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have 1 to 2 million afghans who want out. they re trying to get out through pakistan. they re trying to get out through uzbekistan, but no matter how many we take out, there ll be many more. there are administrators we work with, people who speak english, people with the government. they don t trust what s going to happen next. they and their families need to leave. yeah. general clark, i appreciate you being with us tonight. thank you. for a closer look what it s like right now in kabul we turn to someone who s seen this final chapter unfoldup close, marcus yam. what s the mood look in kabul after yesterday s attack especially the white house is warning of another terrorist attack in kabul being likely? the mood i mean kabul is pretty quiet today. as we drove around and actually went to the airport today to see
who know they re ground zero of a terrorist attack they may not be able to see coming, it takes enormous courage. it s enormous sense of sacrifice. and my heart goes out to the men that are there and women working in that airport but also to the family members of all those who were killed but those who know their loved ones are on that mission. this is an important, vital mission. and i guess the final heart break for me is having watched this operation unfold from the beginning in 2001 and watch us go in there and have successes, and then to see it evolve and then the sudden collapse at the end and finally our men and women going back in and having to face this. it s tranlic. it s heart breaking. but, you know, i m so proud of the men and women in uniform for
what it look like. there s still afghans standing around to get into the airport. but as we make our way towards even the main civilian entrance of the airport or even toward the east gate, the taliban fighters have actually moved away from their checkpoint and actually have moved out all together. and as you walk so the entire area leading up to the gates are empty now basically, devoid of people basically for the most part. is that because the taliban you said they moved away from checkpoints, but are they stopping people from going up? no, i think they actually moved away in a sense they ve created a bigger circle around the airport. so i think they ve just given are giving, you know, airport security forces and american security forces space in a way. i knew you were at the airport in the days leading up to the explosion.
scenario. it was here in april 2017 that the trump administration and central command there carried out a strike using what was called or is called the gbu 43 b, massive ordinance bomb, otherwise known as the mother of all bombs also used against isis-k. it seems again an area where there is an isis-k presence and that perhaps feeding into some of the information, the intel that led the biden administration to carry out this strike fairly quickly here, within 36 hours of that terrorist attack at the humead karzai international airport, the one that killed at least 13 u.s. subsservice membersch the administration showing it will respond, it has responded and now we re waiting to see what information there is and if the administration plans on carrying out more strakes against isis-k as the evacuation is ongoing. orrin, is it likely the u.s. would release some information at a later time, more about who