The U.S. will send an additional 1,000 troops to Hamid Karzai International Airport to help restore order and evacuate American and Afghan personnel, the Pentagon said Monday
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WASHINGTON—. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had authorized the additional forces out of “an abundance of caution.” Mr. Kirby also said the Pentagon would use two more military airbases, in addition to one in Fort Lee, Va., to house Afghan interpreters who worked for the U.S. and others outside of Afghanistan. Mr. Kirby wouldn’t identify the other two bases.
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