An official said approximately 111,900 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan's capital city since August 14.
The U.S. evacuated around 6,800 people from the Afghan capital of Kabul between August 27 and August 28, according to the White House, as efforts to get U.S. citizens and U.S. Afghan allies out of the country continue.
A White House official issued a statement on evacuation numbers via the White House press pool early on Saturday and also provided an estimate for those evacuated since August 14. The"From August 27 at 3:00 AM EDT to August 28 at 3:00 AM EDT, a total of approximately 6,800 people were evacuated from Kabul," the official said.
These evacuations took place over the 24-hour period on Friday and early Saturday following the deadly bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday that killed 13 U.S. troops and over 100 Afghans. "This is the result of 32 US military flights which carried approximately 4,000 evacuees, and 34 coalition flights which carried 2,800 people," the statement went on.
"Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 111,900 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 117,500 people," the statement said.
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