China News Service, September 19 According to a report by the US Chinese website, the US State Department announced on the 18th that about 30 Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan by charter flights.
On the same day, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement that a Qatar Airways chartered flight left Kabul on the 17th with 28 American citizens and 7 permanent residents on board.
The U.S. Special Envoy for the Afghan Reconciliation, Khalilzad, said on a social networking site on the 17th that some Americans had left on a Qatar Airways flight, but did not disclose how many people were on the plane.
The Biden administration did not specify how many American citizens are still seeking to leave Afghanistan.
Price said the United States "thanks" the Qatari authorities for assisting in coordinating flights, adding that the United States will "continue to help American citizens and Afghans associated with the US government leave Afghanistan."
"The international community welcomes the Taliban's cooperation on these evacuation flights, and we will continue to contact them so that American citizens and Afghans enjoy complete freedom of movement." Price said.
US President Biden announced in July this year that the US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31.
Subsequently, the situation in Afghanistan took a turn for the worse.
On August 15, the Taliban entered and took control of the capital, Kabul, before the U.S. military's evacuation was completed.
On August 30, Mackenzie, commander of the US Central Command, announced that the withdrawal of US troops was over.
However, since the U.S. forces withdrew from Kabul, there are still some Americans stranded there.
The White House Chief of Staff recently told the US media that the Biden administration believes that nearly 100 American citizens remain in Afghanistan, and the United States will find a way to let any remaining Americans leave.