very concerned there will be a slow not just of migrants but of penetration of jihadists through the migrants into the european countries. that is the national security threat 100%. harris: what do we know about this group that it s hundreds of people in the vicinity around that airport, isis k? i don t have a lot of time. i want to have this specifically because they aren t new. congressman crenshaw told us that. why are they engaging now? oh, they are now assuring their future real estate. they want to be part of the ruling group in afghanistan and that s their way of doing it. exactly islamic jihad organization and hamas are small. they can act despite hamas. taliban will rule, not the small organizations.
afghan national who may have u.s. green cards and passports or the like. in theory under the agreement we have with them they are supposed to let those people through and proceed to the airport. that s the agreement we made with them and in theory that s what s supposed to be happening. in reality on the ground. the organization that we re coordinating with like allied airlift. a group of west point graduates and other members of the afghan he vac group and human rights organizations working to coordinate to get people through the checkpoints to the airport and into the airport on flights out of the country really are doing the job the government is also trying to work on. helping make this happen. we are learning about information to help make it happen. what we re seeing to be candid with you is americans, green card holders and citizens being harassed at the checkpoints and gates and afghan allies who don t have the blue passports
explosions, two of them. one taking place near the abbey gate and one near the barron gate. two of the main entrances to the airport in kabul where u.s. forces helped to set a perimeter to help with the flow of evacuees onto the airfield. this was likely, according to reports, an attack conducted by isis-k. a group that both british and american intelligence officials were warning about over the past several days. a group that could launch attacks in the region. a very small organization. the offshoot of the islamic state that started around 2014. and the northern province in afghanistan is where they re based. they are operating across northern and eastern afghanistan. again this explosion though report evidence outside of abbey gate reportedly killing a number of people and injuring dozens more. we don t want to get into the numbers now. a lot of information coming out from the ground but this airfield was the main place of
for congressmen and people on the hill saying could have, should have. it is time to look at the reality. they got 100,000 evacuees out since august 14th and still trying to rescue americans who are trapped outside of the airport. there are active measures in place and what i have seen behind the scenes here at the pentagon and with military sources in afghanistan is nothing short of heroic. harris: absolutely. quickly before i let you go we ve been hearing so much and even congressman banks who served there and could tell us more detail how isis k is not new, but what kind of danger awaits people on the ground. i have a question, jennifer that, i hope maybe you or someone can ask the pentagon. what kinds of relationships do we know that the taliban has the a group like that?
way to give families of service members injured or killed. you seem to have a different number. where is that coming from and what does that entail? the number that i ve heard was 13 not 13 americans, to be clear. but what we heard is at least 13 afghans. that was being confirmed by some taliban sources. take it for what it s worth. the taliban are obviously a brutal group and shouldn t take what they are saying. they are saying 13. bodies are being taken away from the scene. to be clear not americans but total at this time. maybe that number will grow if there were two attacks. as you know, the fog of war as these things take place in complex situations the numbers may change and numbers of attacks may change in realtime. harris: we learn more about