White House: US Has Evacuated 17,000 From Kabul in Past Week

The U.S. military evacuated about 3,800 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in the past 24 hours, the White House announced Saturday, and 17,000 since August 14, the Saturday before the Taliban entered Kabul. 

The White House said a total of about 22,000 people had been evacuated since the end of July.  Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Among the 17,000 evacuated over the past week were 2,500 Americans, Army Major General William Taylor said Saturday at a Pentagon media briefing. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the briefing he did not have a “perfect figure” indicating how many Americans remain in Kabul and in other parts of Afghanistan.