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Pentagon: 5,200 U.S. Troops Now in Kabul, 7,000 Evacuated Since Aug. 14
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2:36Now Playing5,200 U.S. troops are now on the ground in Kabul, and about 7,000 people have been airlifted from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, Army Major General Hank Taylor said Thursday.
“We intend to maximize each plane’s capacity, we’re prioritizing people above all else,” he said.
President Joe Biden said the Taliban are in the midst of an “existential crisis” about their role on the international stage but that he didn’t believe the group had fundamentally changed its course.
Biden also told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in an interview that aired Thursday morning U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan until all Americans are able to leave -- even if it takes longer than his Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw.
The first Afghans evacuated to Spain arrived on Thursday, part of a major global effort to remove people who could be at risk following the Taliban takeover. German planes have so far flown 901 people out of the country.
Taliban fighters set up checkpoints around the international airport in Kabul, raising concerns the group may prevent citizens from fleeing after the U.S.-backed government collapsed. Biden cautioned that chaos was unavoidable as troops withdrew.
The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, announced it was hosting Ashraf Ghani after the exiled president of Afghanistan fled the country.
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