The US is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the following 72 hours, together with high officers, two sources acquainted with the state of affairs informed CNN on Sunday.
The withdrawal of embassy personnel marks a speedy acceleration of the method that had solely been introduced on Thursday, and is a state of affairs that many State Division safety officers anticipated must occur given the pace with which the Taliban has gained territory in Afghanistan in latest days.
Many of the American diplomats will go to the airport in Kabul, the capital, after which fly again to the US. A small variety of core personnel, together with the highest US diplomat within the nation, will stay on the Kabul airport for now, the sources mentioned. Which means that the US Embassy in Kabul shall be shuttered — a minimum of in the meanwhile — by Tuesday.
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