The broadcast of the briefing of the American leader was conducted on the official website of the White House.
Biden drew attention to the fact that the United States evacuated not only Americans, but also citizens of NATO member countries and partners, including the personnel of their diplomatic departments.
“Since August 14, we have evacuated nearly 28,000 people on US and coalition aircraft, including civil charter flights, bringing the total number of people evacuated since July to about 33,000,” he said.
US Assistant to the President for National Security Jake Sullivan said earlier on NBC that on August 21, the American side provided evacuation for 7.8 thousand people, 3.9 thousand of them on military aircraft, 3.9 thousand on charter civil flights ...
On August 22, media reported that Kabul airport will be closed for the next 48 hours to evacuate those already on its territory.