Pentagon: Several Thousand Americans Have Been Evacuated From Afghanistan

Pentagon: Several Thousand Americans Have Been Evacuated From Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Several thousand Americans have been flown from Afghanistan on U.S. military and charter flights since the Taliban took over the country in mid-August, the U.S. military stated on Aug. 23.

“Since the 14th, we believe we have been able to evacuate several thousand Americans,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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