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Soldiers pull security at the airport. (AP\/Shekib Rahmani)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Taliban is returning Afghanistan’s political status to the state it was in before the Afghanistan War began. With history repeating itself, Afghanistan is anticipated to attract terrorist groups driven from Iraq, Syria, and from other locations in the near future. Both international and regional terrorist groups may find Afghanistan as a location to base in, to train in, and to coordinate terrorist attacks. However, this potential outcome has taken backseat, in the media, to the events related to the evacuation.<\/p>\n

From The Washington Examiner:<\/span><\/p>\n

Those concerns have been overshadowed by the urgent need to evacuate diplomats and American citizens from the country in recent days, as well as the thousands of Afghan nationals facing retaliation for working with the U.S. government or other U.S. entities. A crowd of Afghan civilians desperate to leave with Americans rushed the planes leaving Hamid Karzai International Airport on Sunday, and footage emerged appearing to show people falling to their deaths from a departing C-17.<\/p>\n

“All the images coming out are of concern and troubling, and we want to do this in a safe and efficient and as orderly a way as possible,” Kirby said. “And that is why right now, our troops are focused on making a safe and secure environment at the airport and clearing people in the crowds off of the tarmac and the flight line so that flights can resume. That’s our focus right now.”<\/p>\n

The Taliban takeover has put more pressure on U.S. officials to evacuate Afghan nationals who worked with the government but whose visa applications remain unprocessed. U.S. officials began flying the interpreters to Fort Lee, Virginia, in late July, but Austin gave the green light this week to prepare two other bases in the United States.<\/p>\n

“Our aim at these three facilities would be over time, three to four weeks from now, be able to provide support for up to 22,000 at-risk individuals,” Kirby said. “We will not have that capacity immediately. It will take some time to build it out.”<\/p>\n

In the meantime, U.S. troops are still streaming into the Kabul airport to provide security. About 2,500 troops are present at the airport now, Kirby said, and that figure is expected to reach 3,000 by Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Examiner has more on this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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