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Pentagon: 19,000 Evacuated From Kabul by U.S., Allies Over Last 24 Hours
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August 25, 2021
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Aug 25, 20211:46Now PlayingThe Pentagon said U.S. military aircraft evacuated 11,200 people from Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. An additional 7,800 people departed on allied aircraft, Army Major General William Taylor told reporters Wednesday. Since evacuations began, about 88,000 people have been brought out of Afghanistan by the U.S. and allies, Taylor said.
In addition, Taylor said that overnight the U.S. conducted a helicopter operation outside the Kabul airport that brought fewer than 20 Americans to safety.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. remains in “daily communication” with the Taliban over who should be let into the airport. “We have been nothing but open with the Taliban about who we expect them to let in,” Kirby said.
Asked if this will be the largest U.S. airlift ever, which would exceed the evacuation from Vietnam, Kirby said “we’re not competing with history.”
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