{"id":332396,"date":"2021-08-30T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/over-122k-people-have-been-evacuated-from-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:39:00","slug":"over-122k-people-have-been-evacuated-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/over-122k-people-have-been-evacuated-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"#Over 122K people have been evacuated from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Over 122K people have been evacuated from Afghanistan<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>More than 122,000 people have now been evacuated from war-torn Afghanistan by the US and its allies \u2014 more than the population of Caribbean vacation destination Aruba.<\/p>\n<p>With less than 24 hours until the deadline to withdraw from the Taliban-controlled country hits, a stream of US military jets continued to take off and land at Kabul\u2019s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday.   <\/p>\n<p>Other allied countries have already ended their evacuations amid the deadly chaos last week that saw 13 US service members and dozens of Afghans killed by an ISIS suicide bomber. <\/p>\n<p>In total, the US and its allies have evacuated 122,300 people from Afghanistan since July, according to the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Flights ramped up when the Taliban seized control on Aug. 14 with 116,700 evacuated since then. <\/p>\n<p>In the 24 hours into Sunday morning, about 1,200 were taken out of Kabul on US military flights \u2014 far less than the 12,700 evacuated in a single day last week. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>roximately 5,400 US citizens have been evacuated in the last two weeks.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/stranded-kabul-airport-009-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane.\" class=\"wp-image-19290760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/stranded-kabul-airport-009-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/stranded-kabul-airport-009-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/stranded-kabul-airport-009-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Evacuation flights ramped up when the Taliban seized control on August 14.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shekib Rahmani\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US has refused to say how many Afghans will be taken in by the United States before the stated deadline, which will come into effect at 3:29 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, Aug. 31. <\/p>\n<p>But the Defense Department said last week it was building facilities on seven military bases to handle up to 50,000 evacuees.<\/p>\n<p>As of late last week, there were already 21,000\u00a0Afghans at Virginia\u2019s Fort Lee, Fort Bliss in Texas, Wisconsin\u2019s Fort McCoy and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuation-118.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Evacuees aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III.\" class=\"wp-image-19290774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuation-118.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuation-118.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuation-118.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The US has refused to say how many Afghans will be taken in by the United States before the August 31 deadline.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USAF\/Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additional bases are being set up in Virginia\u2019s Marine Corps Base Quantico and Fort Pickett and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to house extra evacuees.<\/p>\n<p>US officials expect to reach the 50,000 capacity by Sep. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being clear to fly into the United States, Afghan evacuees are being processed by US Customs and Border agents at airbases in Qatar and Bahrain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-Airport-074.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A child waits with her family to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.\" class=\"wp-image-19290737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-Airport-074.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-Airport-074.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-Airport-074.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Officials say 34 Afghan children have arrived in the US without any family members.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sgt. Samuel Ruiz\/US Marine Corps via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once cleared, they are flown to the US airbases to undergo medical screenings and additional checks. <\/p>\n<p>So far, officials say 34 Afghan children have arrived in the US without any family members, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/some-afghan-refugee-children-arriving-in-us-without-family-members\/\">CBS<\/a>. They are currently in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement.<\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns from other countries show France has taken in more than 2,600 Afghans, Italy evacuated 4,800 and Germany helped 4,100 Afghans flee in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-International-Airport-069-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.\" class=\"wp-image-19290805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-International-Airport-069-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-International-Airport-069-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hamid-Karzai-International-Airport-069-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Department of Defense is building facilities on seven military bases to handle up to 50,000 evacuees.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sgt. 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