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Families begin to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/Handout via Reuters
The United States has evacuated more than 4,000 American passport holders plus their families from Afghanistan in the ongoing airlift from Kabul, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.
“We expect that number to grow in coming days,” Kirby said.
