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To weaken the russian military over time. perhaps generationally. thank you so much. appreciate you and your reporting. i want to go now to cnn sam kylie where russian sfrtrikes he been hammering the city. reporter: just a few hours ago about 9:00, it was another missile strike on the outskirts of the city. that will be the 7th in less than 24 hours against this city. 25 people were injured earlier on in the morning. 6 have been hospitalized. one of them is said to be in critical condition. you ll recall it was a missile strike on the rail station more than a month ago in which more than 50 people were killed. these latest strikes are turning ....
Fire, what is called a blue on blue attack. this is the first known actual attack on the coalition and its allies here at the airport, brianna. i have to say, sam, john berman here. your reporting has been terrific at the airport. we re lucky to have you there, but boy could it complicate the process of getting people out if the people guarding that gate, that perimeter come under attack. i do understand, sam, you ve also been able to speak with people who have gotten out. what have they told you? well, john, they are very heartbroken but very relieved to be able to get out. there are 20,000 people here. there are another many thousands pressing up against the only entry point which is partial entry point at the british where they are beginning to swell in numbers there. ....
Former afghan army and they have been clashing with the taliban and only got about 75,000 troops under they command to police a country of some 34 million. so they need stability. they need friends. they need to be able to have the international community s help in order to move forward. so their rhetoric at the moment in terms of making veiled threats towards the united states and the coalition may be mitigated by the need to actually relate in a sensible way humanitarian disaster or to mitigate humanitarian disaster, bri brianna. which is why you see the u.s. relying heavily on the taliban as they re coordinating. a new dynamic in afghanistan at least for this moment of e evac evacuation. sam kylie, thank you for your essential reporting in kabul airport. we ll have your reports from the threats afghans and their families from the taliban. ....
Forces, many of them translators or cultural advisers. president biden says the u.s. may extend the afghan withdrawal deadline past august 31st as evacuations continue. we re working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. we have made a number of changes, including extending access around the airport and the safe zone. now, senior administration official later clarified that it is the taliban that is going to be opening these new entry points. also new this morning, cnn has obtained letters that the taliban sent to the brother of an afghan translator who worked with u.s. troops. one of the letters notifies the man that he has been sentenced to death in absentia and he cannot appeal the verdict. we ll have more on those here in just a moment. i do want to go to cnn sam kylie who is at the airport in kabul joining us live now on the phone. sam, let s talk first about this fire fight that happened ....