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US thinking about moving embassy to Kabul airport - report
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The United States could decide to move its embassy in Afghanistan to the Kabul airport, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a US official, and another source familiar with the situation.

There are multiple options that Washington is considering at the moment, the outlet's source explained, stressing that the "situation remains fluid."
Due to the "deteriorating" security situation, the US wants to move its Afghanistan diplomatic mission to the airport in order to be able to "get diplomats out of the country faster if it becomes necessary," the report read.
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US thinking about moving embassy to Kabul airport - report

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US considering moving embassy in Afghanistan and drawing down personnel as more cities fall to Taliban - CNN


The United States is considering relocating its embassy to the Kabul airport amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, a US official, Western diplomatic source and another source familiar with the situation told CNN. Rahmat Gul/AP▲


By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Phil Mattingly, CNN
Updated 19 min ago

The United States is considering relocating its embassy to the Kabul airport amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, a US official, Western diplomatic source and another source familiar with the situation told CNN.

The US is also expected to draw down some personnel from its diplomatic outpost in the Afghan capital, the US and Western source said.

The US official said options are being weighed in real time but cautioned that the situation remains fluid. They indicated that decisions are likely to evolve in the days and weeks ahead given the rapidly changing situation on the ground.


There's obviously a dramatically different tempo to the discussions currently under way. But there are a lot of different equities that need to be weighed right now," the US official said.

The Western diplomatic source also described the relocation to the airport as one of the possibilities being discussed, calling it "the most probable." They said there is a lot of expedited planning going on about the broader future diplomatic presence in Kabul, saying the "mood has changed but we are still not at the collapse."

This source said the US could make the move to the airport in order to be able to get diplomats out of the country faster if it becomes necessary, and also because in the future, there could be challenges in getting from the embassy to the airport.

The Biden national security team has been holding calls and meetings Thursday with what sources describe as a growing sense of urgency about the accelerating Taliban gains in Afghanistan.


Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Thursday morning and he spoke with national security adviser Jake Sullivan as recently as Wednesday night to discuss the unfolding situation in Afghanistan, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Top DOD and military officials were in urgent meetings Thursday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and review security plans if a drawdown of the embassy is ordered, according to at least four DOD officials.

All of the officials described a sense of urgency to the meetings with some officials having to cancel their planned schedules in order to attend.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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US considering moving embassy in Afghanistan and drawing down personnel as more cities fall to Taliban | | foxcarolina.com

I think Kabul is going to fall within weeks... Not the months the CIA was predicting....

Why did all the global intelligence agencies get the Taliban takeover so wrong??????...... I am quite a bit surprised!

 

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US considering moving embassy in Afghanistan and drawing down personnel as more cities fall to Taliban - CNN


The United States is considering relocating its embassy to the Kabul airport amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, a US official, Western diplomatic source and another source familiar with the situation told CNN. Rahmat Gul/AP▲


By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Phil Mattingly, CNN
Updated 19 min ago

The United States is considering relocating its embassy to the Kabul airport amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, a US official, Western diplomatic source and another source familiar with the situation told CNN.

The US is also expected to draw down some personnel from its diplomatic outpost in the Afghan capital, the US and Western source said.

The US official said options are being weighed in real time but cautioned that the situation remains fluid. They indicated that decisions are likely to evolve in the days and weeks ahead given the rapidly changing situation on the ground.


There's obviously a dramatically different tempo to the discussions currently under way. But there are a lot of different equities that need to be weighed right now," the US official said.

The Western diplomatic source also described the relocation to the airport as one of the possibilities being discussed, calling it "the most probable." They said there is a lot of expedited planning going on about the broader future diplomatic presence in Kabul, saying the "mood has changed but we are still not at the collapse."

This source said the US could make the move to the airport in order to be able to get diplomats out of the country faster if it becomes necessary, and also because in the future, there could be challenges in getting from the embassy to the airport.

The Biden national security team has been holding calls and meetings Thursday with what sources describe as a growing sense of urgency about the accelerating Taliban gains in Afghanistan.


Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Thursday morning and he spoke with national security adviser Jake Sullivan as recently as Wednesday night to discuss the unfolding situation in Afghanistan, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Top DOD and military officials were in urgent meetings Thursday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and review security plans if a drawdown of the embassy is ordered, according to at least four DOD officials.

All of the officials described a sense of urgency to the meetings with some officials having to cancel their planned schedules in order to attend.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

The-CNN-Wire

US considering moving embassy in Afghanistan and drawing down personnel as more cities fall to Taliban | | foxcarolina.com

I think Kabul is going to fall within weeks... Not the months the CIA was predicting....

Why did all the global intelligence agencies get the Taliban takeover so wrong??????...... I am quite a bit surprised!

Everyone missed it. The logistical undertaking in complete secrecy will be one for the history books.

 

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US thinking about moving embassy to Kabul airport - report
EPA-EFE/S. SABAWOON

The United States could decide to move its embassy in Afghanistan to the Kabul airport, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a US official, and another source familiar with the situation.

There are multiple options that Washington is considering at the moment, the outlet's source explained, stressing that the "situation remains fluid."
Due to the "deteriorating" security situation, the US wants to move its Afghanistan diplomatic mission to the airport in order to be able to "get diplomats out of the country faster if it becomes necessary," the report read.
Breaking the News / BU

US thinking about moving embassy to Kabul airport - report

The United States could decide to move its embassy in Afghanistan to the Kabul airport, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a US official, and another source familiar with the situation. There are multip...

www.teletrader.com

This is a superpower.....loooool

 

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LOL it couldn't get more comical. Why not move the embassy into a plane hovering over Kabul? If the time comes the pilot just has to fly out.