阿富汗政府垮台后，塔利班夺取了控制权，混乱笼罩了喀布尔，几乎结束了美国开始的20年战役:在塔利班统治下。
白宫官员周六上午晚些时候表示，自8月14日以来，美国已经疏散了大约1.7万人。五角大楼官员表示，他们的重点仍然是维护机场周边，增加撤离喀布尔的人数。
美国总统乔·拜登周三从戴维营回到华盛顿，与美国广播公司新闻记者乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯进行了一次采访独家一对一采访在白宫，这是总统从阿富汗撤军后的首次采访。星期五，他就疏散工作向全国发表讲话。
8月21日下午6:38
美国航空公司正在谈判帮助撤离阿富汗难民
美国广播公司新闻证实，美国航空公司正在与联邦政府谈判，以协助疏散阿富汗难民。
据英国《金融时报》首次报道，航空公司在周五晚些时候接到通知，可能会启用民航后备机队华尔街日报这将迫使航空公司协助疏散工作。
美国广播公司新闻获悉，美国两家主要航空公司自愿与联邦政府合作，寻求在不启动民用储备机队的情况下提供帮助的方法。
“国防部还没有启动民事后备空军。美国运输司令部在一份声明中说:“周五晚上，美国运输司令部就CRAF可能被激活一事向美国航空公司发出了警告令。“警告命令通知行业合作伙伴潜在的激活，但如果国防部认为不需要额外的飞机来满足任务要求，则可以撤销。”
这些商业客机不会飞入喀布尔，而是降落在撤离人员被带走的美国基地。这项任务将有助于缓解中东各地基地的拥挤状况。
-美国广播公司新闻的山姆·斯威尼和路易斯·马丁内斯
8月21日下午6:20
国务院正努力让一些被疏散的儿童与父母团聚
美国国务院发言人向美国广播公司新闻证实，美国政府正在“继续努力，试图让一些在疏散努力中与家人分离的未成年人团聚”。
发言人补充说，到目前为止，“一个数字”已经统一，但没有提供确切的数字。
美国非营利组织阿富汗美国基金会表示，它“非常关注”这些案件，并敦促政府提供更多信息。
该组织在一条推文中表示:“我们在美国的社区已经准备好挺身而出，但我们需要知道发生了什么。
美国周六表示已经疏散了大约17000人上周从喀布尔。
8月21日下午6:02
喀布尔机场内的条件不断恶化
随着成千上万的阿富汗人、美国人和其他急于逃离的人试图进入喀布尔哈米德·卡尔扎伊机场，机场外的混乱场面变得司空见惯。
但是据一个阿富汗家庭说，机场某些地方的条件也在恶化。这位父亲告诉美国广播公司新闻，他们已经被困在大院里三个晚上了，现在正在等待航班起飞。
他，他的妻子和他们的三个孩子在外面热了三天，第三天晚上和无数其他人一起睡在地上，周四他们进来了。他们没有食物和水了。他们说，一些被分发到他们附近，但他们无法获得任何。
他们的处境变得如此绝望，以至于这位父亲说他甚至考虑离开机场，为他们的孩子寻找水和安慰。
Afghanistan updates: Conditions deteriorating inside Kabul airport
Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule.
The U.S. has evacuated approximately 17,000 people since Aug. 14, White House officials said late Saturday morning. Pentagon officials have said their focus remains on maintaining the airport perimeter and increasing the number of evacuees out of Kabul.
President Joe Biden returned to Washington from Camp David on Wednesday and sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for anexclusive one-on-one interviewat the White House, the president's first interview since the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He addressed the nation on evacuation efforts Friday.
Aug 21, 6:38 pm
US airlinesin talks to help evacuate Afghan refugees
U.S. airlines are in talks with the federal government to assist in evacuating Afghan refugees, ABC News has confirmed.
Airlines wereput on noticelate Fridayabout the possible activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, as first reported by theWall Street Journal, which wouldforce airlines to help with the evacuation efforts.
ABC News has learned that two major U.S. airlines arevoluntarily working with the federal government on ways to assist without activating the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
"The Department of Defense has not activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. U.S. Transportation Command issued a warning order to U.S. carriers Friday night on the possible activation of CRAF," U.S. Transportation Command said in a statement. "A warning order informs industry partners of a potential activation but can be rescinded if the Defense Department deems additional aircraft are not required to meet mission requirements."
The commercial airliners would not fly into Kabul but land at U.S. bases where evacuees have been taken.This mission would help relieve the overcrowding at bases throughout the Middle East.
Aug 21, 6:20 pm
State Department working to reunite some evacuated children with parents
The U.S. government is "continuing to work to try and reunite" some minors who remain separated from their families amid evacuation efforts, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to ABC News.
So far, "a number" have been reunited, the spokesperson added, without providing an exact figure.
The Afghan American Foundation, a nonprofit in the U.S., said it was "very concerned" about these cases and urged the administration to provide more information.
"Our community in the U.S. is prepared to step up, but we need to know what is happening," the group said in a tweet.
The U.S. said Saturday it hadevacuated some 17,000 peoplefrom Kabul in the last week.
Aug 21, 6:02 pm
Conditions deteriorating inside Kabul airport
The scenes of chaos have become common outside Kabul's Hamid Karzai Karzai Airport's walls as thousands of Afghans, Americans and others desperate to flee try to get inside.
But the conditions in some parts of the airport are deteriorating as well, according to one Afghan family. The father told ABC News they have been stuck inside the compound for three nights now waiting for a flight out.
He, his wife and their three children got in on Thursday after spending three days now outside in the heat and on their third night sleeping on the ground, along with countless others. They are out of food and water. Some was distributed near them, but they were unable to get any, they said.
Their situation has grown so desperate, that the father said he has even considered leaving the airport to find water and comfort for their kids.
