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When you click the first link, here's what the U.S. Embassy tells you:

> Event: The security situation in Kabul continues to change quickly, including at the airport. U.S. citizens should continue to shelter in place. U.S. citizens seeking assistance to depart the country should complete this Repatriation Assistance Request for each traveler in their group. Spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens in Afghanistan who are awaiting immigrant visas should also complete this form if they wish to depart. Please do so as soon as possible. Please do so only once.

So, in the absence of any better information, a reasonable deduction is that there are civilians left behind.

Plus, there is Mark Frerichs[1].

[1]: https://www.wjol.com/lombard-man-is-last-known-u-s-hostage-o...



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