US working to assist Americans who want to leave Afghanistan: Antony Blinken
1 year, 9 months ago

US working to assist Americans who want to leave Afghanistan: Antony Blinken

Hindustan Times  

The US is working to assist 44 Americans who want to leave Afghanistan and numerous others who have been detained by the de facto authorities, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Khaama Press reported. Blinken was speaking before the Congress when members of the opposition Republican Party went on the offensive on the US exit from Afghanistan in 2021 and requested the release of a State Department internal dissent cable, according to Khaama Press. On being asked how many Americans remain in the war-torn country, Blinken said: "There are several Americans whom the Taliban are detaining. Forty-four of them are ready to leave, and we are working to effectuate their departure," Blinken said, as quoted by Khaama Press.

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Blinken grilled on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
1 week, 5 days ago

Blinken grilled on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony is disrupted by protesters at the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP WASHINGTON — US Congressional Republicans on Wednesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. …

Blinken grilled on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
1 week, 5 days ago

Blinken grilled on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

China Daily  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony is disrupted by protesters at the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP WASHINGTON — US Congressional Republicans on Wednesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. …

EXPLAINER: What happened to the Afghanistan evacuation?
3 years ago

EXPLAINER: What happened to the Afghanistan evacuation?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan didn’t end with the departure of the last U.S. troops on Aug. 30, but it did slow to a trickle. Most of the departures, however, have been carried out quietly for remaining American citizens, U.S. residents or people with the special immigrant visa for those who worked as military …

US urged to help more people escape Taliban-led Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

US urged to help more people escape Taliban-led Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Members of the AfghanEvac Coalition …

United States announces USD 144 million in humanitarian aid for people of Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

United States announces USD 144 million in humanitarian aid for people of Afghanistan

India TV News  

The United States will provide USD 144 million in assistance to the people of Afghanistan who have been facing a grave humanitarian crisis under the Taliban, Secretary of State Tony Blinken announced in Washington. With this, the total American humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees in the region increases to nearly USD474 million in 2021, the largest amount …

Antony Blinken defense of Afghan policy clouded by al-Qaida warning
3 years, 3 months ago

Antony Blinken defense of Afghan policy clouded by al-Qaida warning

India TV News  

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought to parry bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal, as new intelligence estimates warned that al-Qaida could soon again use Afghan soil to plot attacks on the United States. “The execution of the U.S. withdrawal was clearly and fatally flawed,” said committee chairman Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who has been …

Taliban must allow departures from Afghanistan, Blinken says
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban must allow departures from Afghanistan, Blinken says

Al Jazeera  

Top US diplomat criticises new Afghan government but says administration’s engagement with the Taliban will continue. The new Taliban-led Afghan government must live up to its commitments to allow safe passage for those looking to leave Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Enabling the departures of people seeking to leave, “preventing terrorist groups from using Afghanistan as …

US working with Taliban to enable charter flight ops from Kabul, says Blinken
3 years, 3 months ago

US working with Taliban to enable charter flight ops from Kabul, says Blinken

Hindustan Times  

US secretary of state Antony Blinken, who is currently in Qatar, said on Tuesday that the state department is working with the Taliban to enable additional charter flights to operate from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport for people wishing to leave Afghanistan. US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the Taliban have reiterated that they would allow people with travel …

Antony Blinken says U.S. working with Taliban on flights
3 years, 3 months ago

Antony Blinken says U.S. working with Taliban on flights

The Hindu  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the State Department is working with the Taliban to facilitate additional charter flights from Kabul for people seeking to leave Afghanistan after the American military and diplomatic departure. Mr. Blinken said the Taliban have given assurances of safe passage for all seeking to leave Afghanistan with proper travel documents. Mr. Blinken said the …

Taliban vowed to let Afghans 'freely depart' from country, says Blinken after Qatar talks
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban vowed to let Afghans 'freely depart' from country, says Blinken after Qatar talks

India Today  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the Taliban had reiterated a pledge to allow Afghans to freely depart Afghanistan following his meeting with Qatari officials on accelerating evacuations. The Taliban told the United States that "they will let people with travel documents freely depart," Blinken told a news conference in Doha where he and Defense Secretary Lloyd …

US top diplomat Blinken visits Qatar in wake of Taliban takeover
3 years, 3 months ago

US top diplomat Blinken visits Qatar in wake of Taliban takeover

Al Jazeera  

Secretary of State Blinken says ‘no country has done more than Qatar’ during the US military withdrawal and civilian exodus from Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and other top Qatari officials in Doha for talks on Afghanistan – shortly after the …

Hundreds wait for clearance to leave Afghanistan’s Mazar airport
3 years, 3 months ago

Hundreds wait for clearance to leave Afghanistan’s Mazar airport

Al Jazeera  

Afghan girls from a US-based NGO and a number of Americans among group that has been trying to leave for a week. Marina LeGree, the founder and executive director of a small US non-governmental organisation active in Afghanistan, said on Monday that some 600 to 1,300 people, including girls from her group, had been waiting near the Mazar-i-Sharif airport for …

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain
3 years, 3 months ago

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of Afghanistan, they left behind up to 200 Americans and thousands of desperate Afghans who couldn’t get out and now must rely on the Taliban to allow their departure. “Our commitment to them holds no deadline.” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told reporters …

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain
3 years, 3 months ago

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of Afghanistan Monday, they left behind up to 200 Americans and thousands of desperate Afghans who couldn’t get out and now must rely on the Taliban to allow their departure. But I think if we’d stayed another 10 days we wouldn’t have gotten everybody out that we …

US pledges to pressure Taliban to allow departures past August 31
3 years, 4 months ago

US pledges to pressure Taliban to allow departures past August 31

Al Jazeera  

‘There is no deadline on our work’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, vowing to help people leave Afghanistan after US withdrawal. The United States military may be leaving Afghanistan by August 31, but Washington’s efforts to help its citizens and Afghan allies leave the country will continue well beyond that deadline, Biden administration officials said on Wednesday. “The Taliban …

US Secretary of State Blinken mistakens Ghani as Hamid Karzai in interview slip-up | Watch
3 years, 4 months ago

US Secretary of State Blinken mistakens Ghani as Hamid Karzai in interview slip-up | Watch

India Today  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a TV interview, mistakenly referred to ousted Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani as Hamid Karzai, who led Afghanistan’s first government after the Taliban were overthrown in 2001 and was president until 2014. While speaking on the evacuations in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a slip-up, said Hamid Karzai fled the country …

US expands Afghan refugee program as Taliban violence rises
3 years, 4 months ago

US expands Afghan refugee program as Taliban violence rises

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday expanded its efforts to assist at-risk Afghan citizens flee Taliban violence as fighting intensifies ahead of the U.S. military pullout at the end of the month. The State Department said it is widening the scope of Afghans eligible for refugee status in United States to include current and former employees of U.S.-based news …

Blinken says administration is ‘considering every option’ to assist Afghans who helped US but lawmakers are ‘frustrated’
3 years, 6 months ago

Blinken says administration is ‘considering every option’ to assist Afghans who helped US but lawmakers are ‘frustrated’

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the Biden administration is looking “at every possible contingency” to help thousands of Afghans who may be at risk of retaliation from the Taliban after US forces withdraw but his answers left lawmakers and advocates frustrated. Congressman Mike McCaul of Texas, the lead Republican on the committee, called on …

Blinken says US withdrawal from Afghanistan will concentrate the minds of ‘free riders’ in the region
3 years, 7 months ago

Blinken says US withdrawal from Afghanistan will concentrate the minds of ‘free riders’ in the region

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Tuesday that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will concentrate the minds of “free riders” in the region about their interests in keeping the country stable. Neither the Afghan government or the Taliban do, none of Afghanistan’s neighbors do, neighbors and other countries in the region that have basically been …

Blinken Visits Afghanistan After Biden Announces Troop Withdrawal
3 years, 8 months ago

Blinken Visits Afghanistan After Biden Announces Troop Withdrawal

NPR  

Blinken Visits Afghanistan After Biden Announces Troop Withdrawal Enlarge this image toggle caption Sapidar Palace via AP Sapidar Palace via AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul on Thursday in an unannounced visit that comes just a day after President Biden announced he has decided to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, ending America's longest conflict. Blinken …

Secretary of State Blinken visits Afghanistan day after US announces plans for withdrawal
3 years, 8 months ago

Secretary of State Blinken visits Afghanistan day after US announces plans for withdrawal

CNN  

CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday in an unannounced visit less than 24 hours after the United States and the NATO coalition formally announced they would withdraw their troops from the country after nearly two decades. Blinken also emphasized the importance of the Afghan parties working to achieve a peaceful settlement and warned that …

US to coordinate Afghan troop withdrawal with NATO: Blinken
3 years, 8 months ago

US to coordinate Afghan troop withdrawal with NATO: Blinken

Al Jazeera  

The US top diplomat spoke shortly before he was set to meet with his European counterparts in Brussels. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US will work with NATO allies on a “coordinated” withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Tuesday, a US official told reporters that President Joe Biden had decided to completely withdraw US troops from Afghanistan on …

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