WASHINGTON, DC - On Sunday at 4:00 p.m. President Joe Biden will brief Americans on preparations to expel Americans and Afghan friends from Afghanistan.
According to the White House, Biden will meet with his national security team to receive information on intelligence, security and diplomacy on Afghanistan. He will then speak about the evacuation of US citizens, special immigrant visa applicants and their families, and other Afghans at risk.
Biden will also provide an update on his administration's response to Hurricane Henry.
Before the deadline for the withdrawal of all troops, set in the United States on August 31, American forces are trying to evacuate the Americans and the Afghan allies as quickly as possible. American evacuations are thwarted by crowds of Afghans who want to leave the country and the Taliban checkpoints.
Flights from Afghanistan were delayed on Saturday due to difficulties in securing accommodation for migrants leaving Kabul. All doors at Kabul airport were closed on Saturday due to service at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, according to a Defense Ministry official who was not allowed to comment publicly.
Most US military evacuation planes fly from Kabul to Qatar, and the latter's inability to serve more evacuees is having an impact.
US commercial airlines joined in the evacuation.
On Sunday, the Pentagon said it would use commercial airlines to help evacuate Kabul.
According to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin mobilized 18 Civilian Reserve Air Force planes to help the State Department provide airlift.
The addition of 18 commercial jets - three from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air, Kirby said; two from Hawaiian Airlines; and four from United Airlines - will not affect business operations. These planes will not land at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport. According to Kirby, "they will be used for the subsequent movement of passengers from temporary shelters and intermediate bases."
Civilian aircraft were deployed three times: once to support Desert Shield / Storm (August 1990 to May 1991) and once to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (August 1990 to May 1991). (From February 2002 to June 2003).
According to the White House, Biden will meet with his national security team to receive information on intelligence, security and diplomacy on Afghanistan. He will then speak about the evacuation of US citizens, special immigrant visa applicants and their families, and other Afghans at risk.
Biden will also provide an update on his administration's response to Hurricane Henry.
Before the deadline for the withdrawal of all troops, set in the United States on August 31, American forces are trying to evacuate the Americans and the Afghan allies as quickly as possible. American evacuations are thwarted by crowds of Afghans who want to leave the country and the Taliban checkpoints.
Flights from Afghanistan were delayed on Saturday due to difficulties in securing accommodation for migrants leaving Kabul. All doors at Kabul airport were closed on Saturday due to service at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, according to a Defense Ministry official who was not allowed to comment publicly.
Most US military evacuation planes fly from Kabul to Qatar, and the latter's inability to serve more evacuees is having an impact.
US commercial airlines joined in the evacuation.
On Sunday, the Pentagon said it would use commercial airlines to help evacuate Kabul.
According to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin mobilized 18 Civilian Reserve Air Force planes to help the State Department provide airlift.
The addition of 18 commercial jets - three from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air, Kirby said; two from Hawaiian Airlines; and four from United Airlines - will not affect business operations. These planes will not land at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport. According to Kirby, "they will be used for the subsequent movement of passengers from temporary shelters and intermediate bases."
Civilian aircraft were deployed three times: once to support Desert Shield / Storm (August 1990 to May 1991) and once to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (August 1990 to May 1991). (From February 2002 to June 2003).
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