Minnesota Veteran, Afghanistan Expert React To U.S. Embassy Evacuation

CBS Minnesota

August 13, 2021

The Pentagon is sending roughly 3,000 American troops to Kabul to help evacuate many of the U.S. Embassy employees there.

This comes as the Taliban continues to gain ground in Afghanistan just before U.S. troops officially withdraw.

“We believe this is the prudent thing to do given the rapidly deteriorating security situation in and around Kabul,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said.

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