Leaders have said americans outside of kabul will be granted safe passage as long as they have proper documentation, even if that is beyond august 31st. But, from firsthand stories from americans and afghan allies on the ground too secret and controversial bipartisan congressional trip to the kabul airport, a different reality is becoming clearer on the ground. Correspondent trey yingst is in doha, qatar tonight with the story. Good evening, trey. Bret, good evening. The clock is ticking as the world awaits american evacuations to wrap up and u. S. Troops to go home. Still though scenes of devastation happening outside the airport in kabul. Afghan civilians weighed through sewage outside of kabul s airport. Lines of people as far as the eye can see with paperwork in hand. Many locals and foreigners have the correct documents to board flights out of afghanistan. But can t make it to the airfield due to taliban checkpoints and brutality outside the gates. Taliban spokesman told fox news
Troops. President biden is holding firm, he said, to his timeline to get u. S. Personnel out of afghanistan by august 31st. Saying we are on pace to meet the deadline but he wants contingency plans if they can t make it. Intel officials have testified on capitol hill, we re told by multiple sources, on both sides of the aisle, that the administration can t get all the americans and afghan allies out on time. The president said more time on the ground means more time our troops could face attacks. Every day we re on the ground is another day we know isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. Bret: a version isis not the taliban or alqaeda. But the president says that timetable of august 31st is contingent on taliban cooperation. And fox news is receiving multiple new reports the taliban is harassing individuals, even passport holding americans on the way to the kabul airport. U. S. Troops and civilians are continuing evacuatin
Country was on the verge ever rapid and catastrophic takeover of the taliban. The united states stands by its commitment. In includes other vulnerable afghans including women in journalist fred we are particular focused on engagements on making sure ever american who wants to leave can get to the airport i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. This is about america leading the world in all our allies hav agreed with that. We ve been in agreement with th taliban so far, they ve allowed them to go through. We know of no circumstance wher american citizens, carrying american passports were unable to get to the airport what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? gigabyte in saying several time in that speech that there were no issues between the taliban and americans getting to the airport. There were really disturbing reports of american defense secretary said on the call that americans our in fact being beaten, beaten by
Rapid and catastrophic takeover of the taliban. The united states stands by its commitment. In includes other vulnerable afghans including women in journalist fred we are particular focused on engagements on making sure ever american who wants to leave can get to the airport i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. This is about america leading the world in all our allies hav agreed with that. We ve been in agreement with th taliban so far, they ve allowed them to go through. We know of no circumstance wher american citizens, carrying american passports were unable to get to the airport what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? gigabyte in saying several time in that speech that there were no issues between the taliban and americans getting to the airport. There were really disturbing reports of american defense secretary said on the call that americans our in fact being beaten, beaten by the taliban while trying to re
Pandemonium outside the airport. There is, but no one s being killed right now. No one s being killed right now. We get 1200 out yesterday, a couple thousand today, in its increasing. We re going to get those people out. We ve seen the pictures, we ve seen the hundred people packed into a c17. That was four days ago, five days ago. What did you think when you first saw those pictures? i felt we have to gain control of this. We have to move this more quickly. We have to move in a way in which we can take control of that airport. And we did. Here s the reality on the ground. New video shows people running for their lives after the taliban opened fire. There is panic in chaos outside the country single evacuation point at the kabul airport. Mothers are handing they re children over to soldiers to ge them out. President biden says what is happening was inevitable. It sounds like you think we should have gotten out a long time ago. We should have. And accept the idea that was going to be me