and one targeting one of the gates of entry to the kabul airport where many afghan civilians but also notably american citizens and green card holders have had to use to access those evacuation flights. and by the way, to get that access has been very difficult. the taliban has been denying many people from coming through but also concerns about an attack just like this led the u.s. embassy in kabul yesterday to warn americans away from going to entrances and gates to the airport because of the threat of a terror attack just like this one. the pentagon has not confirmed casuals yet. it is a question we continue to ask them. looking at that map there, just so you know, it is on the south side of the flight line where we believe this attack took place. and a few minutes ago we did see at least one u.s. military jet take off. the possibility that these evacuation flights are continuing.
0 casualties are unclear at this time. we will provide additional details when we can. we also learned moments ago that president biden has been briefed on that explosion outside of kabul airport. a white house official tells cnn. and we are waiting on a pentagon press briefing which will happen in about 30 minutes from now. the back ground on this, as you look at a live picture from the kabul airport, that in recent days and yesterday we reported the u.s. has been very concerned about a credible threat stream about potential terror attacks targeting the gates to the airport and the crowds around those gates. the u.s. believing that terror groups had both the capability and the planning to carry out such attacks. there is still no attribution for these attacks or as we said, any confirmation about casualties. we have our reporters covering the story. let s begin with nick paton walsh in doha. we see now a confirmed attack. only the families of the u.s. serve men concerned about who
0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but andrea mitchell reports does start right now. and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington with breaking reports out of afghanistan. two separate bombings one near the southeastern abbey gate where thousands of people have been waiting to gain entry and escape taliban rule and the second at the nearby baron hotel. taliban news saying 13 people were killed some of them children by the suicide attack. two u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news while they have no attribution for today s suspected
seems to be coming only from the biden administration and the taliban. the taliban saying august 31st is a red line. there s tons going on this morning on covid, infrastructure, democrats going to scuttle the president s plans this morning, and afghanistan, which is where we begin. we have reporters standing by on the ground in kabul and in doha where evacuees are being taken. sam kiley, give us a sense of the situation. how many people are getting out, what are you seeing? reporter: well, the number of people down from when i was on the ground in the flight line yesterday afternoon is 10 and a half thousand. there s now 4 1/2 thousand people waiting to get out. that s less than the number of u.s. troops of 5,800 at kabul airport and there s a thousand british and numerous others from the wider coalition. of course special forces all trying to get their particular out that they have had a
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