Aliban open fire amid nti-pak rally in Kabul
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Blinken said on Tuesday the United States is in contact with about 100 Americans who have remained behind in Afghanistan and is working to make sure charter flights can leave safely.
In the weeks before the last U.S. troops completed their withdrawal from Kabul, U.s.-led foreign forces evacuated about 124,000 foreigners and at-risk Afghans but tens of thousands who fear Taliban retribution were left behind.
Speaking to reporters on a visit to Doha, capital of the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar, Blinken said Taliban officials had told the United States they would let people with travel documents depart freely.
At the same news conference, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said his country hoped Kabul airport would be operational in the next few days, but no deal had yet been reached on how to run it.