US President Joe Biden stated that the US military quickly and resolutely respond to any actions of the Taliban, which would jeopardize the embassy staff and the diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. The official statement is published on the White House website.
Evacuation of the US Embassy
USA began to evacuate the embassy from Afghanistan. For the security of employees, the American leader sanctioned the deployment of five thousand US military, as well as organized waste of Afghans who helped the United States troops and are under a special threat of the Atopsis of Taliban (a terrorist organization is prohibited in Russia).
Earlier it became known that employees of the US Embassy in the capital of Afghanistan Kabul was instructed to start destroying secret documents, as well as the items that depict the state flag or logos of American departments.
confrontation of terrorist threat
Biden also ordered the armed forces and intelligence to maintain vigilance and resist future terrorist threats. He instructed the State Secretary of Anthony Blinken to support President of Afghanistan Arshaf Ghani and other representatives of the government in their desire to prevent bloodshed and achieve a political settlement. The head of the State Department will interact with key regional stakeholders.
The American leader appointed Ambassador Tracy Jacobson responsible for the national efforts to relocate and transporting Afghan immigrants with a special visa and other allies. The president added that over 20 years of staying in Afghanistan, the United States has invested there almost a trillion dollars, they trained more than 300 thousand local soldiers and policemen, supported and equipped the country the most modern equipment.
Earlier it was reported that the militants of the radical terrorist movement “Taliban” at the moment took control of about 90 percent of the territory of Afghanistan. According to IRIB TV channel, now government troops control only Kabul and the province of the same name.
After the announcement of the withdrawal of American troops, the Taliban 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 the size of Kandahar and the following herata behind him. The civil war in Afghanistan lasts since 1979.