to those websites, the air space over afghanistan is empty now. there aren t aircraft going in or out. getting those last 100 or 200 americans in or out has been incredibly difficult. it will be interesting to see what president biden acknowledges about what kind of efforts there will be and what those efforts will look like because it s a very difficult task right now. one that still requires, you would imagine, to some extent, taliban cooperation and coordination. they have been a part of this process since the negotiations began. they may still be part of the process to get the last 100 or 200 out. this is the promise from president biden to extricate the americans that want to leave. are you committed to make sure the troops stay that every
we will continue to help more people leave the country who are at risk. we re far from done. i urge all americans to join me in grateful prayer for our troops and diplomats and intelligence officers who carried out this mission of mercy in kabul and a tremendous risk with such unparalleled res results. an air lift that evacuated tens of thousands, to a network of volunteers and veterans who helped identify those needing evacuation, guide them to the airport and provided them for their support along the way. we re going to continue to need their help. we need your help and i m looking forward to meeting with you. to every one who is now offering who are will offer to welcome
for helping them? it becomes a diplomatic mission. that means the u.s. works with allies to find some way to u.s. get citizens to kabul international airport or some other location where they can be brought out of the country. what was unmentioned was the prohibition on flights from the faa that makes it impossible for u.s. aircraft to go into afghanistan or u.s. carrier to go into afghanistan. that has to be arranged with somebody else through another country s airline or privately operated aircraft. everything about getting the americans out became far more difficult after the last c-17 took off than before. it has to be a diplomatic mission because there s no military presence on the ground to carry out that mission. at least not one the pentagon is acknowledging. because of the restriction on flights has become more difficult. i ve been looking at flight tracking website and according
ended up getting more than 5,500 americans out. we got thousands of citizens and diplomats from those countries that went into afghanistan with us to get bin laden. we got out staff and their families, totaling 2,500 people. we got thousands of afghan translaters and interpreters and others who supported the united states out add well. now we believe that about 100 to 200 americans we main in afghanistan with some intention to leave. most of those that remain are duel citizens. long time residents who earlier decided to stay because of their family roots in afghanistan. the bottom line, 90% of americans in afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to
the second thing is geo politically. i trust the united states will not abandon the region. of course, they shouldn t nor would they. afghanistan will be with us for the long term. how are we going to have to address the inevitable concern that we have that afghanistan goes back to its old ways of ung ungoverned space where terrorism can thrive and export their form of terror. the over the horizon capability is enhanced and not diluted. that leads us to what the plan is. there s still the state department s estimates, more than 100 americans who have been left in afghanistan who want to leave. president biden promised they wouldn t be left behind. what s the pentagon s plan now