how at tack unfolded. reports...

Now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. and we have made significant progress in that regard. >> the race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. these are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u.s. citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. a defense official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very specific threat stream from isis-k about attacks against crowds gathered outside that airport. >> n...

The airport and that appears to be at one of the entry points where this attack took place. as i mentioned, it is our latest information it appears to be a suicide attack. that consistent with the tactics of a number of terror groups operating in afghanistan. it is also consistent with a warning, an intelligence threat stream that we reported on yesterday about plots and planning and capabilities for such an attack in and around the airport that the u.s. became aware of. that particular warning focused on one group, isis-k. there are a lot of bad groups and bad guys running around that country...