Pentagon extends pause on Afghan evacuation flights to US due to measles cases

The Pentagon has extended the pause on Afghan evacuation flights to the United States by seven days due to measles cases at three different US bases.

The Pentagon says all flights of Afghan evacuees into the United States have been halted for another seven days. That's at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, due to measles cases at three different US bases. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday that three cases of measles were diagnosed among Afghans arriving at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, one at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and one at Fort Pickett in Virginia.