It is now 11:30 in the morning in kabul, afghanistan, where scores of people are still hoping to leave the country, still gathering at that airport despite a pair of deadly suicide bombings. More than 90 afghans and 13 u. S. Service members were killed on thursday. The commander of the u. S. Central command warning this might be just the beginning and more attacks are suspected. The jihadist group known as isisk is claiming responsibility for the bombings, one year the airport s main entrance for evacuees, the other at the nearby baron hotel, which british troops have been using to process evacuees. U. S. President joe biden asking the military for options to avenge the attack. Cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann with that. And a warning, his report contains graphic images. Reporter: the chaos outside kabul airport became a catastrophe thursday afternoon when two bombings tore through the crowds, killing 13 u. S. Service members and dozens of afghan civilians. President joe bide
Early this afternoon. It comes amid frustratingly slovak evacuation process from kabul. The united states has the capacity to evacuate 9,000 people a day, but instead we ve evacuated just 9,000 total in a week. That includes 350 americans who were flown out in the last 24 hours. But that is just a fraction of the 15,000 americans who may be stuck in afghanistan right now. In fact the pentagon admitted yesterday that they are not even sure how many americans are still there. And then there are tens of thousands of afghans also trying to get out of the country, nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel has that story. Reporter: we are in doha and we took one of the evacuation flights from the kabul airport. That is the only way out of the country right now, the only safe way. The civilian airport is closed and all of the land crossings to other countries are controlled by the taliban. It was a long flight, it complicated journey and for many lifechanging. This is what you have to f
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We begin with the excavating crisis in the middle is the. Is laid is really warplanes targeting hamas targets and flattening elting. Welcome to today s edition of america reports. I am sandra smith your end your, excursions rocking gaza city as they launched airstrike on several targets. The described as the heavy essence the fighting began two weeks ago. A comes after the deadliest day of the conflict. Palestinian officials say at least 40 to people were killed yesterday the former acting director of national intelligence joins us all of this just ahead. We begin first with on the ground in southern israel. What are you seeing and hearing there? sandra, john, we are well into wheat to, the battle between israel and the hamas militant group. What we re seeing on the ground as there is no seat sign yet of a ceasefire. Look at what we saw earlier today. We are hearing sirens now near the city of ashdod in the central part of israel. Your looking behind us, as our cameraman can just show
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