Way out, but the State Department has reiterated it cannot ensure Safe Passage for americans trying to get there and the pentagon says u. S. Troops will not go out to retrieve them. Here is a look at the gauntlet where thousands of americans and afghans are risking confrontation with the taliban and the Talibans Gunfire just to get close to that airport. According to reuters, 12 people have been killed in that area since the taliban took control of the capital. This video was taken outside of the Kabul Airport and it shows a woman pushing her way through, ultimately being pulled over the wall to safety by american soldiers. In the past 24 hours the u. S. Has evacuated more than 2,000 people from afghanistan, Tens Of Thousands are still waiting for their chance. Nick Paton Walsh is cnns international security editor. Nirk, you are in doha, in qatar. Earlier this week you were at the airport in kabul. Having been there, what is your take on the ability to ramp up this Mass Evacuation tha
Taliban. This is the way out for haji right now. There is no other way out for him. And that is just one frightening story, and there are Tens Of Thousands of people waiting for a way out. Cyril, thank you very much. Thanks for staying with us on newsroom. Im victor blackwell. Im alisyn camerota. There are 6,000 people at the airport in kabul who have been fully processed and will soon board evacuation flights. The u. S. Has only been able to evacuate 7,000 people since sunday. Getting to the airport is dangerous. Taliban fighters are intimidatinintimidate ing people with gunfire and violence. 12 people have been killed in that area since the taliban took control of the capital. Nick Paton Walsh is in doha. Youve penned a new oped for cnn. Com. You write, in the end, I Reporter the real tragic fact is we are in this situation because we stopped paying attention to afghanistan for really the best part of the last five, six, even ten years. Its a war that so few americans have fought in.
10, 13, 18. how quickly it grew has been really cool, really overwhelming. reporter: the taliban s lightning advance forced some difficult decisions. haji, you 100% need to get to kabul, jimmy writes. have you gotten the money? hours go by and finally this from haji. getting to kabul, walking, running, hiding, walking mountain and forest. haji and his family taking every risk, skirting taliban checkpoints including this one and rushing to the airport, gambling that their visa application would be enough to get them to safety. what happened when you tried to get to the gate? we tried to go in. reporter: so haji waits for an elusive e-mail.
Launched a frantic mission to get him and his family out of afghanistan. cyril vanier has his story. reporter: on the other side of this crowd, the only way out of afghanistan, kabul international airport. families, women and children, thousands rushed here to be evacuated after the taliban s sudden takeover of the country. some are being turned away, it seems. others are settling in for a long wait. the man who shot this video, haji. his identity protected for fear of retribution. take cover. reporter: haji s journey to the airport started here ten years ago. the heart of the taliban insurgency. haji sided with the americans, a translator for the u.s. marine corps. at least one of those kids is a fighter. would you agree?
One, two! one, two, three! only pay for what you need! with customized car insurance from liberty mutual! nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. thousands of people have been jamming the entrance to the kabul airport desperately hoping to get out now that the taliban has taken over. one of the people there is a former translator for the u.s. marines named haji. one of his marine buddies has