Wednesday, April 28, 2021

U.S. State Department Orders All Non-Essential Personnel Out Of Afghanistan As The Security Situation Deteriorates

The State Department ordered most remaining staff at the U.S. embassy in Kabul leave Afghanistan after threats from the Taliban ramped up  

CNN: US orders drawdown of government employees from Afghanistan embassy 

Washington (CNN)The State Department on Tuesday ordered the departure of government employees from the US Embassy in Kabul "whose functions can be performed elsewhere" as the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan gets underway. 

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad told senators in a Tuesday hearing that some diplomats who "are not necessary to be there" and "can do their job from elsewhere" will be withdrawn from the embassy. 

"It will not affect operation or the capabilities of the embassy. We are very much committed to that," Khalilzad told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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WNU Editor:  Talk about sending a signal that everything is going to hell in the coming months.

More News On The U.S. State Department Ordering All Non-Essential Personnel Out Of Afghanistan  

Biden withdraws non-essential staff from the Kabul embassy because of mounting threats and amid fears the Taliban will take over when US troops leave -- Daily Mail  

State Department orders some U.S. government employees out of Kabul -- Reuters  

State Department Orders Departure Of Nonessential Personnel From Kabul Embassy -- NPR  

State Department ordering some staffers out of Kabul -- The Hill  

US diplomats being pulled out of Kabul as security deteriorates in Afghanistan -- War Is Boring  

US orders embassy staff to leave Kabul as it begins troop pullout -- Al Jazeera

1 comment:

  1. This administration is absolutely irrational about its Afghanistan policy.

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