US begins evacuating embassy staff in Kabul

The United States authorities announced the reduction of the number of employees of its embassy in Kabul on August 12

According to Reuters, the United States began evacuating embassy staff in Kabul on Sunday.

“Most of the staff are ready to leave the embassy continues to operate”, – a US official told the agency, noting that “a small group of people” is now leaving the embassy.

US authorities on Thursday announced a reduction in the number of staff at their embassy in Kabul. U.S. troops will provide security while they are being evacuated. US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States would deploy a total of 5,000 military personnel to ensure the safe removal of US diplomats from Afghanistan, as well as the evacuation of Afghans who helped the US forces during the military campaign.