Defense Department Briefing on Afghanistan Evacuations
2021-08-24T12:17:39-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTQ1XC8yMDIxMDgyNDEwMzkxNTAxM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby and Army Major General Hank Taylor held a news conference on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghans after the fall of the country to the Taliban. They responded to questions about evacuation flights, the Kabul Airport security perimeter, access to the airport, and concerns over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on evacuation efforts. Major General Taylor announced the “best departure results” since the beginning of evacuation efforts, with 21,600 personnel departing Kabul in the last 24 hours. He said that there had been “63,900 American citizens, NATO and other partner personnel, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and other vulnerable Afghans now out of harm’s way.”
Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby and Army Major General Hank Taylor held a news conference on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghans after the fall of the… read more
Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby and Army Major General Hank Taylor held a news conference on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghans after the fall of the country to the Taliban. They responded to questions about evacuation flights, the Kabul Airport security perimeter, access to the airport, and concerns over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on evacuation efforts. Major General Taylor announced the “best departure results” since the beginning of evacuation efforts, with 21,600 personnel departing Kabul in the last 24 hours. He said that there had been “63,900 American citizens, NATO and other partner personnel, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and other vulnerable Afghans now out of harm’s way.” close
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