* As many as 1,500 Americans are looking to actively escape from Afghanistan, State Department announced
* Blinken blamed US citizens for 'ignoring' public evacuation notices and not registering with the government
* Republican lawmakers accused Biden of letting the Taliban dictate the terms of the US evacuation
* A US military mission pulled 'less than 20' people from Kabul and brought them to the airport under the cover of darkness via helicopter, Pentagon officials revealed on Wednesday after two similar missions earlier
* Among those still stranded in Afghanistan are 24 students and parents from a California school district
* Evacuees said they had been attacked by the Taliban and prevented from getting to Kabul airport
* The reports emerged less than 24 hours after President Biden said the Taliban needed to let people leave
* Those not already at airport now have little chance of escape, as Taliban stop all Afghan citizens reaching it
* Taliban has warned President Biden that there will be no extension to the August 31 evacuation deadline
* US evacuated 19,000 people from Kabul, across 48 different flights, over the last 24 hours, White House says
Up to 1,500 Americans are still trapped in Afghanistan and the U.S. is still relying on the Taliban to allow safe passage to Kabul airport with just six days before the August 31 deadline, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Blinken gave an update on the airlift operation and the bid to get all citizens and Afghan allies out amid reports the CIA has joined U.S. troops in rescue missions outside the airport perimeter.
Thousands of people are still trying to leave Afghanistan as U.S. troops start leaving and evacuation flights begin to wrap up, but are being stopped and beaten by insurgents on their way.
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