President Joe Biden announced the latest situation of the Afghan evacuation on Friday, calling it “one of the largest and most difficult airlifts in history.”
Biden said that since July, the United States has helped evacuate about 18,000 people from Afghanistan. Since the United States began withdrawing its troops on August 14, the United States has helped evacuate about 13,000 people. He also vowed to evacuate any Americans who wanted to leave the country.
“I cannot guarantee what the final result will be. However, as the commander-in-chief, I can assure you that I will mobilize all necessary resources,” Biden said at a White House press conference.
While solving the problem The 8-hour “pause” of the evacuation flight from Kabul, Biden said that this was done to “ensure that we can handle the arriving evacuees at the transit point”, adding that it has ordered the resumption of outbound flights.
Biden said: “Even with the suspension, we transferred 5,700 evacuees yesterday. We are working hard…verify the number of Americans still in the country.”
this week, A bipartisan group of governors speaks Regarding the latest developments in Afghanistan, it is said that they are ready to welcome Afghan refugees.Many people mentioned disturbing scenes in the country, and offered to help many Afghan diplomats, journalists and other civilians allied with the United States
As the Taliban tightened control, tens of thousands of Afghans tried to flee the country. Social media is flooded with photos from Afghans The hurried exit led to sporadic fighting at the airport, people fell from the plane and died, and road traffic was paralyzed.
“You already knew my position. It’s time to end this war,” Biden said.
Biden added that he will hold a G7 meeting next week to coordinate a common approach to moving forward in Afghanistan. G7 is a group composed of the most developed economies in the world, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
