JUST IN: @DeptofDefense @StateDept "completing a series of steps to secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport to enable the safe departure of U.S. and allied personnel from #Afghanistan via civilian and military flights" per joint statement
#Kabul
#Kabul
NEW: US to take over air traffic control at #Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport "to enable the safe departure of US and allied personnel from Afghanistan via civilian and military flights" per @DeptofDefense @StateDept
US evacuation efforts focused on "thousands of American citizens who have been resident in #Afghanistan, as well as locally employed staff of the US mission in #Kabul & their families and other particularly vulnerable Afghan nationals" per @DeptofDefense @StateDept
#Afghanistan-#SIVs - "For all categories, Afghans who have cleared security screening will continue to be transferred directly to the United States. And we will find additional locations for those yet to be screened" per @DeptofDefense @StateDept
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