2,000 Evacuated From Afghanistan Over Past 24 Hours, Including 325 Americans: Pentagon

A Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit escorts Department of State personnel to be processed for evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021. Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via AP

Some 2,000 people have been flown out of the U.S.-held airport in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, U.S. military officials told reporters in Washington early on Aug. 19.

That includes more than 300 Americans, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.