U.S. forces were rushing to evacuate all staff from the city's American embassy after Biden authorized the deployment of 5,000 troops to the country.
The embassy will close once all personnel are transferred out, a person familiar with the situation told NBC News, and there have been intense negotiations with the Taliban for safe passage.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Chuck Todd on Meet the Press that the president was focused “first and foremost” on the safety and security of U.S. personnel. He said the U.S. would maintain a core diplomatic presence, and in effect an embassy, at a location at Kabul's airport. Blinken said the “inability” of the Afghan security forces to defend their country played a “very powerful role” in the rapid Taliban takeover of parts of the country. But he said that in terms of the threat posed to the United States before 9/11, he thought America was in a “much better” place.In a nationwide offensive that has taken just over a week, the militants encircled the Afghan capital as the group surprised Washington, Kabul and even its own fighters with the speed of the campaign.
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