combined with 34 coalition aircraft, an additional 2800 personnel left kabulfor various an additional 2800 personnel left kabul for various intermediate staging bases. 66 flights left out of kabul yesterday with 6800 evacuees. today i can report an updated total evacuation that is more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. 0f more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. of this total number, approximately 5400 are american citizens. this is an incredible number of people who are now safer thanks to the heroism of the young men and women putting their lives on the line each day to evacuate american and vulnerable afghans. 0ut evacuate american and vulnerable afghans. out of kabul. the rest of our forces into this operation remain real and significant. i m sure you can appreciate that. as our
staging bases. 66 flights left out of kabul yesterday in that 24-hour period, with 6,800 evacuees. today i can report an updated total evacuation that is more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. of this total number, approximately 5,400 are american citizens. this is an incredible number of people who are now safer, thanks to the heroism of the young men and women who are putting their lives on the line each day to evacuate american and vulnerable afghans out of kabul. threats to our forces and to this operation remain real and significant. i m sure you can appreciate that. and now as the military mission begins to end in kabul, thousands of service members are working across the globe and within the united states to complete this incredibly
the airport? we have begun retrograding. reporter: can you say anything about the number who have left? no, i cannot. that s the pentagon acknowledging that the withdrawal process is starting. 5,400 troops there on the ground in kabul, and they re due to leave by tuesday. so that process is beginning. in the meantime, tens of thousands of afghans desperately trying to get out, including those who worked as interpreters, drivers and other jobs for the u.s. military. a question is looming over all of this, alex. how many more afghans could have been evacuated if the evacuation had started earlier while there were more u.s. forces on the ground? yes, that is an open-ended question. there may even be investigations into figuring out an answer to that. dan de luce, thank you so much from washington d.c.. joining me is massachusetts congressman who is a marine corps veteran and who served in afghanistan. congressman, i m glad to welcome
escape taliban rule. the big six nato allies have now ended their evacuation missions. brittain, in fact, last to fly their troops out of kabul earlier today. u.s. forces committing to evacuation efforts until the withdraw deadline on tuesday. officials say they are getting the job done. 66 flights left out of kabul yesterday in that 24-hour period, with 6,800 evacuees. today i can report an updated total evacuation that is more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. of this total number, approximately 5,400 are american citizens. and just moments ago state department officials said they have heard from 350 americans who are still trying to leave the country and 280 americans who are not yet ready to leave. conditions on the ground remain treacherous. the airport is still under that
president has said. these people who are serving our troops are heroes. they re risking their own lives to save other americans and afghans. our entire country owes them a huge debt of gratitude. let s not forget in the past ten days since august 14, 117,000 people, american citizens, green card holders, afghan allies, third country residents have been evacuated, of that 117,000, 5400 americans were flown out. the pentagon says some flights are now carrying military equipment, meaning they re packing up, getting out. have you been briefed how much could potentially be abandoned that could ultimately end up in taliban hands or worse terrorist hands? our understanding is they re taking out as much equipment as possible without putting troops in harm s way. that s a judgment the president