"Several Hundred" US Embassy Employees Evacuated From Afghanistan: Defense Official

The international airport in Kabul is still open to commercial flights, the official said on condition of anonymity, as evacuation efforts accelerated.

Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said Sunday, as the Taliban entered the capital. The international airport in Kabul is still open to commercial flights, the official said on condition of anonymity, as evacuation efforts accelerated. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)