From August 14, US evacuated about six thousand of their citizens from Afghanistan. Such a number called the spokesman for the White House of Jen Psaka, RIA Novosti reports.
Psaka noted that only the “small number” of Americans remains in the country. According to her, Washington is counting on the fact that the number of Americans evacuated from Afghanistan will continue to increase as the United States and their allies will continue their efforts. In addition, the spokesman for the White House said that US President Joe Biden in the coming days will perform before Americans in Afghanistan.
Earlier it was reported that the US authorities have promised to complete the evacuation of the US military and their Afghan allies until graduation on August 31 – the date, when, according to the previous agreements between the United States and the Taliban (a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia), the air harbor of Kabul will pass under control Taliban. Pentagon’s spokesman John Kirby explained that after the established period, the evacuation of the remaining Americans will be held through the State Department, not a military department.