US citizens should immediately leave the vicinity of Kabul airport due to “a specific and credible threat”, such an appeal posted on the website of the US Embassy in Afghanistan.
“In view of a specific and credible threat, all US citizens in the vicinity of the Kabul airport, including the south gate, the new Department of the Interior and the gate near the Panger gas station on the northwest side of the airport, must leave the airport area immediately,” in the message of the diplomatic mission.
On 26 August, the media reported a series of explosions that rang out in the vicinity of the airport in the Afghan capital. One of them, according to journalists, thundered near the Baron hotel, where employees of foreign diplomatic missions and other foreigners are preparing for evacuation. According to the latest data, 170 people became victims of the attack. About two hundred more people were injured, of which at least 18 were the American military. There were no Russians at the air harbor at that time, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Subsequently, several more explosions occurred in Kabul.
The Taliban* announced the establishment of control over the entire territory of Afghanistan on 15 August. To date, the only province not under their control is Panjshir, located northeast of the country’s capital. Militants of the radical movement have developed an active offensive throughout the Islamic Republic against the backdrop of the withdrawal of US troops and a number of other NATO member countries.
The head of the White House, Joe Biden, has promised that the American contingent will completely leave the country by August 31. This day was designated as the “red line” by the leaders of the Taliban *. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US will continue to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan even after the deadline for the withdrawal of troops.
Earlier, Sputnik radio reported that French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that he was in talks with the Taliban*.
* – terrorist organization banned in Russia.