Only 3 days remain for international troops to evacuate Afghan citizens and depart Afghanistan.
The State Department stated Saturday that there are approximately 350 Americans who want to leave.
Since the Taliban's overthrow, 5,400 Americans have been evacuated safely from Afghanistan.
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According to the State Department, around 350 Americans who want to flee Afghanistan remain in the country.
These are the only Americans that the department was able to confirm are still in the country. Many of them were already out of Afghanistan. The department also communicated with another 280 individuals who "self-identified" as Americans, but stated that they are not leaving Afghanistan and have not decided.
Since August 14, when the Taliban took control, at least 5,400 Americans were evacuated.
The US has until August 31st to evacuate Americans and their allies from the country. Despite an attack by ISIS K near Kabul's international Airport that left 13 US service personnel and around 170 Afghans dead, the evacuation efforts are continuing.
According to the Department of Defense, more than 117,000 Afghans have been evacuated from Afghanistan.
"This is an amazing number of people who are safer because of the heroism and sacrifices of the young men, women and girls who risk their lives every day to evacuate vulnerable Afghans from Kabul," Army Maj. Gen. William D. "Hank” Taylor stated.
According to the New York Times, there could be hundreds of thousands more Afghans looking to flee their country.
Britain and the United States are quickly withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Iraq and expect to leave within the next three days. According to a US military official, there were only 4000 US troops in Kabul at the time of Saturday. This is almost 2,000 fewer than it was a few days earlier.
Britain had planned to stop its evacuation of its citizens on Saturday. France also has stopped its evacuations. According to the Times, Biden and other international leaders have stated that it is unlikely that all those who wish to flee will be able escape by the deadline.
"We haven’t been able to bring everyone out and that has been heartbreaking," British Gen. Nick Carter, chief of the defense personnel, said to BBC Radio 4. "There have been some very difficult judgments that have to be made on ground."
