The U.S. Embassy in Kabul warned on Sunday that the security situation in Afghanistan was deteriorating and instructed American citizens to 'shelter in place' amid reports of gunfire at the airport in Afghanistan's capital.
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"Right now, the plan that we're putting into effect is to move personnel from the embassy compound in the capital to a location at the airport to ensure that they can operate safely and securely," Blinken said on ABC's "This Week." "This is manifestly not Saigon," Blinken argued, characterizing the drawdown of embassy and other personnel as "very deliberate."Smoke rises next to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the embassy.
Cheney said that Biden's decision to withdrawal all U.S. forces is catastrophic but that he is not solely to blame. She noted that former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set the withdrawal in motion after signing a deal with the Taliban, under which the group agreed to renounce its ties to al-Qaida and the U.S. agreed to drawdown all forces.to the U.S. for secret meetings at Camp David, although he later canceled that session.
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