Americans, allies stranded in Afghanistan's Mazar-e Sharif airport have been evacuated

What they're saying: "Although the nearly 800 men, women and children on these two planes have now managed to escape to freedom, there remain hundreds just like them throughout Afghanistan," Blumenthal said in a statement to reporters.

• "There are countless interpreters, journalists, development workers and civil rights advocates who are in severe danger because they sided and worked with U.S. troops, diplomats and organizations," the senator added.