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US has officially declared the end of the evacuation operation from Afghanistan.
The war in Afghanistan that has been going on for 20 years has come to an end since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Correspondent Yunsu Kim from Washington.
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U.S. Central Commander, who oversaw the U.S. evacuation operation from Afghanistan, went to an unscheduled video briefing.
The evacuation operation was then officially declared over.
[Mackenzie/US Central Command: Declaring that the withdrawal from Afghanistan has ended.
The operation to evacuate Americans, people from other countries, and Afghan helpers is over.]
At 3:29 pm (US time) today, it was announced that the last American transport plane had left Kabul Airport.
It was just before midnight on the 31st, the deadline for withdrawal in Afghanistan.
The U.S. military said it had evacuated 123,000 civilians, including 6,000 Americans.
However, he added that there are still people in Afghanistan who want to evacuate.
[McKinsey/U.S. Central Command: We didn't evacuate everyone we tried to evacuate. Disappointed people remain. This is not an easy situation.] The
US government plans to promote safe evacuation through diplomatic means for those who want to evacuate the rest of Afghanistan.
French President Macron's proposal to set up a safe zone in Kabul to allow evacuation after the evacuation deadline has expired has been rejected by the Taliban.
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution urging the Taliban to ensure safe evacuation from Afghanistan.