Carrying u. S. Personnel. Biden promises no forgiveness for the perpetrators of the attack. We will hunt you down and make you pay, he said. The pentagon insisting The American mission will end on August 31st. The big concern, another attack could derail the effort to get out. 5,400 or so people are said to be waiting for their turn at the Airport Tarmac or on the tarmac as of this morning. 89 total flights loaded with 12,500 evacuees managing to escape since thursday. Cnn is covering the developments from all angles both in the united states and around the world. Sam kylie is in qatar. He spent much of the week reporting in and around the airport. Sam, what is the situation as far as we know at the airport right now . The numbers gathering around the airport are way down. Way down for two reasons. Obviously in the first instance because of this catastrophic terrorist attack. 13 americans dead. At least 90 killed according to the afghan health authorities. More than 100 afghans wounded
Tuesdays withdrawal deadline. Marines, army and others looming over the race against the clock, trying to get out as many as they can. The deaths of 13 u. S. Service members, of course, yesterday, a tragic toll. A short time ago we learned the losses are even greater than feared among afghans. 170 afghans killed. 200 or so wounded. According to afghans health ministry, and were learning from u. S. Authorities there was just one suicide bomber, not two as it was first believed yesterday. The pentagon also warns of more what they call specific credible threats from sais isisk, claiming responsibility for the massacre. A short time ago we learned all wounded u. S. Personnel are Receiving Care in germany. More than 5000 are still awaiting evacuation at the airport right now in kabul. This morning afghan and Security Forces deployed nonlethal stun grenades. We have Cnn Correspondents in place for you. All the latest Develop Thes as we await the briefing. I want to bring in Kaitlyn Collins a
Even 11 feet in some spots. that s what we re worried about. it s going to rain a lot. you know about this. when it rains on top of wet ground, the ground will saturate and run off and we get fresh water flash flooding too. thank you, chad. i m anderson topper in new york. we re going to have more. let s take a quick pause. the fall of afghanistan and the latest from the airport in kabul. at any moment the white house is expected to hold a briefing with the press secretary. we ll bring that to you live. the latest and most ominous headline, we ve learned the national security team has warned president bide than, quote, another terror attack in kabul is likely as the mission some enters the most dangerous period. right now u.s. troops soldier on in their mission evacuating as many allies as possible before