Biden Reveals How Many American Citizens Might Still Be in Afghanistan

Biden Reveals How Many American Citizens Might Still Be in Afghanistan
Afghan people sit as they wait to leave Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021. After a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee Taliban terrorists. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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President Joe Biden during a Wednesday ABC News interview revealed there may be about 15,000 Americans stuck in Afghanistan as U.S. forces hastily attempt to evacuate them at the Kabul airport.

Also trying to escape are tens of thousands of Afghans who either fought alongside or provided assistance to the United States but fear reprisal attacks from the Taliban, an extremist group that took over most of the country and its capital this week.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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