The State Department ordered most remaining staff at the U.S. embassy in Kabul leave Afghanistan after threats from the Taliban ramped up
CNN: US orders drawdown of government employees from Afghanistan embassy
Washington (CNN)The State Department on Tuesday ordered the departure of government employees from the US Embassy in Kabul "whose functions can be performed elsewhere" as the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan gets underway.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad told senators in a Tuesday hearing that some diplomats who "are not necessary to be there" and "can do their job from elsewhere" will be withdrawn from the embassy.
"It will not affect operation or the capabilities of the embassy. We are very much committed to that," Khalilzad told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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WNU Editor: Talk about sending a signal that everything is going to hell in the coming months.
More News On The U.S. State Department Ordering All Non-Essential Personnel Out Of Afghanistan
State Department orders some U.S. government employees out of Kabul -- Reuters
State Department Orders Departure Of Nonessential Personnel From Kabul Embassy -- NPR
State Department ordering some staffers out of Kabul -- The Hill
US diplomats being pulled out of Kabul as security deteriorates in Afghanistan -- War Is Boring
US orders embassy staff to leave Kabul as it begins troop pullout -- Al Jazeera
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