obviously civilians who are outside the gate probably would not be brought into the airport. there s the security risk of is there another suicide bomber out there if these things happen and with people going to rescue people there ends up being a second one. but for the forces behind the blast walls, what is there? the 82nd airborne division is running the airport. they are their support groups that would have brought their own hospital capability. now sadly after 20 years of war in afghanistan and also in iraq, very jacked up operations, and the british travel with their own mobile hospital as part of the air assault brigade. there is also a norwegian military hospital already built in standing. i visited in the past. i visited it when there were four wounded afghan soldiers from the first incident. first attack on the airport which was last sunday with a
attack happened this morning from the top u.s. diplomat in afghanistan talking about an imminent threat. it s significant that he used that word, because it wasn t just a general threat, potential terrorist threat to the crowds outside the airport. he was talking about something imminent. and talking about how dangerous it was to be part of the crowds outside of the airport. the other thing to consider that you guys were talking about was these americans that are still in the country. yesterday we heard from the state department there are between 500 and 1500 americans still in the country potentially wanting to get out. so the question is how many are there now? we know that there are flights going overnight. there were some americans on the flights presumably. as you discussed, how do you get the americans to the airport? now, the top diplomat this morning said that the u.s. was working on other ways to get americans to the airport. he was not very specific probably for security reas
the nationalities of the victims. the taliban also says the culprits will be brought to justice. it remains to be seen if they have those capabilities. there s been no claim of responsibilities. a senior official says it points to an isis affiliate. one explosion an apparent suicide attack took place at the abbey gate at the airport. another blast was nearby outside or near a hotel. not clear what that means for the final stage of the evacuation. there have been reports dozens of americans need a military escort still to the airport. through taliban-held territory in kabul and despite warnings of more attacks being possible. the pentagon called the attacks a complex operation. we have our correspondents covering this. sam, let s talk about the two locations that we know about
sole circumference gets bigger. you need more man power to police it. i mean, they do have lots of assets. they ve got what are surveillance aircraft. they can see a great deal about what s going on. you can t tell a suicide bomber with a backpack from an evacuee with a backpack unless they re physically searched. that was supposedly the job of the taliban that had increased the capability of the perimeter in order to top afghans getting to the airport. they failed clearly to stop bombers and other attackers getting to the airport, it would appear. but again, no country in the world can boast it s immune to terrorist attacks. least of all, a chaotic nascent government in a capitol city they ve taken on that they themselves have a reputation for terror themselves in any case. indeed, they ve conducted many terrorist attacks themselves. the taliban in the past in kabul itself. so the only opportunity i think
but staying there and getting them to the airport, of course, is key. because president biden has repeatedly promised that any americans in the country who want to get out are going to get out of the country. is what is the latest number? do you have the latest number of how many people have been evacuated in all from afghanistan by the u.s.? yes. the figure is upwards of 80,000. that s a number that includes u.s. military flights, u.s. coalition flights, charters that have been going in. it s a really, really significant number. the other number that is important is that there are about 4500 americans as of yesterday that are among those who have been evacuated from the country. so when you look at the numbers on a big scale here, the number of americans in comparison to the total number is, of course, very small, but that small number is the focus for the biden administration who feels, of course, that they have the responsibility to get out any of