Talking throughout a information convention in Singapore alongside the nation’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden administration is “singularly centered” on evacuating People, Afghan allies, and at-risk Afghans because the safety scenario continues to deteriorate in Kabul following the Taliban takeover.
“I believe there’s going to be loads of time to research what has occurred and what has taken place within the context of the withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Harris mentioned. “However proper now, we’re singularly centered on evacuating Americans, Afghans who labored with us, and Afghans who’re weak, together with ladies and youngsters.”
Harris mentioned there can be a “sturdy evaluation” of the best way the USA’ withdrawal from Afghanistan has been executed. Critics have assailed the Biden administration for going forward with the evacuation regardless of intelligence briefings that warned of the pace at which the Taliban would seize again management of Afghanistan.
“There’s no query there can be and needs to be a sturdy evaluation of what has occurred. However proper now, there is no such thing as a query that our focus needs to be on evacuating Americans, Afghans who labored with us, and weak Afghans, together with ladies and youngsters. That needs to be our main focus and the place we’re inserting our consideration on the problem of Afghanistan,” Harris mentioned.
Greater than 30,000 individuals have been evacuated from Afghanistan because the finish of July; the Pentagon said Saturday that greater than 17,000 individuals had been evacuated because the evacuation operation started on August 14.
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