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.
The airport. the taliban biding their time as the u.s. improvises a massive evacuation. haji s life in the hand of americans when a decade ago he risked his own. cyril, what happens if haji doesn t get on an evacuation flight? that s a great question. frankly it s one that corporal hurley doesn t want to contemplate. i have asked haji if he sees a future for himself in a taliban-led afghanistan. the answer is a clear no. they came knocking at his door multiple times looking for him. he believes they would have killed him if they found, he do taliban promise that they will just forgive. corporal hurley fought the taliban. he also doesn t trust the