3 hours agoThe Brits left, Americans near the end. Taliban urge Afghans to surrender weapons
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(5 years ago)US forces are in final stages of evacuation from Afghanistan and more than 1,000 civilians still need to be evacuated before the final withdrawal of troops, a Western security official in Kabul told Reuters this morning. The official anonymously told Reuters that it is not yet set for the exact date and time of [...]
US President Joe Biden said he would respect the agreed deadline, so the US should withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by Tuesday.
We want to make sure that any foreign civilian and those in danger are evacuated today. Forces will be recalled once this process is completed”, the official said.
An American official told Reuters on Saturday that fewer than a thousand American troops remained at the airport, up from 5,800 a few days ago.
The last remaining British troops left Kabul last night. They landed in the United Kingdom around 22:25, ending their 20-year stay in Afghanistan.
The last plans calling British trolls from Afghanistan arrived at RAF Brize Norton lowering the end of Britain 20 years in Afghanistan.
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While the airport is chaotic, the rest of Kabul is relatively calm. The Taliban have asked residents to surrender their weapons, their spokesman said.
