INSKEEP: Yeah, I suppose in the last days, you're folding up some of those five, six thousand troops and putting them on to planes. But this deadline next Tuesday is deceptive because you probably can't be flying out these civilians right up to the last moment. So at this pace, we could approach or top 100,000. Now, overall, more than 70,000 people have been evacuated since August 14, and this airlift keeps gaining momentum. President Biden has said his administration will provide some numbers today. citizens evacuated has remained a little bit fuzzy, and we're not quite sure how many remain. There's a real race on now to get the remaining U.S. INSKEEP: What does it take to pack up the airport and leave by August 31? INSKEEP: NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre joins us. President Biden says he wants to keep an August 31 deadline. citizens who want to go along with many Afghans who assisted the U.S. and its allies are now moving out tens of thousands of people each day. At the international airport in Kabul, flights are now leaving every 45 minutes.
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