The Latest: Biden says 11,000 flown from Kabul over weekend

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says 11,000 individuals were evacuated from Kabul over the weekend and he remains committed to assisting all Americans who want to leave Afghanistan get out.

Biden added Sunday that his first priority is getting American citizens out of Afghanistan “as quickly and safely as possible.”

In the president’s words: “We’re working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. That’s our mission. That’s our goal.”

Biden also says he is also activating the civilian reserve air fleet provided by commercial airlines to help move evacuees from third country waystations on to the United States.



In this Aug. 21, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) provides fresh water to a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-evacuation-3e03946e8f84540927761d0b83efd769

[marble falls]

1. I hope this quiets down some the complainers.

[Strelnikov_]

4. Ha ha . . . ha ha ha ha . . . hah ha ha ha ha . . . argh . . . . thunk n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Great news. Soldier in photo should help/show the young girl to open the water. She doesn't know.

[Dream Girl]

5. She looks pretty western to me.

But maybe too young?

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Yeah too little. Bottle is bigger than her arms and her expression says "What? is that"?

[Dream Girl]

18. Lol. She kind of looks like she can hold her own.

[pfitz59]

20. Not too young for the Taliban

'Marrying age'.

[secondwind]

7. Probably better for her to take it like this and have a parent open it, you never know if there's

a movement or something and she will spill the precious water.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. I wonder if a parent was there? Suspecting not, but don't know.

[likesmountains 52]

9. Maybe he already loosened it.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Maybe so

[LakeArenal]

10. Lots of bottled water seen around. Someone will open it.

[Ocelot II]

12. Give the soldier a little credit, ffs. He probably has loosened the cap

or will show her how.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. photos are tough. I have kids that would not have known. Personal bias I guess. Not dissing the GI

for giving. Shouldn't have even commented; I've just seen that look before.

[ancianita]

3. Up 'til Friday it was 15,000, right? So now we can get a fairly close estimate?

Guess I'll wait to read it in the NYT this week. We've only got 'til the 31st.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. The White House needs to start selling this as a mini-berlin airlift.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. I bet they will. They're probably not wanting to count their chickens.

Their priority is to get all Americans out safe and secure. If they do that, they can start touting it. But touting it now and having something go wrong will only worsen the perception.

[underpants]

15. Good Marine.

[Bluethroughu]

21. This is what I love to see.

[George II]

16. Great news. I wish the networks would report this instead of intentionally deflating the numbers....

With this 11,000 that should bring the total to over 40,000. I believe the original estimate of those needing to be airlifted was about 70,000, which is getting us close.

[FloridaBlues]

19. I was somewhat surprised how many We would have to get out. So far troops might do this soon.