The president said 28,000 people had been evacuated since Aug. 14, adding that “my heart aches” for those facing chaos and danger in trying to leave the country.
President Joe Biden said on Sunday that access around the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, had been extended to facilitate the safe evacuation of thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from the country.
“These troops and innocent civilians at the airport face the risk of attack from ISIS-K from a distance, even though we’re moving back the perimeter significantly,” Biden said in a speech at the White House, referring to the Central Asia branch of the violent Islamist group. “We’re working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. That’s our mission. That’s our goal.”
But the president declined to go into further detail about what his administration has done to expand the evacuation operations outside of the Kabul airport.
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President Joe Biden said on Sunday that access around the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, had been extended to facilitate the safe evacuation of thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from the country https://t.co/RMc4nd4c6A
— POLITICO (@politico) August 23, 2021
President Biden: "We have constantly […] increased rational access to the airport where more folk can get there more safely." pic.twitter.com/w62E5GU2qp
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2021
What Joe is not telling you:
In Operation FREQUENT WIND, 29-30 APR 1975, DoD evacuated 7K civilians from Embassy Saigon in NINE HOURS (in helos, the famous pics) while evacuating 50K others from nearby Tan Son Nhut AB (w/fixed-wing).
Planning matters. Team Biden didn't here. https://t.co/jpORKgSJtg
— John Schindler (@20committee) August 23, 2021
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