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thousands of people are trying to get out, but we have not actually reached the deadline for u.s. military s withdrawal yet. that officially comes on august 31st just under 2 weeks from today. and in those two weeks there s a lot we can still do to get americans and afghans to safety. the pentagon says it s aiming to evacuate 5 to 9,000 people per day. so far the u.s. has evacuated 5,000 people and brought an additional 2,000 afghans to the united states as special immigrants. but some people are having trouble just getting to the airport in kabul. the u.s. state darm has received reports of the taliban blocking access, setting up checkpoints, turning people away and even beating some afghans who are trying to evacuate. sarah is a former npr reporter who covered the war in afghanistan and the fall of the taliban in the early 2000s. she wrote about her experience in her book. and tommy streeter the former spokesperson for the national security council under president barack obama. he s