On August 15, local time, the Taliban occupied Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
That night, crowds poured into Kabul International Airport, and there was chaos on the tarmac.
The US State Department and the Department of Defense issued a joint statement on August 15 stating that the US is completing a series of steps to protect the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan and to evacuate US and allied personnel through military and civilian flights.
The statement said that in the next 48 hours, the United States will "expand the security presence" to nearly 6,000 troops to complete the evacuation mission and adopt air traffic control.
The United States will evacuate thousands of American citizens in Afghanistan and Afghan personnel employed by American agencies tomorrow and in the coming days.
The statement stated that the United States will also expedite the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who are eligible for U.S. special immigrant visa applications. Nearly 2,000 have arrived in the United States in the past two weeks.
According to a U.S. State Department official, almost all U.S. Embassy personnel have been transferred to a facility at Kabul Airport.
(Produced by Wu Rui)
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】