Kabul airport attack: 5 rockets intercepted by US missile defense system: LIVE UPDATES
U.S. evacuation flights of Americans and vulnerable Afghans continue out of Kabul, but at a reduced pace, one day ahead of President Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.
It is not accurate to say U.S. evacuation flights “have ended,” officials tell Fox News
A White House official said Monday that around 1,200 people have been evacuated from Kabul between 3 a.m. ET Sunday and the same time this morning.
The evacuees fled Afghanistan on 26 U.S. military and two coalition flights.
Since Aug. 14, the U.S. has now evacuated or facilitated the evacuation of around 116,700 people, the official added.
Marines post photo of dignified transfer of fallen service members killed in Kabul
Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II Aug. 29, 2021, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The fallen service members died while supporting non-combat operations in Kabul.
Gone, but never forgotten. pic.twitter.com/7HzJvnFrSD
— U.S. Marines (@USMC) August 29, 2021
The U.S. Marines took to Twitter late Sunday to post a photo of the flag-draped transfer cases of the fallen service members who died last week during the bombing in Kabul.
The cases were inside a C-17 Globemaster II and the photo was taken on Aug. 29. The bodies were headed to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
“Gone, but never forgotten,” read the caption.