The appeal for the US ambassador to Tajikistan arrived on Monday. Online, said two U.S. officials, Representative Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., With an unusual and urgent request: He needed help transporting a huge amount of cash into the country, saying he was on his way to the country. in neighboring AfghanistanRead More →
All local Afghan staff at the United States Embassy in Kabul and their families were successfully evacuated by the United States on Saturday evening. according to ABC News. An internal report obtained by ABC News said about 2,800 Afghans had left Kabul airport on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET. TheRead More →
British embassy officials were so desperate to flee Afghanistan that they left sensitive documents identifying Afghan staff and job seekers in an area seized by the Taliban, the British government has confirmed. London Times reporter Anthony Loyd detailed on Friday how he found the papers strewn on the ground asRead More →
New Delhi: India evacuated the Indian ambassador and staff from the Kabul embassy, two days after the Taliban entered the capital and settled down as a new dispensation. The closure of the Indian embassy has been in the works since it became clear that there would not be a smoothRead More →
Russia plans to partially evacuate staff from its embassy in Kabul following swift Taliban takeover of Afghan capital, foreign ministry official says noted On Monday. The US military evacuated its embassy staff and other foreigners on Sunday as insurgent group forces entered Kabul and the Afghan government collapsed. At leastRead More →
An American Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the United States Embassy. Rahmat Gul / AP hide caption toggleRead More →
Murals can be seen along the walls of a quiet U.S. Embassy July 30 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paula Bronstein / Getty Images hide caption toggle legend Paula Bronstein / Getty Images Murals can be seen along the walls of a quiet U.S. Embassy July 30 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paula BronsteinRead More →
U.S. Marines have started arriving in Kabul to help secure the evacuation of embassy staff as the Taliban offensive sweeps into Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Friday. During the last day, militants captured two of the country’s largest cities, and they appear to be trying to isolate Kabul before launchingRead More →