Up to 80K Americans, Afghans employed by US waiting for Kabul evacuation
August 20, 2021 | International
As many as 80,000 Americans and Afghans who once worked for the US still need to be evacuated from Kabul amid the botched withdrawal that has been marred by violence and chaos. The US has evacuated 7,000 from Kabul since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan five days ago but there are still between 60,000 and 80,000 who need to get out.
That includes more than 10,000 Americans, according to CBS News. The Biden administration has so far refused to give an estimate of how many US citizens need to be evacuated.
Two thousand were evacuated within the last 24 hours, Army Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor said Thursday. He said the military now has enough aircraft to get 5,000 to 9,000 people out a day — depending on how many have been processed…. (Excerpts from the New York Post)
