The US and UK have warned its citizens to move away from Kabul airport and avoid travelling there due to security threats.
Both countries issued alerts late on Wednesday as thousands of people are still waiting inside and outside the airport waiting to fly out.
More than 82,000 have been airlifted from Kabul, which fell to the Taliban 10 days ago.
Countries are rushing to evacuate people by a 31 August deadline.
The Taliban have opposed extending the deadline but also promised to allow foreigners and Afghans to leave the country beyond 31 August, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In an alert on Wednesday, the US State Department told those waiting at the Abbey Gate, East Gate or North Gate to "leave immediately".
Earlier, the UK issued similar advice asking people there to "move away to a safe location and await further advice".
The Foreign Office said that the security situation in Afghanistan "remains volatile" adding that there was "an ongoing and high threat of a terrorist attack".
Neither the US or UK gave any further information on the security threat.
In a speech on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden said the US-controlled airlift would have to come to an end soon because of an increasing threat from the Islamic State group in Afghanistan.
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"Only the United States could organise and execute a mission of this scale and this complexity," he told reporters in Washington.
"The Taliban have made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for Americans, for third-country nationals and Afghans at risk past August 31st," he said.
He added that the US would help those who wanted to leave Afghanistan "not just during the duration of our evacuation and relocation mission, but every day thereafter".
Source: BBC News
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