Washington:
More than one hundred,000 persons from Afghanistan have been evacuated given that August 14, the eve of the Taliban’s return to energy, the White House mentioned Thursday.
“Since August 14, the US has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 100,100 people,” the White House mentioned in a statement issued hours right after Islamic State suicide bombers killed dozens, like 13 US troops, as they attacked crowds gathered outdoors Kabul airport hoping to flee.
The announcement came as the August 31 deadline looms for the United States to withdraw its troops, and for it and other Western nations to finish their huge airlift.
“A total of approximately 7,500 people were evacuated from Kabul,” more than a 12-hour period on Thursday, the White House mentioned.
This, it added, was the outcome of 14 US military flights which carried about 5,one hundred evacuees and 39 coalition flights which carried 2,400 persons.
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden mentioned the evacuation work would proceed and finish on schedule at the finish of the month.
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