Is our government actually hindering the effort to get americans out of afghanistan? tonight as we promised you, we will continue our coverage, including the saga of the translator we call sara, who is still trying to get home. We have an update from her that you are going to want to see. Now, as to the political side of this, the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee alleges the taliban now isn t letting some americans and afghan allies leave who are stuck at mazarisharif airport. In afghanistan. Mccaul used the phrase hostage situation. But our secretary of state rebutted it earlier. Were you able to relatively a small number of americans seeking to depart from mazarisharif with their families. We have been assured that all american citizens and afghan citizens with valid travel documents will be allowed to leave. We are not aware of anyone being held on an aircraft or any hostagelike situation in mazarisharif. Mazarisharif. That s where they are. The question is, how
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Hands. What happens now? welcome, everybody. I am neil cavuto and this is your world. And what in the world has descended in the middle east? particularly in afghanistan, which has gone from what this country hoped would be a peaceful pullout too and that is looking like a frantic almost to vietnamera rush out the door. Let s go to lucas tomlinson s been following all of this from the pentagon. Lucas? neil, officials say kabul is now surrounded, fighting taking place 30 miles outside of town. Here is the press secretary john kerry moments ago throughout this last few weeks, you ve seen it for yourselves, taken over border crossings, they ve taken over highways and major intersections. Kirby says the first u. S. Marines have landed in kabul to secure the airport and have began evaluating americans. Troops will arrive this weekend. A total of 8,000 u. S. Troops are deploying out only to afghanistan but the middle east. A brigade from the 18th airborne, some 4,000 paratroopers, and the na
The situation room. And we begin with the breaking news, the pentagon just announcing that some 3,000 u. S. Troops will be deployed to the afghan capital within 48 hours to help americans leave as taliban forces seize more territory. We re covering all angles of the story with cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kabul and cnn seen for white house correspondent phil mattingly over at the white house but first let s start with cnn pentagon correspondent orrin liebman. The situation in afghanistan is clearly deteriorating rapidly. What have you learned about the mission for these 3,000 u. S. Troops? the taliban has swept and gained control of 12 provincial capitals with an advance that clearly has momentum as they move forward here. The u. S. Is sending in 3,000 additional troops specifically to hamid karzai international airport. That is the international gateway to kabul to secure the airport and to assist in the evacuation or partial drawdown of some st
This is exactly what president biden did not want to have to do, but he is sending u. S. Troops back into afghanistan even as he s still trying to withdraw the troops that were there. Now about 3,000 u. S. Troops, army, marines, some air force will go into afghanistan to help secure the capital of kabal to help withdraw u. S. Diplomats from the embassy. They re trying to get the number of americans down to the bare minimum there because of the unfolding violence, the deteriorating security situation as the taliban continue on the march. Many of these troops already in locations in kuwait and saudi arabia. Also, there will be an elite unit from the 82nd airborne here in the united states that will go to the region on standby. Some 3,000 additional forces on standby in the region if the security situation deteriorates even further. We asked the pentagon press secretary today if all of this amounts to now u. S. Troops being back in combat. He sidestepped the question. But listen to what h