Right now. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, it is thursday, august 26th, im John Berman with Brianna Keilar. 36 hours left. That is the breaking news. Sources tell cnn the Evacuation Effort in afghanistan will end in the next 36 hours. Remember, the deadline for u. S. Withdrawal is actually August 31st. This news means The End of direct efforts to get people out days before that deadline. We know there are american citizens still trying to Get Out. For thousands of Green Card holders, legal permanent residents, that hope is faint or all but gone. U. S. Efforts are under way to help 2,000 local Embassy Staff Get Out. We did just learn that 13,000 people were evacuated from afghanistan in the last 24 hours. That is still a very large number but you can see that number getting smaller and smaller less than the 20,000 we had seen the previous two days. Huge Security Risks complicating this evacuation over the next 36 hours. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy
Gates, the message is even more urgent, leave immediately. One Defense Official told cnn there is a very specific Threat Stream from isisk about planned attacks against the crowds. It specifically names three of the airport gates. Lets go to Nick Payton Walsh who is in doha, qatar, with Breaking News on what we know about evacuations, the pace, and how much longer realistically people will be leaving, nic. Reporter realistically, 36 hours more. Thats what a source familiar with the situation is telling me. If you look at the sheer numbers of people being taken off the airport, that begins to be a clear reflection of the reality. I understand today all the gates are fully closed. Thats the access for ordinary people who dont have escorts or some arranged access with The Americans, prearranged. That causes the numbers to slow significantly. There is a separate stream of people getting onto the airport who appear to be using access provided by the Afghan Security Forces who assist The Ame