Another 21 Americans Evacuate Kabul via Charter Flight: US State Department

U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing on Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, on Aug. 16, 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

More than 20 Americans were on board a Qatar Airways flight from Afghanistan to Doha on Sept. 19 and have safely evacuated the Taliban-controlled country, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Monday.

“We can confirm that a Qatar Airways flight departed from Kabul ... with 21 U.S. citizens and 48 lawful permanent residents on board,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.