US to boost Afghanistan presence to 6000 troops as its taking steps to secure Kabul airport amid mass evacuation
The US military will send another 1,000 servicemen to Afghanistan in a bid to take over the Kabul international airport overwhelmed by the hordes of Afghans, fleeing the imminent takeover of the country by the Taliban.
As the Kabul international airport has plunged into chaos, becoming the only way out of the country for the thousands of Afghans desperate to escape the Talibanâs takeover, the US has announced it would be taking over air traffic control at the airport to speed up evacuation of Americans as well as allied Afghans.
For that purpose, the US military said it would deploy another 1,000 troops in addition to 5,000 US President Joe Biden ordered into Afghanistan to ensure an âorderly and safe drawdown of US personnelâ earlier.
Also on rt.com Biden orders INCREASE in US presence in Afghanistan as he threatens Taliban with âstrongâ military response if interests attackedâOver the next 48 hours, we will have expanded our security presence to nearly 6,000 troops, with a mission focused solely on facilitating these efforts and will be taking over air traffic control,â the US Departments of State and Defence said in a joint statement on Sunday.
The backup troops will be used to streamline the evacuation of âthousandsâ of Americans that have resided in Afghanistan, local US embassy employees as well as âother particularly vulnerable Afghan nationals.â
âThousands of Afghansâ that qualify for special immigrant visas will also be evacuated. All those who have passed security checks will be flown directly to the US, others would be moved to âadditional locationsâ where they would wait to be cleared.
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The airport has descended into a full-blown chaos after the Taliban entered the countryâs capital, declaring its victory in the war from the presidential palace following the abrupt resignation of President Ashraf Ghani.
Also on rt.com WATCH: Traffic jams, chaos at Kabul airport as thousands try to flee Taliban takeoverPanicked residents, fearing repercussions under the Taliban rule, clogged city streets with cars in a last-minute attempt to reach the airport. Footage circulating online shows large groups of people flocking to the airportâs entrance as shots rang out in the background. The gunfire reportedly led to the suspension of all commercial flights, leaving it up to military planes to evacuate the stranded residents.
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