A US official said that the Taliban authorities agreed to allow the departure of 200 American civilians and citizens of other countries who remained in Afghanistan after the end of the American evacuation process, on chartered planes from Kabul Airport.
The official told Reuters US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has put pressure on the Taliban to allow these people to leave.
The group is expected to leave Thursday. The official did not say whether the Americans and citizens of other countries were among those stranded for days in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif because chartered planes were not allowed to leave.
A senior US official said a few days ago that four Americans left Afghanistan by land, As part of the departures arranged by the United States for the first time since its withdrawal at the end of August from the country.
He added that the Taliban was aware of this and “did not prevent” them from leaving Afghanistan, without mentioning which border country they had entered. The Americans.
The American army set up a huge air bridge in Kabul in mid-August, which allowed the evacuation of about 123,000 people until the date of its withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Washington said that 75 to 80 percent of these were “Afghans who were exposed.”
US officials say that other Americans may have left since the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August, but through their own means.
Washington confirms that it It is closely watching whether the Taliban will keep their promise to let US and allied nationals go, while looking at how to deal with the movement that has seized the capital, Cape Town.
US officials say that more than 100 Americans, most of them dual nationals, are still in Afghanistan after the airlift that allowed tens of thousands of people to be evacuated.
The opponents of US President Joe Biden were quick to accuse him of abandoning Americans.
It is believed that tens of thousands of translators and other people who supported the mission of the United States and their families are still in Afghanistan and many of them fear reprisals despite assurances The Taliban movement.
With the chaos that pervades Kabul Airport, the land routes remain the most prominent way out of Afghanistan, especially through Pakistan or Iran, which does not have diplomatic relations with Washington.
