Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy In Kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to Kabul Airport. The warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included warned of a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Im joined now by our bbc washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. These warnings from the us and the uk came very close together so what do we know . So what do we know . They did. What they so what do we know . They did. What they are so what do we know . They did. What they are saying so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is to so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is to us l what they are saying is to us citizens and uk citizens, do not travel
We begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy In Kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to Kabul Airport. The warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included warned of a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Secunder kermani sent this report from kabul. Shame on them theyve been through so much already. Now wading through sewage in the hope of somehow being able to leave this country. Huge crowds are still flocking to Kabul Airport, under the watch of american and british soldiers. Despite the dirt, the dust, the gunshots and the chaos, people are still coming here, and theyre coming here in their thousands. Here, a makeshift camp has sprung up. Most of the people gathered dont have permission to board an evacuation flight. The few that do are struggling to make their way inside. Translation
Hello, and welcome to the programme. The pentagon Is makIng plans for the fInal stages of the afghanIstan wIthdrawal, but on the ground the evacuatIon contInue apace. We got more Numbers Today 19,000 People have been flown out of kabul In the last 2a hours. In fact, there Is a flIght leavIng nearly every 39 mInutes from the HamId KarzaI aIrfIeld. And sInce 15 august, when the operatIon began, a total of 88,000 People have been extracted. But theres one Important fIgure we Cant PIn down and thats how many People, IncludIng amerIcans, stIll want to be evacuated or can be by next weeks deadlIne. In the last hour, the us secretary of State Anthony BlInken has been gIvIng some detaIls on the work beIng done to reach them. For the remaInIng roughly 1,000 contacts that we had, who may be amerIcans seekIng to leave afghanIstan, we are aggressIvely reachIng out to the multIple tImes a day through multIple Channels of communIcatIon phone, e maIl, Text MessagIng to determIne whether they stIll wa
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