{"id":700656,"date":"2021-08-30T17:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T21:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=700656"},"modified":"2021-08-30T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T21:50:46","slug":"final-us-flight-leaves-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-us-flight-leaves-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Final US Flight Leaves 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\">10<\/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%2Ffinal-us-flight-leaves-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=700656&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 readability=\"28.087336244541\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">State Department official confirmed nearly 250 Americans still in country<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-scaled-e1629993779206.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/2021-08-25T231758Z_1_LYNXMPEH7O118_RTROPTP_4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tPeople line up for evacuation from Afghanistan \/ Reuters\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 August 30, 2021 5:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"60.346598639456\">\n<p><span>A U.S. government official confirmed the final American flight departed Afghanistan on Monday, completing the Biden administration\u2019s withdrawal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>Final plane is wheels up,&#8221; the official <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaveedAJamali\/status\/1432428298903113729?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> to <\/span><i><span>Newsweek<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;War is over.&#8221; <\/span><span>A U.S. State Department official, however, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickKalmanFN\/status\/1432416635047063561?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> a &#8220;small number&#8221; of Americans still remain trapped in Afghanistan. The official put the number at &#8220;below 250,&#8221; which only includes Americans who informed the government about intentions to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The end of operations in Afghanistan occurred past midnight in Kabul on Aug. 31, the final date set by the administration for the withdrawal. <\/span><span>War rages on for thousands of Afghans who are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/republicans-call-on-biden-to-recognize-afghan-opposition-over-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holding out<\/a> against Taliban rule through armed resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden saw through his controversial Aug. 31 withdrawal date even as lawmakers from both parties and Afghan allies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/afghan-interpreter-begs-us-to-extend-withdrawal-deadline-as-terrorists-strike-kabul-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>pleaded<\/span><\/a><span> with the White House to send troops to rescue translators, civil society leaders, and American citizens. The government has also provided no update on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-withdrawal-leaves-navy-vet-in-talibans-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>status<\/span><\/a><span> of Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran and civilian contractor kidnapped by the Taliban in January 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden forged ahead with the withdrawal on the heels of a deadly attack from ISIS-K, an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Terrorists from the militant group <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/four-marines-killed-in-afghan-airport-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>killed<\/span><\/a><span> 13 U.S. soldiers and nearly 100 Afghans at the Kabul airport. It was the bloodiest day for American troops in Afghanistan since 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security State Department official confirmed nearly 250 Americans still in country  People line up for evacuation from Afghanistan \/ Reuters  Jack Beyrer \u2022 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1893799,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700656","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}