Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says 'zero' Americans have left the country since U.S. troops withdrew.
that six planes have been sitting at the Mazar-i-Sharif international airport “for the last couple of days,” information that appears to come from a State Department email to members of Congress.
McCaul suggested the flights are being held hostage until the U.S. recognizes the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate governing power, as it now controls the vast majority of the country, but U.S. officials have thus farThe State Department told lawmakers the flights will have permission to depart for Doha, Qatar – where the U.S.
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