The danger of terrorist attacks means that the authorities in several countries, including the United States, warn their citizens against going to the airport.
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A spokesman for the US military said CNN that there is information about very specific threats from an IS terrorist group in Afghanistan about attacks on the crowds outside the airport. The terrorist group is bitter enemies of the Taliban.
The US Embassy in Kabul has asked its citizens to leave the airport immediately due to threats. Americans are asked to follow the advice unless they receive their own messages from other government officials at the airport.
Those at the three exit streets are asked to leave the area immediately. It also reports the British Foreign Office to its citizens.
– There is a persistent and high danger of terrorist attacks. Do not travel to Hamid Karzai International Airport. If you are near the airport, pull away to a safe place and wait for advice, says an updated travel advice from the British Foreign Office. They also say that the drive out to the airport is very dangerous and refer to allegations that people have been abused on the way to the airport, it is stated in a message from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to NTB.
A British defense source says Sky News that there is a “very high risk of terrorist attacks” against the evacuation operation.
The Australian Foreign Ministry has also announced the same.
– Do not travel to Kabul airport. If you are at the airport, move to a safe place and wait for further information.
1500 Americans are waiting according to AP on being evacuated from the country. According to US General Hank Taylor, 10,000 people are still at the airport awaiting evacuation, writes CBS.
On Tuesday, it became known that the President of the United States Joe Biden will pull all Americans out of Afghanistan on August 31, despite the fact that there has been a lot of pressure on him from allied countries to extend the deadline.
“The sooner we get done, the better,” he said. At the press conference on Tuesday, he stated that the United States has already managed to evacuate 70,700 from Afghanistan.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide says Norway should continue with the evacuation as long as possible.
She says that the Norwegian evacuation may have to stop even earlier if the deadline is not moved.
Night to Thursday it became known that Belgium and Poland end evacuation from Kabul.
The EU has asked the US to secure the airport even after 31 August, but Biden has so far not expressed that there is anything the US will do.
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