'We have had no hostile interactions, no attack and no threat by the Taliban.'
Major General Hank Taylor said that US military officials at the airport had been in communication with commanders of Taliban forces in recent days and that they were confident that the removal of thousands of US citizens and Afghans fleeing the country on US military aircraft would continue over the coming days.
Taylor said that since the airport was reopened early Tuesday following an hours-long closure for security problems, the US military has evacuated close to 800 people, among them 165 Americans, on seven flights. "We are confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe and orderly operations at the airport," he said.
Taylor spoke a day after security broke down at the airport, with videos showing hundreds of Afghans on the runway trying to impede a giant C-17 transport and clinging to it.Another, according to the Washington Post, was later found dead in a wheel well.Story continues
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