Staff from the US embassy in Kabul were rushed to the airport in the Afghan capital, where thousands of US soldiers were dispatched, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.
“We transferred the men and women from our embassy to the airport. That is why the president sent armed forces, “he told ABC, as the Taliban advance to the gates of Kabul.
As confirmed by official sources and witnesses to the American newspaper ‘The Washington Post’, The Taliban began to take positions this Sunday on the outskirts of the capital, although its leadership has ordered the fighters to refrain from entering by force. In fact, local sources have confirmed to the chain NBC News that there is a Taliban presence in the districts of Kampany and Barchi, approximately in the extreme west of the city.
“All parts of the country have come under the control of the Islamic Emirate,” according to a statement published by its regular spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid., on his Twitter account, using the name used by the group.
The German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, also announced this Sunday the closure of the country’s Embassy in Kabul and the immediate transfer of all personnel to the military sector of the airport in the Afghan capital before the arrival of the Taliban, who now They are themselves negotiating with the Government the peaceful surrender of the capital.
“Given the drastic deterioration of the security situation, we urge German citizens to leave the country immediately,” has made known his portfolio in a new travel alert confirmed by Maas on his Twitter account.
The minister added that a German government crisis cell will meet this afternoon to discuss “the beginning of immediate measures for the evacuation of German personnel and other people at risk in Afghanistan.”
According to what dpa learned, the German Air Force will fly to Kabul this Monday with military transports of the A400M type. Intermediate landings are likely to occur in Tashkent in Uzbekistan. According to Maas, the German government is in talks with the Bundestag (German Parliament) about a mandate for the evacuation mission.
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