CNBC spoke with Seth Jones, an ex-advisor to U.S. Special Operations in Afghanistan. He said that he doesn't think the U.S. can remove nearly 1,500 Americans who remain in Afghanistan after the August 31 deadline established by President Joe Biden.
Jones, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, stated that it is unlikely that they will be able to expel all of them. "So, I believe this will continue for some time. More along the lines of U.S. clandestine forces trying to get more out."
According to the Pentagon, 19,000 people were evacuated from Kabul by Western forces in the last 24 hours on 90 military cargo plane flights. This corresponds to a departure flight approximately every 39 minutes.
Biden's administration has not yet provided the exact number of Americans and Afghan nationals it wants to evacuate in six days.
500 of the 1,500 Americans have been given instructions by the State Department on how to safely reach Hamid Karzai International Airport. According to the State Department, the U.S. continues to try to reach the remaining 1,000 Americans, but the actual number of people who want to leave could be smaller.
Jones stated that ISIS-K's Afghan affiliate, ISIS-K has been kept down by the U.S. forces. Jones stated that the terror group would return if it wasn't for the U.S. pressure.
Jones stated that the group is now capable of resurging in eastern Afghanistan and parts north. It's also built cell structures in cities. So I believe we're going see a more violent Afghanistan, even by ISIS-K."
CNBC reached out to the White House for comment but they did not respond immediately.
