Since the end of July, US military aircraft derived from Afghanistan about 12 thousand people – American and Afghan citizens. This number called the Pentaon’s online briefing a spokesman for the American military department John Kirby, the translation was carried out in twitter ministries.
Most evacuated was in the capital of Kabul. As reported by Reuters, from there at the moment there are already about 7 thousand people.
Earlier on the same day, the US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman shared plans on the scale of evacuation: Washington plans to take out 22 thousand people who submitted to a special mode of obtaining an immigrant visa (SIV).
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.