U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP
Several thousand Americans have been flown from Afghanistan on U.S. military and charter flights since the Taliban took over the country in mid-August, the U.S. military stated on Aug. 23.
“Since the 14th, we believe we have been able to evacuate several thousand Americans,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington.
