CNN: Thousands of Americans, Afghan Interpreters Are in Kabul Airport Waiting to Be Evacuated

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LIEBERMAN: "Officials won’t put a timeline on that answer and say, 'We have three days or five days to finish this.' They have made clear that Taliban representatives in Doha, as part of the discussions, that if the Taliban were to attack U.S. Forces, that would be met with a strong and harsh response against the Taliban. So far, and this is a critical point, although there have been security incidents at and near the airport, according to the defense officials, U.S. troops at the airport have not been fired upon, they have not been targeted, and they have not fired upon anybody else. So at least at this point, the assessment is the Taliban has taken the decision not to attack U.S. Forces, which means the evacuation can continue. That timeline, how much wiggle room is there, how much room to maneuver is there — that's a critical question and one we're going to keep hammering away on. How much time do you have left to evacuate what is essentially not only thousands of Americans but tens of thousands of Afghan interpreters and their families. Whatever time there was for this, there is now less time to finish a very difficult mission. The fall of Hamid Karzai International Airport, were it to happen, would be a very much worst-case scenario."