The second group of Marines arrived in Kabul Saturday to assist with the full evacuation of the U.S. embassy from the capital of Afghanistan as the Taliban continues to make violent advances across the country.
Less than 24 hours later, the U.S. embassy in Kabul was evacuated and the country's president had been forced to flee the country as Taliban fighters raised their flag above the city to soon declare it the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
"First of all, these troops are fully armed and in their full battle gear. They are going into a situation prepared for the worst case. And frankly, that’s what they got to do because they are going to be charged with a mission of protecting American lives, evacuating Americans, evacuating others that they may be told to evacuate, and they have to be prepared for all eventualities."
Earlier in the day, a U.S. defense official told Fox News that Kabul could fall to the Taliban at any moment."It could be tomorrow," the official said,"or it could be a month." TALIBAN INSURGENTS TAKE KANDAHAR, HERAT AS US PLANS TO EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM EMBASSY IN KABUL "If you get a bunch of Taliban fighters in there, you need to be able to fight a battle to keep those lines open. You can’t lose the line to the airport," he added.
President Biden authorized the deployment of an additional 1,000 troops to be deployed to Afghanistan Saturday, after approving the deployment of 3,000 service members earlier in the week.
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