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WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, claimed Sunday the Taliban is holding "hostage" American citizens and Afghan interpreters who are attempting to leave Afghanistan, pending negotiations with the U.S. government. "In fact, we have six airplanes at (Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport) with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them hostage for demands," McCaul said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday." McCaul, the top ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, also said he received a "classified" exact number of Americans who are still left in Afghanistan, claiming the number is "in the hundreds." An email from the State Department to members of Congress viewed by CBS News acknowledged there are charter flights on the ground in Mazar-i-Sharif that the Taliban is preventing from flying until they approve the departure.