Thread by @jseldin

NEW: "Significant developments" in #Kabul overnight, per @PentagonPresSec

US troops "working to reestablish security" after breaches on the civilian side of the airport

"We don't want anyone else to get hurt" per @PentagonPresSec says of video showing people falling from an airplane taking off

Currently, no flights are taking off

2,500 US troops at airport - another 500 arriving in the coming hours, per @PentagonPresSec

NEW: @POTUS authorized a 3rd combat team from the the 82nd Airborne from #Kuwait to head to #Kabul

This will bring the total eventual US footprint to 7,000 troops

.@PentagonPresSec confirms 2 separate incidents of US troops responding to "hostile threats" - 2 assailants killed

https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1426989373329973253?s=20

NEW: "The general was very clear & firm in his discussions w/#Taliban leaders that any attack on our ppl....would be met w/a very swift & forceful response" per @PentagonPresSec

"We anticipate that in the coming hours we'll be able to restore air operations at the airport" per @PentagonPresSec - says that will allow additional US troops to flow in

#Turkish forces, other allied forces assisting US troops at the #Kabul airport, he says

Early indications one US troop may have been injured in the fighting at the airport but NOT confirmed, per @PentagonPresSec

"We don't have any indication that they were #Taliban" @PentagonPresSec says of 2 Afghans killed after gunfights at the #Kabul airport

"We still want to preserve the option for commercial aircraft to come & go" and charter flights, too, per @PentagonPresSec

"Our goal would be...to begin to flow from the military side multiple sorties a day w/the hopes of getting thousands of ppl out a day"

US, Turkish troops, others allie forces, working to clear the runways, tarmac at #Kabul airport, per @PentagonPresSec

.@PentagonPresSec says he cannot confirm the validity of video showing people falling off a US C-17 transport plane

"Obviously, the video is very troubling to watch" per @PentagonPresSec

re video showing people falling off a US C-17 transport plane

Gunfire at #Kabul airport - death of 2 Afghans

"It's out understanding that these [US] troops acted on what was perceived to be a real & tangible threat" per @PentagonPresSec

"All the images coming out are of concern, are troubling" per @PentagonPresSec on video of Afghans overrunning #Kabul airport

Says that's why US troops, partners working to clear the tarmac and runways...

#Afghanistan-threat from #alQaida #ISIS

"It's way too early to make assessments & judgments" per @PentagonPresSec

"In light of recent events a reassessment...is warranted" he adds

"We can all readily assume & talk about this as a combatant evacuation" per @PentagonPresSec

#Afghanistan

NEW: @PentagonPresSec says @SecDef Lloyd Austin has no plans to offer his resignation to @POTUS over the developments in #Afghanistan

"We're going to work as fast & as efficiently as we can" per @PentagonPresSec on evacuating US personnel, civilians from #Afghanistan

"There's a lot of pieces to this... We're trying to build out that capacity as fast as possible"

"I won't speculate" says @PentagonPresSec on whether US troops will need to stay in #Kabul beyond @POTUS's August 31 deadline

NEW: US so far has not seen #Taliban attacks on US troops, personnel, per @PentagonPresSec

Last US airstrike in #Afghanistan "was several days ago" per @PentagonPresSec

US aircraft/military tech captured by #Taliban?

"Right now out military focus is really on the airport and getting ppl out" per @PentagonPresSec, adds @DeptofDefense doesn't ever want to see US military equipment fall into the wrong hands

NEW: "It wasn't clear" that #Afghanistan security forces were ultimately not going to fight, per @PentagonPresSec

Says question a bette posed to ex Afghan gvt officials

"You cannot buy will. You cannot purchase leadership & leadership was missing"