US may ask airlines to help with evacuees

Potential threats to Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the US military to get creative on ways to ferry evacuees to Kabul airport. A Pentagon spokesman said US commercial airlines may be asked to help transport the thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan. Biden said Friday the US had made “significant progress” securing the Kabul airport and evacuating US citizens, Afghan allies and others, even amid evidence the Taliban are cracking down on dissent. But the US embassy warned US citizens to avoid traveling to the airport.