Officials here. So this is a remarkable logistical achievement set against this background of extraordinary negotiations between the United States and the taliban. The two leading belligerents up until the Taliban Conquest Of Kabul with the exception, of course, of the afghan government itself. With Highlevel Meeting now that were going to hear more about with your guest just now, and ongoing fire fights. Last night until about 5 00 this morning from about 4 00 to 5 00, just off to the west here, there was very heavy exchange of small arms and mediumsize weapons fire. Went on for a long time. We dont know who was involved in that. We are also getting reports on the ground that the taliban have arrested five suspected isis members who were believed or alleged to have been filming possible targets in the capital city. And we are now seeing massive crowds of people trying to get to the qatari embassy downtown. Similar numbers of people not similar numbers, similar scale of people who had
It out by august 31st. the president will discuss extending the deadline at a virtual meeting with g7 leaders this morning. the g7 wants the united states largely to stay past the august 31st deadline. the taliban, though, up until now, publicly says, no, they don t want it to last longer. they consider august 31st a red line. that s at least their public comments as of now. let s go to cnn s sam kiley who is live at the airport in kabul where, sam, 21,000 people over a 24-hour period, that is an enormous number. reporter: yeah, it s a staggering achievement. and if you think about it, the berlin airlift had far, far longer period of time. nato 56,000, the coalition is now nudging towards 60,000, well over 58,000 people are leaving, of course, every day. 9,000 have been put on aircraft as of about an hour and a half ago according to local military