U.S. in final phase of evacuations from Kabul, Taliban says ready to take over airport
The Hindu
The United States and its allies have taken about 1,13,500 people out of Afghanistan in the past two weeks
U.S. forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan,and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out before troops withdraw, a Western security official said on August 29. The country's new Taliban rulers are prepared to take control of the airport, said an official from the hardline Islamist movement that has swept cross Afghanistan, crushing the U.S. backed government. The Western security official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters a date and time for the end of the operation was yet to be decided. President Joe Biden said he will stick by his deadline to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by August 31, 20 years after they invaded Kabul and ousted the Taliban government for shielding the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 attacks.More Related News