US troops are now being "rushed" by the Pentagon to the capital city's international airport amid a Taliban advance which is coming closer and closer. This is reportedly to assist in rapid evacuation efforts. State Department spokesman Ned Price has issued a statement, saying it's "not a full evacuation" at this point, but an evacuation of many personnel nonetheless.

This comes after reports earlier in the day Thursday suggested the US State Department is mulling the complete evacuation of the embassy at a moment the Taliban has already taken some 70% of the country, and is now a mere 90 miles away from the capital. 

CNN further reports that the embassy may "relocate" to the confines of the more secure Karzai International Airport, which is largely protected by a contingency of Turkish troops.