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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 15, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 15, 2021
US diplomats being moved to Kabul airport
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA US official says American diplomats in Afghanistan are being moved from the embassy in Kabul to the airport as the Taliban enter the capital.
The official says military helicopters are shuttling between the embassy compound and the airport, where a core presence will remain for as long as possible given security conditions.
The official is not authorized to discuss diplomatic movements and speaks on condition of anonymity.
Relocating a core group of embassy staff to the airport had been a contingency plan as the Taliban made dramatic territorial gains over the past several weeks before the final withdrawal of US troops by August 31.
And so it goes. The end. pic.twitter.com/PaoTLei8S9
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) August 15, 2021
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