{"id":647374,"date":"2021-08-15T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647374"},"modified":"2021-08-15T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:06:19","slug":"u-s-embassy-in-kabul-instructs-americans-to-shelter-in-place-airport-taking-fire-situation-deteriorating-rapidly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-embassy-in-kabul-instructs-americans-to-shelter-in-place-airport-taking-fire-situation-deteriorating-rapidly\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy In Kabul Instructs Americans To \u2018Shelter In Place,\u2019 Airport \u2018Taking Fire,\u2019 Situation \u2018Deteriorating Rapidly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-embassy-in-kabul-instructs-americans-to-shelter-in-place-airport-taking-fire-situation-deteriorating-rapidly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234695817.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a \u201csecurity alert\u201d issued by the United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Americans in the capital city are being instructed to \u201cshelter in place\u201d and stay away from both the embassy and airport as the situation is \u201cdeteriorating rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7345679012346\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest security alert from US Embassy in Kabul: &#8220;We are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place.  The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately.  Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U81fjEsXNx\">pic.twitter.com\/U81fjEsXNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dion Nissenbaum (@DionNissenbaum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DionNissenbaum\/status\/1426922810077810689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-abandoning-embassy-as-taliban-overrun-kabul-negotiate-takeover-of-afghanistan\">Daily Wire reported earlier Sunday<\/a>, \u201cU.S. officials are completely abandoning the embassy in Kabul amid the Taliban\u2019s rapid takeover of Afghanistan.&nbsp;The U.S. plans to evacuate hundreds of personnel and officials from the embassy within 72 hours as staff rush to burn sensitive documents and prepare to abandon the embassy to the Taliban for the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a further missive, the embassy instructed Americans in Afghanistan to stay put. Previously, the Biden administration said that most \u201cAmerican diplomats will go to the airport in Kabul, the capital, and then fly back to the US,\u201d according to CNN. A small number of core personnel, including the top US diplomat in the country, will remain at the Kabul airport for now, the sources said. This means that the US Embassy in Kabul will be shuttered \u2014 at least for the time being \u2014 by Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new security alert appears to have come just as news broke that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country along with his \u201ccore\u201d allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place,\u201d the security alert read. \u201cThe U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately. Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7345679012346\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest security alert from US Embassy in Kabul: &#8220;We are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place.  The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately.  Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U81fjEsXNx\">pic.twitter.com\/U81fjEsXNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dion Nissenbaum (@DionNissenbaum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DionNissenbaum\/status\/1426922810077810689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe security situation in Kabul is changing quickly and the situation at the airport is deteriorating rapidly. There are reports of the airport taking fire and we are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place,\u201d the security alert reads. \u201cThe U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has suspended consular operations effective immediately. Do not come to the Embassy or airport at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. citizens needing assistance in departing the country should register for any option that might be identified to return to the United States,\u201d the alert says, citing a link to a \u201crepatriation assistance request.\u201d Spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens in Afghanistan who are awaiting immigrant visas\u201d are instructed to complete the request if \u201cthey wish to depart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban was negotiating a \u201cpeaceful\u201d transfer of power in Kabul, remaining outside the city gates until they could strike a deal with the current government housed there. The AP noted, Sunday morning, that Ghani\u2019s departure appeared to mark a turning point, with the Taliban now headed into the city and toward the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taliban, which for hours had been in the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a city gripped by panic throughout the day as helicopters raced overhead to evacuate personnel from the U.S. Embassy,\u201d the AP added. \u201cSmoke rose near the compound as staff destroyed important documents. Several other Western missions also prepared to pull their people out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a \u201csecurity alert\u201d issued by the United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Americans in the capital city are being instructed to \u201cshelter in place\u201d and stay away from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}