airport in kabul today, august 30th east coast time, which was basically midnight in kabul when they left. it s the deadline set by president biden. the last two americans on the ground before the plane closed its doors and took off were general christopher donahue who was directly in charge of overseeing the kabul airport airlift, that s him here, and the last u.s. soldier leaving afghanistan. also on that plane, the other man left as the last man beside him was ross wilson, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul. tonight secretary of state antony blinken gave extensive remarks on the end of the military mission in afghanistan and the start of what he called the new diplomatic mission in that country, including efforts to continue to get more people out of that country, even without kabul airport as a bridge head for doing so. one of the first concrete signs of the end of the mission today was an faa notice to airmen,
its doors and took off were general christopher donahue who was directly in charge of overseeing the kabul airport airlift, that s him here, and the image released by the u.s. department, the last u.s. soldier leaving afghanistan. also on that plane, the other man left as the last man beside him was ross wilson, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul. tonight secretary of state antony blinken gave extended remarks on the end of the military mission in afghanistan and the start of what he called the new diplomatic mission in that country, including efforts to continue to get more people out of that country, even without kabul airport as a bridgehead for doing so. one of the first concrete signs of the end of the mission today was an faa notice to airmen, which is a notice to pilots worldwide, and it was blunt as all get-out in case it was not clear before. quote, effective immediately hamid karzai international airport is uncontrolled. no air traffic control or airport services are available. a
start this war, that ultimately ended their lives. the last u.s. planes left the airport in kabul today. august 30th, east coast time. which was basically midnight in kabul when they left. it s the deadline, set by president biden. the last two americans on the ground before the playing closed stores and took off, four general christopher donahue, who s in charge of the kabul airport airlift, that s him here. the last u.s. soldier leaving afghanistan. also on that plane, the other man left as the last man beside him was ross wilson, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul. tonight secretary of state anthony blinken gave his extended remarks on the end of the u.s. military mission in afghanistan. and why he called the start of a new diplomatic mission for the u.s. in that country. including efforts to continue to get more people out of that country, even without kabul airport as a bridge had for doing so. one of the first concrete signs