welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy in kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to kabul airport. the warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included a warning of a high threat of a terrorist attack . the pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. earlier our washington correspondent nomia iqbal gave us this latest update on the afghanistan security warnings issued by the us and britain. it is quite extraordinary because what they are saying
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is, to us citizens and uk citizens, do not travel at this time. citizens, do not travel at this time, , , citizens, do not travel at this time. , , , ., time. so i suppose the question is, at what time. so i suppose the question is, at what time time. so i suppose the question is, at what time can time. so i suppose the question is, at what time can people - is, at what time can people travel given that time is of the essence? there is what? under a week to go before the deadline hit so we re not really clear on at what point, what time, what day, citizens are able to go to the airport. in terms of what this threat is, well, president biden in his conference on monday talked about isis k which is an afghan affiliate of the so called islamic state terror group. there is not really that much known about them apart from the fact that they got together six years ago in pakistan and i made up of former taliban members and have carried out several attacks in afghanistan this year. they
gates at kabul airport. basically i can provide you a little bit of a scene setter of what s been going on at kabul airport. the first thing is this threat. this has been there s been a perfect sicht threat since late last week. and it is specific to isis, that isis had interest, was planning to, was trying to attack kabul airport and specifically attack westerners, americans and potentially afghan civilians who were trying to get to the airport to get on these evacuation flights. you have seen over the last week these crowds outside many of these gates, and the concern was that among those crowds and evacuees that someone from an isis fighter could infiltrate those groups and potentially act as a suicide attacker, sicide bomber, or that they might be able to get a vehicle up close enough to the gate for a vehicle-born improve ied explosive device that could potentially kill people waiting at the gate. that has been one of the big concerns and big threats of the
seeing right now is a power struggle, really, between the taliban and isis k. i think that right now it has turned into a battle for control over the airport and i fully agree that it really is not in the taliban s best interest to allow that to happen so my hope is that perhaps these evacuation efforts can go forward. evacuation efforts can go forward- forward. lives in these pictures forward. lives in these pictures of forward. lives in these pictures of hundreds . forward. lives in these| pictures of hundreds of thousands of people outside the airport. what could isis k be planning? what are they capable of? ., , planning? what are they capable of? . , . . , ., of? that is a great question. i lived in afghanistan of? that is a great question. i lived in afghanistan and - of? that is a great question. i | lived in afghanistan and spent a good deal of time there when i was with the agency and there are several entry and egress bouts from the airport. my best guess in terms of w
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