{"id":680809,"date":"2021-08-24T17:51:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=680809"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:51:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:51:14","slug":"pentagon-several-thousand-americans-evacuated-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-several-thousand-americans-evacuated-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: Several thousand Americans evacuated from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fpentagon-several-thousand-americans-evacuated-from-afghanistan%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=680809&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 id=\"attachment_2499740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2499740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Army Major Gen. Hank Taylor, Joint Staff deputy director for regional operations, participates in a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:38 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, August 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Pentagon has refused to disclose the exact number of Americans evacuated from Afghanistan so far. According to Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby during Tuesday\u2019s media briefing, the situation was evolving too rapidly to report specific numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re just going to leave it at several thousand right now and I understand that\u2019s not a satisfying number to you,\u201d he stated. \u201cI would tell you that the number literally changes almost by the hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, The Pentagon touted its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan since the operation first began. Major Gen. Hank Taylor called it a tremendous display of teamwork and focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, 63,900 American citizens, NATO and other partners personnel, Afghan SIV applicants and vulnerable Afghans are out of harm\u2019s way,\u201d he announced. \u201cNow safer and on their journey to a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 58,700 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 63,900 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1430162372912627715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden has faced growing pressure to extend the deadline for the full U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan amid a storm of criticism over what many called a chaotic withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden was not budging as the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday there had been no extension for that timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby went on to say, \u201ccertainly now that we have been able to increase the capacity and the flow, we believe that we have the ability to get that done by the end of the month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirby said the U.S. has been negotiating with the Taliban to get every American out of Kabul safely, despite not knowing how many U.S. citizens were still on the ground.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/g7-leaders-ask-for-withdrawal-extension\/\">G7 Leaders Ask For Withdrawal Extension<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Army Major Gen. Hank Taylor, Joint Staff deputy director for regional operations, participates in a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. 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