{"id":694634,"date":"2021-08-28T21:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=694634"},"modified":"2021-08-28T21:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:51:05","slug":"state-department-around-350-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-who-want-to-leave-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-around-350-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-who-want-to-leave-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department: Around 350 Americans remain in Afghanistan who want to leave the country"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fstate-department-around-350-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-who-want-to-leave-the-country%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=694634&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_2503355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2503355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. State Department Spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing on Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (Photo by KEVIN LAMARQUE\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:45 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, August 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The State Department said roughly 350 Americans who have wanted to leave Afghanistan were still in the country. According to officials on Saturday, assistance was being provided around the clock to help those who wanted to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>The agency has also been in contact with 280 other people who have identified as American. However, they have said to either not want to leave the country or had no plans to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Although evacuations have continued since the terrorist attack on Thursday, Biden warned more attacks on the Kabul airport were highly likely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous and the threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high,\u201d he stated. \u201c\u2026Despite the treacherous situation in Kabul, we are continuing to evacuate civilians.\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 111,900 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 117,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1431623172101754884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the evacuation deadline is in its final days, officials say approximately 5,400 Americans have been evacuated since August 14.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/2-u-k-nationals-1-child-of-u-k-national-killed-in-suicide-bombing\/\">2 U.K. Nationals, 1 Child Of U.K. National Killed In Suicide Bombing<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. State Department Spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing on Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, D.C. 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