lot of competing tribes and groups, ideologies inside of afghanistan. i m sure the fighting will continue long after that last u.s. military plane departs the airport. should this sudden burst of violence, should this in any way change president biden s calculation regarding his time line. i think as he said the other day, he will try to aim to have everybody out by the 319st of august as a way to ensure that we expedite the evacuation so that we don t expose ourselves any longer to these types of security threats. at the same time, he said that he had authorized contingency planning in the event that the 31st of august is not going to be sufficient time to get folks out. it s a very, very tough balancing act that the president has to look at in terms of getting as many folks out as possible. you can t get everybody out who
0 all right, david, thank you. we have a bit more breaking news to add to this, the pentagon spokesman saying we can confirm the explosion at a gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casuacasualties. another explosion a short distance from the abbey gate also took place. our breaking news coverage continues now with craig melvin. good thursday morning. craig melvin here. we continue to follow breaking news in afghanistan. explosion outside of the airport in kabul. expected to be an ied attack. word a few moments ago from pentagon spokesman. another explosion near by at a hotel. while they have no confirmation who is behind it, the assumption is that it was caused by isis-k. a splinter group of isis. that group considered to be an adversary of the taliban. the airport already on high alert because of a threat attributed to that group. just in the last few minutes john kirby saying the explosion near the abbey gate at the kabul airport