Qatar evacuates 28 Americans from Kabul

International

19-09-2021, 09:07

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Baghdad-INA

The U.S. State Department announced that a Qatar Airways plane evacuated 28 Americans from the Afghan capital Kabul.

"We can confirm that a Qatar Airways flight departed Kabul yesterday with 28 U.S. citizens and 7 legal residences permit holders on board," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement, praising "continued coordination by Qatari authorities on these flights.”

"The international community welcomes the Taliban's cooperation in these trips," Price said, adding that "we will continue to work together to ensure that U.S. and Afghan citizens enjoy full freedom of movement."

U.S. forces left Afghanistan on August 31, ending the more than 20-year U.S. military presence in the country.