LONDON—The U.S. government is unlikely to extend the evacuation window to allow its citizens and Afghans more time to fly out of Kabul, British defence minister Ben Wallace said ahead of emergency talks by G7 leaders. U.S. President Joe Biden will face pressure to extend an Aug. 31 deadline to evacuate thousands seeking to flee…
‘No Time to Lose’ in Afghan Evacuation If US Timetable Remains: UK Defence Secretary
Evacuating most UK citizens and eligible Afghans before the United States’ end-of-month deadline will be a challenging task, the UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Wallace said that the flow of processing is hindered by overcrowding in Kabul airport. “Too many people in the airport has meant a suspension of…
UK in Race to Evacuate Britons and Afghans as Biden Sets Rescue Deadline
The UK is in a race against time to help British nationals and supportive Afghans leave Afghanistan as the U.S. president suggested rescue missions must be completed within 10 days. President Joe Biden, at a press conference on Friday, signalled U.S. efforts to rescue American citizens could wrap up at the end of the month,…
Bipartisan Lawmakers Say Aug. 31 Afghanistan Deadline Fueling ‘Chaos and Panic’
Bipartisan lawmakers with military backgrounds on Friday took part in a roundtable to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, urging the White House to extend their evacuation efforts beyond the Kabul airport, while arguing the Aug. 31 deadline was helping fuel the chaos on the ground. Four members of Congress who served in the military—Reps. Don…
Aug. 31 Afghanistan Deadline Fueling ‘Chaos and Panic,’ Bipartisan Lawmakers Say
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers with military backgrounds took part in a roundtable on Aug. 20 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, urging the White House to extend its evacuation efforts beyond the Kabul airport, while arguing the Aug. 31 deadline is helping to fuel the chaos on the ground. Four members of Congress…
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Evacuation efforts have flown 13,000 Americans and Afghans out of Afghanistan since last week, people trying to evacuate must escape both the Taliban and the shooting that takes place right outside the airport, and a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 is gaining traction in Florida.
LIVE: Biden Delivers Remarks on the Evacuation of U.S. Citizens From Afghanistan
LIVE: Biden Delivers Remarks on the Evacuation of US Citizens From Afghanistan
Kabul Evacuation: ‘Planes Never Leave Empty’ Says UK Defence Minister
British military planes never leave Kabul empty, according to the British defence minister, in response to reports of some flights leaving without any evacuees on board. The UK was “absolutely ploughing through the numbers,” Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told the BBC on Aug. 19, following stories of Taliban checkpoints at the airport hampering the movement…
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The State Department tries to speed up evacuations of Americans and Afghan allies, we hear reactions from Afghans around the world as they cope with their home country coming under Taliban rule, and an exclusive interview with Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier, a Space Force officer whose leaving the military after being fired for denouncing Marxism.
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