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situation in Afghanistan developed so urgently, the U.S. embarked on an emergency evacuation of the embassy. The Korean government also temporarily closed the Korean embassy in Afghanistan and withdrew its expatriates to a third country.
Next is Reporter Lee Kyung-won.
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Helicopter movement is hectic over the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
They're carrying US embassy staff.
In the embassy building, smoke from burning confidential documents and objects was also seen nonstop.
The U.S. deployed 5,000 troops to support the evacuation of the embassy, and ordered the evacuation of those still remaining in Afghanistan.
It is known that Afghanistan, where the US has been at war with the Taliban for 20 years, has over 4,000 employees, the largest number of any US embassy in the world.
Foreign media reported that the United States may set up a temporary embassy in an airport hangar if the Kabul embassy is in danger.
The urgent move has been criticized as a 'disgraceful evacuation' in the United States, and criticizes it as a 'Biden Pyo Saigon' compared to the 1975 Vietnam War.
As the situation became urgent, the Korean government temporarily closed the Afghan embassy and evacuated most of the mission officials to a third country in the Middle East last night (15th).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that at present, only a small number of ambassadors, including the ambassador, are moving to a safe place in Afghanistan to support the evacuation of one overseas citizen staying in Afghanistan.