"Very small number" of Afghans prompt security concerns during evacuation
DHS has deployed about 300 staffers to "lily pads" at transit points for Afghans for secondary screenings, which are being carried out with the help of the FBI.
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DHS has deployed about 300 staffers to "lily pads" at transit points for Afghans for secondary screenings, which are being carried out with the help of the FBI.
Zakia Khudadadi is set to become Afghanistan's first ever female Paralympian when she competes on Thursday.
The bill increases temporary assistance for Americans returning from abroad.
"I'm writing on behalf of some very special girls in Afghanistan who are in grave danger," Morello said. "... Since the Taliban takeover their school has been destroyed and the girls are in hiding."
The former insurgents celebrated with gunfire and paraded around Kabul's airport showing off abandoned military hardware the day after the U.S. abandoned its 20-year war effort.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says between 100 and 200 Americans who want to leave are in Afghanistan.
The suicide bombing also left 18 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans wounded.
"Every single U.S. service member is out of Afghanistan, I can say that with absolute certainty," General Kenneth F. McKenzie said Monday.
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Roughly 1,200 people were evacuated from Kabul in a 24-hour span from Sunday morning into Monday, according to the White House.
None of the rockets hit the airport, but the attack was just the latest to target the facility where the U.S. military is racing to wrap up its biggest airlift operation ever.
Mr. Biden traveled to Dover Air Force Base for a "dignified transfer" movement to receive the remains of fallen troops killed in foreign combat.
The strike was the second against the militant group since a deadly attack against U.S. forces last week.
"The chance of another 9/11 just went through the roof," Graham said.
Sullivan said there are roughly 300 American citizens still in Afghanistan.
"The situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous, and the threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high," the president said in a statement.
The strike came after the group claimed responsibility for the Kabul airport attack, which left at least 170 dead, including 13 U.S. service members.
Sergeant Nicole Gee posted a photo of herself holding an Afghan child on Instagram just five days before she was killed.
There were no known civilian casualties.
"Because of security threats at the Kabul airport, we continue to advise U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates," the embassy wrote on its website.
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Evacuations continue after deadly bombing at Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans.
Evacuation flights were leaving the Afghan capital again, but time was running short, and there were warnings that ISIS could strike again after claiming at least 170 lives.
The attack outside the walls of Kabul's airport left scores of Afghans dead, and made for U.S. forces' deadliest day in Afghanistan in years.
General Tod Wolters said it's his "dream" to watch the baby "grow up and be a U.S. citizen."