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Afghanistan
BBC LIVE: 80,000 Afghans evacuated with days to deadline
2021-08-25
  • Evacuations from Kabul airport in Afghanistan pick up pace, with the total number leaving since the Taliban takeover reaching 82,300

  • US President Joe Biden says he aims to complete the operation - and US troop pull-out - by the 31 August deadline

  • Some US troops have already started to leave as the effort enters its final phase

  • US allies have pressed Biden to extend the timeframe

  • There are fears thousands of Afghans who wish to flee the Taliban may be left behind

  • The Taliban says the Afghans should not go to Kabul airport or try to leave the country
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  In other words, Joe Biden is basically telling the thousand of UuS citizens who may be trapped, “see ya, sucks to be you”.

Note at last count only about 5000 us citizens had been evacuated.
Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721   2021-08-25 12:38  

#4  #2, It's pretty clear that Jen Psaki doesn't want to talk about it. From the DailyWire:

REPOTER: Okay. Say after the withdrawal is done, it’s declared, it’s done, everyone’s out, if one U.S. citizen was suddenly discovered saying, “Hey, I really want to get out and I’m stuck,” who knows where, somewhere in Afghanistan or in Kabul, he’s got any problem, would this trigger a diplomatic, military, all hands on deck type thing to get to that person out, whatever the date?

PSAKI: Our commitment continues to be to U.S. citizens. If they want to leave, we will help get them out.

REPORTER: No matter of what the date?

PSAKI: Again, we expect there could be some, but I’m not going to get into it further.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-08-25 12:06  

#3  80,000 "interpreters' for 2,500 troops. Um. Okey...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-25 11:59  

#2  No one in gov't knows or wants to talk about it. After 1 Sept, it will only be rumor and conjecture. That's the way the gov't wants it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-25 11:15  

#1  How many Americans are still there and how many have been evacuated?
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-08-25 11:11  

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