Media Outlets: 11 Thousand US Nationals Are Still Stranded in Afghanistan

Senior officials of the US administration have announced that more than eleven thousand US nationals are still stranded in Afghanistan after the third day of taking over the country by fighters of the Taliban ( an Afghani Islamist militant movement).

“NBCnews”, a US news network, has quoted two US Senators as saying that they got the number of the stranded citizens in Afghanistan from leading officials in the national security agencies and the Defense Department.

It is worth noting that the Washington Post”, a US daily wide-circulated newspaper revealed this matter for the first time.

It pointed out that about 10 to 15 thousand US citizens are still stranded in Afghanistan despite the seizing of power in that country by the insurgents of the Taliban.

Jake Sullivan, US Adviser of the National Security, told reporters in the White House yesterday, Tuesday, that the Taliban informed the USA that the movement is ready to secure a safe path to civilians to Kabul International Airport, affirming that Washington intends to urge the Afghani movement to abide by that commitment.

The two Senators revealed that the Joe Biden administration has no plans to evacuate the US citizens outside Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, due to checkpoints run by the Taliban across the country.

On Monday, the US government said that it was ready to grant entry visas to more than 20 thousand Afghans to the US military bases.

On Tuesday night, US officials said that some 1100 US national and permanent residents and their families were evacuated from Afghanistan over thirteen flights.

It is worth noting the Afghani army and government collapsed after the withdrawal of the forces of the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after twenty years of occupation.

As the Afghani forces surrendered to the Taliban and former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, people crowded in Kabul Airport in an attempt to leave the country.