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Efforts in recent hours and now this. i mean, it's causing casualties, causing chaos. stopping the evacuation mission. this is the kind of thing that isis would want to do. and it is consistent with a threat stream of what they were hoping and planning to try to carry out in recent days, geoff. >> let's expand on that a bit with nbc's andrea mitchell, who is on the phone. you have the best intell and diplomatic sources in washington. what are you hearing about the possibility that courtney laid out, that this could be isis-k trying to disrupt this effort here? >> reporter: exactly. you're exac...

Taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution but this is very high risk. >> a defense official says the concerns are based on a very specific threat stream from isis-k about attacks against the crowds outside the airport. we are expecting new numbers on yesterday's evacuations any moment. international security editor nick paton walsh back with us. nick, this is winding down quickly. i want to step back for a second here because so much has been happening, you've got these planes leaving every 45 minutes i guess on average here. they are filling the...

Should it become necessary. we're looking very hard. we assess we're in a period of heightened threat right now. >> can you tell us if you think your recommendation for staying potentially after august 3 up with would change because of this threat stream or are you concerned about the threat stream? the u.s. military and the taliban have been coordinating closely on various things. do you still trust the taliban and is it possible that they let this happen? >> as to whether or not they let it happen, i don't know. there's nothing to convince me that they let it happen. as to whether or not i t...

General mckenzie was asked whether there was any possibility that the taliban were involved. here's what he said. >> you still trust the taliban and is it possible that they let this happen? >> as to whether or not they let it happen, i don't know. i don't think there's anything that convinces me that they let it happen. >> at this point in time, there's really some differences being made when you talk to u.s. officials about taliban versus isis k and al-quaida. all of the groups are terror groups and they want to kill americans. the problem is finding them. vans full of evacuees, afghans bein...

Had seen the previous two days. >> huge security risks complicating this evacuation over the next 36 hours. overnight, the u.s. embassy in kabul warned all americans do not travel to the airport. and for people already gathered at certain airport gates, the message was even more urgent, it was leave immediately. one defense official told cnn there's a very specific threat stream from isis-k, about planned attacks against crowds there. and this warning specifically names three airport gates. nick paton walsh beginning our coverage for us in qatar with the breaking news on the new timeline for e...