US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the State Department entered into negotiations with the representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia) to achieve additional flights from Kabul for those who want to leave the country. About it reports us news.
According to the diplomat, the Taliban had previously assured the United States, which will determine all of whom the documents are properly decorated, and the American side only achieves the fulfillment of this promise.
Secretary of State appreciated the number of American citizens who are required to take out of Afghanistan as “about 100”. Earlier in the State Department spoke about 100-200 Americans in the country. Blinken spoke about this at a joint press conference with representatives of Qatar, where he flew along with the head of the Ministry of Defense Lloyd Austin for the official meeting. It is noted that the United States works with Arab countries to distribute refugees from Afghanistan.
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September 6 was reported that the Taliban was detained by airplanes for several days, on board which there were hundreds of people who tried to leave Afghanistan. It is about four aircraft who had to take refugees from the airport of Mazar-Sharif in the north of the country.