The United States has announced it will deploy 6,000 troops to Afghanistan in the next 48 hours.
A joint statement from US Department of Defense and State Department officials said they were working to secure Kabul airport, and called for the safe evacuation of US and allied military and civilian personnel, and for 6,000 US troops to be deployed in 48 hours.
The joint statement said that air traffic control of Afghanistan will be taken over soon, Afghan citizens with special visas will also be deported soon, these two thousand Afghan citizens will be transferred to the United States, Afghan citizens with security clearance Will be moving soon too.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon also confirmed that the US President has approved to send one thousand more troops to evacuate the staff from Kabul, a total of six thousand US troops will arrive in Afghanistan.
On the other hand, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement on the situation in Afghanistan that the Taliban should show restraint, they are concerned about the future of women and girls, their rights must be respected.
