Strike was not the last. Hello, welcome to Fox News live, i am eric john. Arthel present biden think military commanders believe another Terror Attack in kabul is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. The taliban is not taking making it any easier for people trying to evacuate. A massive airlift weinstein. American forces have begun to leave the country three days before the u. S. Withdrawal deadline. We have Team Coverage on the developing story. David is at the White House for President Biden is spending the weekend. Luke has more on the Drone Strikes on isis. Many evacuees are heading there. Good afternoon, weve seen 66 evacuation flights from kabul in the past 24 hours bringing more than 7000 people to safety. This brings the total to around 120,000 people the taliban took over afghanistan. Still, people are trying to escape doing everything they can to get to the airport so the numbers have been lower since the last thursday. The telegram increased the perimeter outside the airpo
United states, canada and Around The World, im kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. Watching states, canada and Around The World, im kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. In respect. Fears of a potential Terror Attack at the airport in Kabul Have Uk warning citizens to stay away. The concerns are based on a very specific Threat Stream from an Isis Offshoot known as isisk. And the Uk Foreign Office cited a high threat of terrorist attack. There is now very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack and hence why the foreign Office Advice was changed last nirght. The people should not come to Kabul Airport, they should move to a safe place. Thousands of afghans are crowded around the airport hoping for a flight out of the country before the u. S. Militarys Mission Ends next week. And the State Department says about 1500 americans still may be in afghanistan. It has made contact with about 500 of them with specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. There is no deadline
Now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. And we have made significant progress in that regard. The race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. These are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u. S. Citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. A Defense Official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very specific Threat Stream from isisk about attacks against crowds gathered outside that airport. Nick Paton Walsh is covering the story for us and he is live in doha. Nick, 36 hours left. What more can you tell us about what appear appears to be the F Stage of the evacuations. Reporter urgency for days but now clear according to a source familiar with the situation that this ends in 36 hours, friday essentially. And that will of course spark some elements of panic amongst those trying to get into th
Right now. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, it is thursday, august 26th, im John Berman with Brianna Keilar. 36 hours left. That is the breaking news. Sources tell cnn the Evacuation Effort in afghanistan will end in the next 36 hours. Remember, the deadline for u. S. Withdrawal is actually August 31st. This news means The End of direct efforts to get people out days before that deadline. We know there are american citizens still trying to Get Out. For thousands of Green Card holders, legal permanent residents, that hope is faint or all but gone. U. S. Efforts are under way to help 2,000 local Embassy Staff Get Out. We did just learn that 13,000 people were evacuated from afghanistan in the last 24 hours. That is still a very large number but you can see that number getting smaller and smaller less than the 20,000 we had seen the previous two days. Huge Security Risks complicating this evacuation over the next 36 hours. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy
The august 31 time i. all systems are go to try to get as many people out before the official window closes the end of the day august 31. i checked a few minutes ago, there s a marine sentry outside the west wing indicating that president biden is in the oval office with members of his national security team, the vice president national security advisor jake sullivan talking about a host of issues, what could be happening that s imminent according to the president is visors in the next 24 36 hours. you have to think about the attack that happened thursday august 26 and retaliation attack on the to members of isis. we know right now that people continue to wait outside the airport. president biden released a statement may be an hour or so ago. i want to be part of it talking about the strike that happened, he set the strike was not the