country are only the ones that no longer want to leave, or the ones that want to leave, add a largely out now and understand that the evacuation of afghans is largely complete also so are you now solely concentrating on just getting complete also so are you now solely concentrating onjust getting us troops out and equipment? total 122,000 were evacuated, 5400 americans. we continue to have the capability evacuate and fly out those until the very end but as we talk about active we will continue to work with the department of state on that and continue evacuation and military operations. of that are the numberof the number of americans are in contact the number of americans are in
including 5,400 americans, have been evacuated from afghanistan. u.s. military troops have shown tremendous bravery and compassion as they put themselves in harm s way to evacuate as many american citizens and afghans as possible during this operation. that work by u.s. service members continues across the globe at a number of intermediate stages and d.o.d. instillizations in cent com, 28,000 passengers await follow on movement from six active locations. in u-com, three active locations have more than 22,000 passengers and today 17 flights will transport about 3,700 passengers to both dulles international airport with approximately 11 flights and philadelphia international airport with six flights. in north com, there are nearly
going back, the force protection c ram did work and engage and had effect on the one and then one did land in an area. it was not effective. so it didn t we intercepted one and it was effective. c-ram was effective. i just need to clarify the numbers you stated earlier. of the 122,000, is the 5400 a part of that number of americans evacuated or is that a separate number from the 122,000? 122,000 plus evacuated over the course of this operation going back to late july when we started moving siv applicants back home and you add in the since then, yes, 5400 is included in 122,000. i understand you can t give
been evac yaided, including 5400 americans. now with the august 31st deadline for a full u.s. military pullout looming, the focus has shifted to bringing their own troops back home safely. but as the number of u.s. forces dwind eled, they become more vulnerable to isis-k militants intent on attacking them before they re gone. they leave behind hundreds of thousands more afghans desperate to to escape taliban rule, now backing up at the border with pakistan. the fear is it is just a hint of the mass exodus to come. the u.s. state department said they received taliban assurances that all foreign nationals and afghans who want to leave the country can. however sources have told us even those with the right documentation have been prevented from leaving. duncan: charlie d agata, thank you. freight ahead on the cbs weekend news, covid summer surge, the
answer the question about whether the taliban you said you weren t going to talk about who was at what gate. but are the taliban on the airport? not to my knowledge, they are not. no. thank you. i have a few today. sorry. you mentioned 122,000 have been evacuated. how many of those are sivs and their families? i don t have a good breakdown of how many in the 122,000 are sivs and their families. that is a better question for the state department. we know that roughly 5,400 of the 122,000 are american citizens. and the vast majority are afghan and i just don t have a break down of that. well, our reporting is saying that there are about 7,000 of the 88,000 so that leaves more than 80,000 sivs and their family members left behind. does the pentagon see that as a success, leaving 80,000 people, sieves who worked alongside our