US Deputy Secretary of State Wardy Sherman revealed the number evacuated from Afghanistan after the “Taliban” grouping (prohibited in Russia as terrorist) received control over the country. Her words transfers Reuters.
Sherman said that the US transport aircraft over the past day evacuated more than two thousand people, and in total from August 14, about six thousand were taken out of the country. She also shared plans: Washington plans to take out 22 thousand people who submitted to a special mode of obtaining an immigrant visa (SIV).
The Agency also reports that the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the selection of communications with the Taliban: he stressed that the US military did not have hostile clashes with militants. At the moment, according to his information, in Kabul there is about 4.5 thousand US military personnel.
Previously, US media stated that the administration of the American president Joe Bayden for months has dragged the process of issuing visas to specialists who worked in Afghanistan and their evacuation from the country.