* Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there are 300 Americans who need evacuating from Afghanistan
* In the last 24 hours, 2,900 people were evacuated from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul
* White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday they cannot 'guarantee' everyone will get out
* The deadline for total U.S. troop withdrawal is August 31
* 'This is very high risk,' Blinken said Sunday, adding: 'There is a high likelihood of additional attacks'
* An ISIS-K suicide bomber detonated outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, killing 13 U.S. troops
* Thousands of ISIS-K terrorists escaped from Bagram prison when Biden withdrew earlier this year
* There are still hundreds of Americans trapped in Afghanistan who want to get out but can't
Antony Blinken revealed Sunday that there are still 300 American citizens waiting for evacuation out of Afghanistan as the August 31 deadline for a full troop withdrawal nears.
'We have about 300 American citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave,' the secretary of State told ABC's This Week host Martha Raddatz.
'We are very actively working to help them get to the airport, get on a plane, and get out of Afghanistan.'
The Pentagon announced that it already started withdrawing troops from Afghanistan after 13 U.S. service members were killed in a suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport on Thursday.
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WNU Editor: The US Secretary of State did not look good at this moment .... Blinken denies giving Taliban lists of Americans and Afghan allies, but then says US turned over names for busloads of evacuees (RT).
Update: The U.S. has no real leverage .... Blinken says US has 'significant leverage' to ensure Taliban make good on commitments (The Hill).
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Blinken: US 'on-the-ground diplomatic presence' unlikely in Kabul after withdrawal deadline -- Washington Examiner
American diplomats won't remain behind in Kabul, Blinken says -- Axios
Blinken said U.S. expects Taliban won’t seal off country after Aug. 31 -- Politico
4 comments:
I disagree. The U.S. has plenty of leverage. It is a matter of what we are prepared to do.
#Leadership "The Untouchables" - What are you prepared to do?
Blinken is in charge not Austin. A group of conservative talk show hosts actually had good things to say about Austin's capabilities pre-Biden. State was put in charge of the evacuation not the DoD. The Taliban wanted the US to be in charge of airport security, Blinken/Biden/State demurred. Maybe that was just a ploy by the Taliban to get US soldiers further outside the gates to blow more up.
ISIS-K are not so much anti-Taliban as more radical Taliban. The schism is not as deep as some Western mavens pretend. The Taliban could be in on the attacks while denying culpability.
But we are dealing with Blinken and he is leading not Biden, not Kamala, not Klain and not Austin. So yeah, we have no leverage.
Can Blinken afford The Hamptons? He cannot. Not yet anyway. So he was hobnobbing. Hobnobbing during a crisis.
I'm very afraid for the future with this band of broken harms who are in charge of the country.
right. we need the wit and wisdom of the Trump familia
There is an old saying from the American West justice back in the 1800’s that applies to Biden’s entire chain of command starting from him going down to senior officers on the ground in Afghanistan.
Fair trial followed by a first class hanging.
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