i promise. stephen locey. yes, thank you. can you tell me if all siv holders who have made it onto the airport ground with valid papers are going to be able to make it onto flights? i ask because an interpreter with an siv i ve been in contact with, just made it onto the grounds, was almost put out of the gate. that appears to have now been corrected. but will this interpreter and other siv holders who are on the ground be able to fly out before the deadline is over? yes. sylvia. thank you. i have two small questions. first, about the numbers. you said that 88,000 departed since the 14th of august. is it only u.s. flight, so if it s not on a u.s. flight, how
disruptions to our operations. the longer we stay, starting with the growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis-k a, we know that isis case seeking to target the airport. and attack both u.s. and allied forces, and innocent civilians. those remarks came nearly five hours after the original scheduled air time, which was noon today, the president added he is asked the state department and the pentagon to draw up contingency plans, as they do, in case there was a need to adjust the timetable here. biden says he gave our european allies and the g7 the very same message, many had wanted the president to extend the mission passed 31 august, the u.s. has stepped up the pace of evacuations, out of the kabul airport, just today about 12,000 people were flown out. since the 14th of august over 70,000 have been evacuated, there are still some questions about the number of americans still in the country, biden has
holders who made it onto the airport grounds with valid papers will be able to make it onto flights? i ask because an interpreter with an siv i have been in contact with made it onto the ground and was almost put out of the gate. that appears to have been now corrected. but will this interpreter and other siv holders who are on the ground be able to fly out before the deadline is gone, is over? yes. thank you. i have two small questions. first about the numbers. you said that 88,000 depart evidence since the 14th of august. is it only u.s. flights? if it s not only u.s. flights, how many were evacuated by u.s. flights? the total number?
depends upon the taliban continuing to let us sxrat no disruptions to our operations. the longer we stay, starting with the acute and growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis k, we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. those remarks came nearly five hours after the original scheduled air time which was noon today. the president add, he s asked the state department and the pentagon to draw up contingency plans as they do in case there was a need address the timetable here. biden said he gave our european allies and the g-7 the very same message. le wanted the president to extend the mission past 31 august. they have asked to step up evacuations. today just today about 12,000 people were flown out. since the 14th of august, over
0 admiral and the general aren t working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans haven t gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out after the 31st if they haven t made it to the airport by then? and then just to follow on jeff s question with afghans that aren t getting through, for those have discussions gone on with the taliban to maybe find some negotiation space for they ve said no more afghans can clear but there are 10,000 at the airport. something is happening behind the scenes helping some people get through. can you talk about that to some extent? i ll start with the last question first. kind of comes off of some