as i told kylie and nick, we ve been able to transfer individuals from dohar to other locations includes ramstein air force base. this is not just a purely military relocation efforts. when individuals arrive in qatar, especially u.s. citizens, they have charter options, they have commercial options and that will continue to allow us to relocate individuals from dohar and even more so now that we have additional sites coming online, have already come online and will come online in the coming hours and days. neil: we re monitoring the state department presser featuring ned price there, a couple of developments to pass along to you right now. we re getting word from our jennifer griffin that there are 14,000 afghans inside the kabul international airport grounds. pending flights that were supposed to take off to qatar,
0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. we re very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secretary blinken participated in a virtual meeting to discuss the on going security situation in afghanistan and others to safely evacuate our it is ens and afghan allies that may be at risk. the allies agreed that any future government must adhere to afghanistan s international obligations, safeguard the human rights of afghans, women, children and minority, uphold the rule of law and allow unhindered access and ensure that afghanistan never serves as a safe haven for terrorism. secretary blinken a
being escorted inside of the terminal. there are pillows and blink yits, food, water. and then, from the terminal, most of the passengers, there are some who are greeting family members here who will take them home. most are going to board buses that will take them to ports in texas on board 100 motor coaches that have been reserved or some will be heading on some of the motor coaches to new orleans where they will overnight it in a hotel, then fly out tomorrow. 20 jets have been chartered to take various cruise passengers home people have been asking why not put people up in hotels in mobile and fly out of mobile? carnival officials say because the air sport much bigger in new orleans they have more charter options and so. the people who are going to be