Pentagon’s spokesman John Kirby announced that the United States began to translate an additional military contingent to Kabul. He declared this during a briefing, the broadcast of which was carried out on the website of the US Department of Defense.
also Kirby said that the United States is ready to adjust its military presence in Afghanistan, depending on the security situation.
British Operation “Pitting”
August 13, the UK servicemen also started landing in Afghanistan to support evacuation from the country of their fellow citizens. The press service of the UK Ministry of Defense extended a statement that it says that Boris Johnson’s Prime Minister approved the use of military support to help British Cases from Afghanistan. If necessary, the prime minister allowed the use of aircraft of the Royal Air Force, the military operation was called “Pitting”. In total, the United Kingdom will send about 600 military to Afghanistan to facilitate the evacuation of their citizens and who worked with them Afghan specialists.
The group of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the United Kingdom will be sent to Kabul to Kabul, which will have to help British diplomats in the design of visas for leaving the country of Afghans. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain, Ben Wallace, under the program of resettlement of Afghan translators and consultants in the kingdom, more than five thousand people fall.
USA and Taliban
The militants of the radical movement “Taliban” (prohibited in the Russian Federation) have already taken control of the city of Bully Alam, the capital of Logar province. It is located 50 kilometers from Kabul. Now under the control of the official government is only four major cities, including the capital of the country.
After the announcement of the withdrawal of American troops, the terrorist group “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia) began a rapid offensive in the position of the Afghan army. The position of the government of Afghanistan is becoming more critical every day. Over the past week, the Taliban was able to capture the capital of 16 provinces. On August 12, two most important cities fell: the second in size in the country of Kandahar and the following herata.
Civil War in Afghanistan lasts since 1979. The state is included in the list of poorest countries. The budget of Afghanistan largely depends on the financial injections of third countries.