Illustration picture shows the arrival of a chartered Air Belgium airplane carrying evacuated people from Afghanistan, at the military airport in Melsbroek, Tuesday 24 August 2021. The Belgian military evacuation mission 'Operation Red Kite' flies defense cargo planes back and forth between the Pakistani capital Islamabad and Kabul in Afghanistan, to get Belgians and their families, but also Afghans such as interpreters, fixers and employees of human rights organizations safely out of Afghanistan. BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND (Photo by ERIC LALMAND/Belga/Sipa USA)
BELGIUM: MELSBROEK MILITARY EVACUATION AFGHANISTAN TUESDAY
New York, NY (77WABC)- The Pentagon is reporting several thousand Americans are being evacuated from Afghanistan right now, but won’t go into further detail at the moment. While there has been no change to the timeline of the mission (August 31st deadline), it’s being reported that over 4500 Americans are in the process of leaving.
They also noted that COVID screenings are happening throughout all steps of the evacuation process.
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