NEW: Another 1,000 soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne have been ordered to head directly to Afghanistan's capital instead of Kuwait to assist in the evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghans who assisted the U.S. mission, a U.S. official told ABC News.
Earlier Sunday, both former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, issued a statement confirming that Ghani had left the country and they announced plans to form a new reconciliation council.
The Taliban reported earlier Sunday that its leaders were at the presidential palace to negotiate a transfer of power.The U.S. State Department announced Thursday it wasat the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the Pentagon began sending in troops to help facilitate those departures. The president on Saturday authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising the number of troops to 5,000 to assist with"orderly and safe drawdown.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul instructed all U.S. personnel to destroy items like documents and electronic devices to"reduce the amount of sensitive material on the property," according to an internal notice obtained by ABC News. The French Embassy in Kabul, like the United States, has moved its operations to the airport, but said in a statement that it remains operational and active.
"As always, our priority in these situations is ensuring the safety and security of Canadian personnel. They are now safely on their way back to Canada," the statement continued.
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