American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday that killed a suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the airport, U.S. officials said, as the United States nears the end of its military presence in the city.
Blinken, who met with the president and top commanders at the White House Saturday morning, said the U.S. was doing "everything possible" to get the remaining Americans safely out of the country."We have about 300 American citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave. We are very actively working to help them get to the airport, get on a plane and get out of Afghanistan," Biden's top diplomat said.
"The hard reality of this mission is that at a certain point, direct contact was necessary between our people, our men and women in uniform, and those coming into the airport," Blinken said, when pressed by Raddatz why more steps weren't taken to ensure troop security after the warning went out. "Whenever you have something as horrific as this, anytime we have a loss of life, we're going to go back and look very hard at what was done, and whether anything could have been done better," Blinken said, again stressing the dangerous mission at hand.But with a ticking clock, and the administration committed to keeping their Aug.
"One hundred and fourteen countries have made very clear that it's their expectation that the Taliban will permit people to travel, going past Aug. 31. So, that is a clear expectation, across the entire world, across the entire international community," Blinken argued.
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