Foreign media: The US Embassy in Afghanistan lowered its flag, and about 500 embassy employees have taken the opportunity to evacuate
Overseas Network, August 16th. According to a number of foreign media reports on the 15th local time, after Taliban fighters entered the Afghan capital of Kabul, the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has lowered the U.S. flag, which is also regarded as the U.S. evacuation of embassy personnel. The last step.
Based on CNN, the Guardian and other media reports, a US State Department official stated that as the staff of the US embassy evacuated from the Afghan capital, the US flag of the US embassy in Afghanistan has been lowered. The official revealed that almost all embassy personnel have been transferred to the international airport in Kabul City, where they will fly out of Afghanistan.
A U.S. Department of Defense official told CNN that as of the early morning of the 16th local time in Afghanistan, the United States had dispatched planes to evacuate about 500 embassy staff from Afghanistan, and thousands more were waiting to be evacuated.
Since the withdrawal of the US and NATO troops, the Taliban in Afghanistan have stepped up their offensive and captured many provinces and cities. Abdullah, chairman of the Afghanistan High Commission for National Reconciliation, said on social media on the 15th that President Ghani has left Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan announced later that day that Taliban fighters had entered the capital, Kabul.