An escape procession trying to escape Taliban rule from Afghanistan is struggling.
US President Joe Biden said in a speech at the White House on the 20th (local time) that he would do everything in his power to evacuate.
However, according to foreign media reports, the number of people evacuated from Afghanistan the day before was 3,000, which is far below the 5,000 to 9,000 a day the US is targeting.
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On the same day, too many people gathered at once and the entrance to Kabul Airport in Afghanistan was paralyzed, so the United States dispatched three military helicopters and moved 169 Americans to the airport.
U.S. evacuation assistance targets include U.S. citizens, locals and third-country nationals who helped the U.S. in the Afghan war. The Taliban has made an official statement that it will not stop foreigners from leaving Afghanistan, but there are also reports that Americans have been beaten by the Taliban.
“I have clearly warned the Taliban that any attack or obstruction of our armed forces and operations will face a swift and strong response,” Biden said.
“This evacuation operation in Afghanistan is one of the most difficult airlift operations in history involving US military risks,” he added.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a briefing to the House of Representatives that “some people, including Americans, are aware that they have been beaten and harassed by the Taliban.” “he said.
The Associated Press reported that “despite the Taliban’s continued message of appeasement, there are great concerns about a return to the repressive rule of the past.” told
There are also reports that the Taliban are searching from house to house to find collaborators who helped the U.S. and NATO forces, the Afghan government military police, and journalists critical of the Taliban. It is also said that live bullets were fired at protesters against the Taliban’s rule, killing and wounding one after another.
“I was beaten on the road by the Taliban on the way to the airport,” an Afghan man, a former interpreter for the British Army, told the BBC.
Meanwhile, President Biden said the evacuation operation is scheduled until the 31st of this month, but will continue until all who wish to evacuate are out of Afghanistan.
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