1,500 American Still In Kabul.

August 25, 2021 Glen Turpening

Approximately 1,500 Americans are still in Kabul awaiting an evacuation from the country. (AP News)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift — rescuing U.S. citizens — ahead of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline. Untold thousands of at-risk Afghans, however, still are struggling to get into the Kabul airport, while many thousands of other Afghans already have been flown to safety in 12 days of round-the-clock flights. On Wednesday, several of the Americans working phones and pulling strings to get out former Afghan colleagues, women’s advocates, journalists and other vulnerable Afghans said they have seen little concrete U.S. action so far to get those Afghans past Taliban checkpoints and through U.S-controlled airport gates to promised evacuation flights.

By ROBERT BURNS, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE

The Afghanistan withdrawal was less than ideal to say the least and could diminish America’s standing in the World. It is now important that we make right by the Americans who are still in the warring nation and must be evacuated as soon as possible. Without immediate intervention to save these stranded people, they could be marooned far from their homes for years to come. The Taliban claims to have moderated their views, I seriously doubt any real change has occurred.