{"id":946575,"date":"2021-10-31T18:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946575"},"modified":"2021-10-31T18:59:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:59:30","slug":"blinken-about-340-americans-afghans-evacuated-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-about-340-americans-afghans-evacuated-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken: About 340 Americans, Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fblinken-about-340-americans-afghans-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=946575&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_2566097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2566097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on modernizing American diplomacy during a speech from the Department of States Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, on October 27, 2021. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:02 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, October 31, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives insight into the department\u2019s efforts in getting Americans out of Afghanistan, as well as current talks regarding the Iran nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken has continued to defend the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to evacuate Americans and allies out of Afghanistan. During a series of interviews on Sunday, Blinken claimed about 340 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the Biden administration has come under immense scrutiny over the botched withdrawal and has been pressed to do more to help those in danger in the Taliban-ruled country. Blinken stressed his department has ramped up efforts to coordinate better evacuations as more stranded allies have expressed interest in leaving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re at this 24\/7. We have teams of several hundred people in the State Department, and also other parts of our government working on this every single day,\u201d the secretary of state said.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also assessed the department is constantly working with thousands of Afghan allies who qualify for Special Immigrant Visas.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he touched on nuclear negotiations, saying the U.S. is \u201cabsolutely in lock step\u201d with France, Britain and Germany on getting Iran to rejoin a nuclear deal. The four countries are also reportedly working with China and Russia to come up with an agreement to limit nuclear weapons developed in those countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is in talks with Britain, Germany and France on getting Iran back into a nuclear deal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ycYm2dN5Hh\">https:\/\/t.co\/ycYm2dN5Hh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHJyscBxr1\">pic.twitter.com\/oHJyscBxr1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1454927409103482881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe still believe diplomacy is the best path forward for putting the nuclear program back in the box that had been in under the agreement, the so-called JCPOA. But we were also looking at, as necessary, other options if Iran is not prepared to engage quickly in good faith, to pick up where we left off in June, when these talks were interrupted by the change in government in Iran,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cAnd if we can, get it as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When questioned if \u201cother options\u201d included military action, Blinken said every option is on the table. Although, he noted Iran is moving aggressively with its program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time it would take for it to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon is getting shorter and shorter. The other thing that\u2019s getting shorter is the runway we have, where, if we do get back into compliance with the agreement, and Iran gets back into compliance, we actually recapture all of the benefits of the agreement,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why it was so important that we get together with our close partners in this effort. We are all very much on the same page in terms of the path forward and we\u2019ll see if Iran is serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/bidens-commerce-secy-raimondo-tries-to-defend-mishandling-of-supply-chains\/\">Biden\u2019s Commerce Secy. 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