The US resumes evacuation flights from Kabul: the United States has already transported about 13,000 people – Topka

One of them said that about 10,000 people were unequipped at the airport, who were given permission to leave and were waiting for flights. Unfurnished passengers, in turn, caused the military to close the gates on the perimeter of the airport, where many people are trying to get. The US State Department has already begun work to secure additional places to receive evacuees.

According to NBC News, citing its sources, no evacuation planes could take off from Hamid Karzai International Airport for at least eight hours. Qatar, where the first group of evacuees was taken away, no longer has the capacity to receive more. The United States is working with its NATO allies to find other cities in Europe and Asia that have the capacity to receive evacuated people, sources said.

On August 15, militants of the fundamentalist Taliban movement easily occupied the Afghan capital, Kabul, and overthrew a government that had been militarily backed by the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance for two decades. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled his homeland shortly before. That is why thousands of people are currently trying to get out of Kabul. Many Western states have closed their embassies there and are evacuating their citizens and local collaborators.

The United States has already taken 13,000 people out of Kabul

The evacuation from the Afghan capital Kabul is one of the largest and most difficult air bridges in history. The United States has driven about 13,000 people from Kabul Airport since August 14. US President Joe Biden announced it on Friday. The AFP agency informed about it.

Biden has pledged to evacuate all Americans currently in Afghanistan who want to return home. “We’ll get you home,” stressed. According to him, the USA is also evacuating all Afghans who helped in the war effort.

The president also noted that a total of about 18,000 people have been airlifted from Afghanistan since July, with thousands more evacuated by private charter planes, “with the help of the US government.”

He said the United States was in “close operational coordination with NATO” in the evacuation operation in Kabul and “is also facilitating flights for our allies and our partners.”

Asked if the United States would send troops to the center of Kabul to expel all Americans who could not get to the airport, Biden said it would not be necessary because “we have an agreement with the Taliban.” According to him, every holder of a US passport has been allowed entry so far.

On August 15, militants of the fundamentalist Taliban movement easily occupied the Afghan capital, Kabul, and overthrew a government that had been militarily backed by the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance for two decades. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled his homeland shortly before. That is why thousands of people are currently trying to get out of Kabul. Many Western states have closed their embassies there and are evacuating their citizens and local collaborators.