https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/16/the-latest-us-sending-1000-more-troops-to-kabul-airport/

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is sending another battalion of about 1,000 troops to help safeguard the Kabul airport as American forces killed two armed individuals there during a chaotic evacuation.

That’s according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, who briefed reporters on Monday.