The United States Embassy in Afghanistan on Saturday called on its American citizens to avoid going to Kabul airport at the present time due to “potential security threats” that it did not disclose.
The embassy did not specify the nature of these threats, but an official At the White House it was revealed that during a Saturday morning meeting with his national security team, President Joe Biden discussed “the security situation in Afghanistan and counterterrorism operations, including the Afghan branch of ISIS.”
The warning posted on the website of the US Embassy in Afghanistan and posted on Twitter by the State Department in Washington talks about “potential security threats outside the gates of Kabul Airport.”
The embassy said In the warning, “We advise US citizens to avoid travel to the airport and to avoid the airport gates at this time unless they are individually instructed by representatives of the US Government to do so.” The US is developing new ways to transport people The evacuees are being evacuated to Kabul airport, a senior US official said Saturday, adding a new complication to an already chaotic effort to get people out of the Asian country after its rapid fall into the hands of the Taliban. The American, John Kirby, revealed the nature of the danger. He said in a press conference, “I will not go into details about our assessment of the threats or what the intelligence services say,” explaining that the situation in the city is very “volatile” and the dangers may develop “from hour to hour.”
“We continue to have regular contacts with Taliban leaders in Kabul, especially those responsible for crossings at the airport,” Kirby added. Kirby spoke of an urgent situation because the military is aiming to achieve the goal of completing the evacuation by August 31.
For his part, General Hank Taylor of the US Army Staff confirmed that “there has been no news of any change in the current situation of the enemy inside and around the airport so far.” On the evacuations, General Taylor said that 17,000 people have been evacuated since the operation began on August 14, including 2,500 Americans. Three other planes arrived at Kabul International Airport at the same time. Taylor added that despite the embassy’s warning, if American citizens came to the airport, the American forces would take care of them.
