Blinken Says up to 1,500 US Citizens Still Stranded in Afghanistan as Biden Laughs Off Question
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that up to 1,500 US citizens are still stranded in Afghanistan — shortly after President Biden joked with a reporter who asked about possibly leaving Americans behind in the Taliban-controlled nation.
Blinken gave the figure after US officials repeatedly said they didn’t know how many Americans remain in Afghanistan as Biden prepares to remove all troops in just days to adhere to an Aug. 31 deadline.
Among those still stranded in Afghanistan are 24 schoolkids and 16 parents from southern California, who took a trip to the war-torn country to visit extended family over the summer and have reportedly been trying to make their way to the Kabul airport to get on evacuation flights while they still can.
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