That's approximately 3,000 military personnel, according to @PentagonPresSec.
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"We certainly anticipate there will be airlift required of us," adds @PentagonPressSec.pic.twitter.com/v0cVef5xZR
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US military will also locate and help secure facilities for the movement and relocation of SIV applicants, says
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"I won't speculate beyond August 31st what the (US military) footprint is going to look like," says
@PentagonPresSec, answering reporters' questions about what he acknowledges is a "rapidly deteriorating security situation in and around Kabul."Näytä tämä ketju -
Another 1,000 military personnel to
#Qatar for helping to process SIV applicants and others being sent to#Kuwait to standby as a quick reaction force, if needed, explains@PentagonPresSec.Näytä tämä ketju -
"The Turks are still in the lead for security" at Hamid Karzai International Airport, says
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"I'm not going to do battlefield assessment from here at the Pentagon podium," replies
@Pentagon when asked about whether#Taliban have taken Herat in#Afghanistan.Näytä tämä ketju -
"The drawdown itself is still on track to be complete by August 31st" but US is adding specific troops right now for this additional specific focus, says
@PentagonPresSec.pic.twitter.com/o8kJwbTfcH
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Asked repeatedly by
@LucasFoxNews if this is a combat mission,@PentagonPresSec replies: "I've already described this mission three times."Näytä tämä ketju -
Replying to
@jseldin on cities falling to#Taliban despite US military air strikes,@PentagonPresSec says: "Obviously, no one is pleased to see the security situation in Afghanistan continue to deteriorate."Näytä tämä ketju -
There's no discussion about using the Kabul airport to conduct US air strikes in and around
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"We're not classifying this as a non-combat evacuation operation," states
@PentagonPresSec.pic.twitter.com/MF4HSX8hvU
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"I don't share your view of the irony," replies
@PentagonPresSec of thousands of US troops going to#Afghanistan and the region while the drawdown is supposed to be completed by the end of the month.Näytä tämä ketju -
"I'm not going to speculate about hypothetical situations," responds
@PentagonPresSec when asked about the impending "fall of Kabul."Näytä tämä ketju -
"They will have the ability to defend themselves" but this is not being called a combat operation, adds
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"Nobody is abandoning Afghanistan," declares @PentagonPressSec.
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Asked about whether this action will trigger panic among the people of
#Afghanistan,@PentagonPresSec replies: "This is about the safe movement of our people in Afghanistan."Näytä tämä ketju -
Clarifying: 3,000+ US troops back to
#Afghanistan ~3,500 additional US troops to the region to be on standby plus ~1,000 personnel to help process Afghans going through the special immigration process.Näytä tämä ketju -
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