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activists against farmers. and it s the same old story dame sarah wins yet another gold at the tokyo paralympics. and coming up in 20 minutes, we ll look into the background and coming up, the medical miracle that fooled america. we ll look into the background behind the elizabeth holmes fraud trial, the woman once touted as the youngest self made female billionaire. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. it was just one flight out of kabul, but it brought to an end as america pulled out, it left behind an uncertain future for the afghan people and huge questions for the international coalition about what had been achieved. the taliban claim they have won their independence. but they, too, have questions. can they make the transition from brutal insurgents to responsible government? our first report this evening is from our chief international correspondent lyse doucet and her cameraman robbie wright in kabul. american uniforms, american guns, but these are taliban speci ....
the embassy further cautions against traveling to the airport, unless specifically instructed to by a u.s. government representative. now, this follows cnn reporting earlier of a, quote, very specific threat stream from isis k against crowds. cnn s oren liebermann joins us now with the latest on this. so what do we know about this warning? this is a specific warning to get away from three gates to karzai international airport. the north gate, east gate, and the abby gate. citing a security threat. we know, having spoken about the threat isis k poses to that area that the pentagon believes they could well target the crowds around there as a tempting target for them. whether that would be through suicide bombings or vehicle-born improvised explosive devices. the pentagon, u.s. government, the biden administration views this as a threat and now we very much see how seriously as the u.s. races to get people out as quickly as possible. in the span of ten days, the u.s. and ....
the u.s. has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. this according to a u.s. defense official i have spoken to. security concerns around the airport are one of the major reasons president biden cited for sticking to his august 31st deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. forces. the white house just announced that about 19,000 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, people like those you re seeing there. more than 82,000 people in total have been airlifted over the course of the last 11 days. we re expecting a live update from that pentagon podium this hour. we ll bring it to you live. we re covering all the fast-moving developments out of afghanistan. let s begin with cnn s nick paton walsh who is in qatar where many of these evactuation are going. we also have atika shubert. nick, this has been described as acute, credible and specific. what are you hearing? reporter: i can only agree with the notion that ....
question what s going right? what s going well? dana: the white house has thoughts they want to spin you on. to that end the president is plowing forward with the deadline of august 31 despite our allies pleading for more time to get their people out. the decision is also drawing scrutiny from lawmakers at home. thousands of americans that president biden stranded behind enemy lines. instead of spending every minute working to get them out, he put a shot clock on them saying there is only seven days left to get all americans out. our office alone has received over 6,000 requests. many of these requests are from families with multiple people seeking support. president biden has signed a death warrant for thousands of afghans who helped us and he is washing his hands of afghanistan at our peril as a nation. i do not believe this can be accomplished by august 31 and i have requested they encourage the president in the strongest possible terms to reconsider that d ....
capitol hill. and so richard, there are six days left now. can you take us inside the situation there on the ground and is that going to be enough time to get everyone out? reporter: well, the question is what is everyone. and there has been a lot of confusion. what people are sometimes failing to realize is that this is one of the poorest countries on the planet. and this evacuation has also created an expectation, an opportunity, a hope for many afghans that if they can get to the airport and they can get in, they can get out of this country and start a new life. and according to diplomatic sources i ve been speaking to in the region, many are doing that. about half of the people i was told are not necessarily people who would qualify for special immigrant visa, they are just people seeking asylum. and that is creating a tremendous backlog at the holding centers, many people arrive without documents, they are unaccompanied minors. and there are still crowds rushing ....