The U.S. has no plans to evacuate Americans in Afghanistan who are located outside Kabul, according to a report Tuesday. Neither the State Department nor the Defense Department immediately responded to after-hours requests for comment from Fox News. A former State Department contractor told Fox News that Taliban fighters have also established checkpoints throughout Kabul and around the airport. The precise number of Americans outside Kabul was not immediately clear but up to 15,000 may still be in Afghanistan, the Post reported. Sullivan was asked by a CBS reporter if U.S. troops will be pulled from Afghanistan before all Americans and Afghan allies are out.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2021 09:52 UTC