The Pentagon is sending troops to Karzai International Airport in Kabul to help drawdown personnel at the U.S. embassy as the Taliban continues its offensive in Afghanistan.
. In the past week, the Taliban has overtaken at least 10 provincial capitals and Kandahar City is "in the process of falling" according to a U.S. official.
The evacuation plan had been ready to go for two weeks. A U.S. official said the fall of Ghazni, so close to Kabul, on Wednesday is what pushed it to a decision. The Pentagon anticipates having to facilitate the airlift of embassy personnel and the forward movement of Special Immigrant Visas applicants and is working through the final plans now, according to Kirby.
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