British Ministry of Defence warns UK’s ability to process any more evacuations now ‘extremely reduced’; White House says the next few days of evacuation operation likely to be the most dangerous
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US Citizens who are at the Abbey gate, East gate, North gate or the new Ministry of Interior gate now “Should leave immediately”, the embassy in Kabul has warned.
The embassy also said citizens should avoid traveling to the airport because of security threats.
US forces helping evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday.
The White House said the next few days of an ongoing US evacuation operation that the Pentagon said has taken about 111,000 people out of Afghanistan in the past two weeks are likely to be the most dangerous.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States believes there are still “specific, credible” threats against the airport after the bombing at one of its gates.
“We certainly are prepared and would expect future attempts,” Kirby told reporters in Washington. “We’re monitoring these threats, very, very specifically, virtually in real time.”
US and allied forces are racing to complete evacuations of their citizens and vulnerable Afghans and to withdraw from Afghanistan by an 31 August deadline set by President Joe Biden after two decades of American military presence there.
About 4,200 people were evacuated from Kabul during a 12-hour period on Friday, the White House said.
Earlier in the day US officials said a total of approximately 5,100 Americans had been evacuated, with about 500 more waiting to leave.
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