{"id":136535,"date":"2021-08-23T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=136535"},"modified":"2021-08-23T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:13:21","slug":"u-s-evacuates-37000-from-afghanistan-as-taliban-calls-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-red-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/u-s-evacuates-37000-from-afghanistan-as-taliban-calls-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-red-line\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. evacuates 37,000 from Afghanistan as Taliban calls August 31 withdrawal deadline \u2018red line&#x27;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated or facilitated the evacuation of approximately 37,000 people out of Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li>The latest update on evacuation efforts comes as U.S. and NATO coalition forces rush to airlift thousands of people out of the country ahead of a self-imposed deadline to depart Afghanistan in eight days. <\/li>\n<li>President Joe Biden has previously said that he may consider extending the departure date past August 31 but has yet to do so.<\/li>\n<li>A Taliban spokesman told Sky News that the group will not accept such an extension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 The Pentagon said Monday that the U.S. has evacuated or facilitated the evacuation of approximately 37,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14, with about 10,400 of them airlifted out over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The weekend tally represents an apparent acceleration in the military&#x27;s colossal efforts to relocate as many people as possible amid a Taliban takeover. In addition, coalition forces evacuated approximately 5,900 people over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p> Since the end of July, the U.S. has relocated approximately 42,000 people. There are still thousands more awaiting evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said that evacuees are flying from Kabul to temporary safe haven locations across the Middle East and Europe, including U.S. installations in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Italy, Spain and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan nationals arriving in the United States will be housed at Ft. McCoy in Wisconsin, Ft. Lee in Virginia, Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst in New Jersey and Ft. Bliss in Texas.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more on the developments in Afghanistan:<\/h2>\n<p>Deadly firefight erupts at Kabul airport as evacuation chaos continues into second week<\/p>\n<p>Biden says U.S. has &#x27;long way to go and a lot could still go wrong&#x27; in Afghanistan evacuation<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#x27;s job approval ratings drop as Covid cases rise and crisis in Afghanistan mounts<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon orders U.S. airlines to help fly Afghanistan evacuees<\/p>\n<p>U.S. forces in Afghanistan look at alternative evacuation plans as ISIS threatens Kabul airport<\/p>\n<p>The latest update on evacuation efforts comes as U.S. and NATO coalition forces rush to airlift thousands of people out of the country ahead of a self-imposed deadline to depart Afghanistan in eight days.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has previously said that he may consider extending the departure date past August 31 but has yet to do so.<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban spokesman told Sky News that the group will not accept such an extension.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a red line. President Biden announced that on 31 August they would withdraw all their military forces. So if they extend it that means they are extending occupation while there is no need for that,&quot; Suhail Shaheen said, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If the U.S. or U.K. were to seek additional time to continue evacuations, the answer is no. Or there would be consequences,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the looming deadline at the Pentagon and the Taliban warning, Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said that the &quot;focus is on getting this done by the end of the month.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are well aware of the stated desire by the Taliban to have this mission completed by the 31st of August, I will tell you that we are still planning on completing it by the 31st of August. That is the mission that has been signed by the commander in chief and assigned to us and that&#x27;s what we&#x27;re trying to execute,&quot; Kirby added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, the U.S. military confirmed that a brief firefight broke out at one gate into Kabul&#x27;s Hamid Karzai International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Navy Capt. William Urban, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, the combatant command that oversees American military operations in the region, said the incident &quot;appeared to begin when an unknown hostile actor fired upon Afghan security forces.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He added no American or NATO coalition forces were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/08\/23\/us-evacuates-37000-from-afghanistan-as-taliban-calls-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-red-line.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":136534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. evacuates 37,000 from Afghanistan as Taliban calls August 31 withdrawal deadline \u2018red line&#x27; 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