O United States government started to evacuate your diplomats from the embassy in Kabul after the Afghan capital was surrounded by the Islamic Taliban movement that he regained control of 26 cities and negotiates with the current government a “peaceful transition” of power.
According to US media, the Army transferred diplomats from the embassy by helicopter, to where a small contingent will remain as long as possible in safe conditions, reported CNN and The Washington Post.
Both media outlets quoted officials who requested anonymity for not being authorized to discuss decisions related to the security of diplomats.
Evacuation of the US embassy team in Kabul at the airport in the Afghan capital it was one of the contingency plans Washington had been evaluating since the Taliban began their military advance., in May.
Offensive coincides with the withdrawal of foreign forces from the territory, allowing the Taliban to control the capitals of 26 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. In the case of the United States, it planned to complete the withdrawal of its troops on 31 August.
Sending 5,000 American Soldiers
the American president, Joe Biden, ordered the dispatch of 5,000 soldiers to collaborate in the evacuation tasks of diplomats and Afghans working together with foreign forces. The Pentagon estimates that about 30,000 people will have to be evacuated.
Biden threatened the Taliban with a “quick and strong” response in the case of an alleged attack on fellow citizens during the evacuation, but also He remained firm in his decision to end the 20-year war., becoming one of the most extensive that the country waged along with the Vietnam War.
The Taliban ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, the year it was overthrown by a coalition led by the United States and NATO in the context of the Islamic “war on terror” launched by Washington after the September 11 attacks claimed by the then chief. of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.
The Taliban arrived at the gates of Kabul on Sunday and said they would stay on the outskirts of the city while negotiating a “peaceful transition” of power with the Afghan government, according to one of their spokesmen.
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