US : The United States is expected to announce that its evacuation flights from Kabul will now be able to land in several locations across Europe. U.S. officials said , as its largest military base in the Middle East has reached capacity.
The United States is desperately trying to evacuate thousands of people from Afghanistan as reports of Taliban reprisals against Afghans who worked with U.S.-led forces increase, forcing foreign powers to accelerate the evacuation effort.
But officials said no evacuation flights left Kabul for several hours on Friday because they had nowhere to go due an overflow at Al Udeid air base in Qatar, home to U.S. Central Command and already sheltering 8,000 Afghan evacuees. A senior administration official said the U.S. commander on the ground has ordered a restart.
More than 18,000 people have been flown out https://graphics.reuters.com/AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/KABUL-AIRPORT/zjpqkkwmypx/index.html since the Taliban militants took the capital Kabul, according to transatlantic alliance NATO.
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