The Pentagon mentioned Friday 5,400 people today are inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, one day right after a deadly attack on the operation by the Islamic State group.
General Hank Taylor mentioned that in the 24 hours to 3:00 am Washington time, 12,500 more people today had been evacuated in 89 US and coalition flights.
The United States, which has set a deadline of August 31 to comprehensive the evacuation, will be in a position to airlift people today out “until the last moment,” Taylor told reporters.
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