US Citizens Are Told To Stop Coming To Kabul Airport And For Those At The Gates To Leave Immediately Due To Terror Threats
* Americans at Kabul airport were told at around 3:30am local time Thursday to immediately leave three gates
* The State Department tweeted that the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate should be avoided
* As many as 1,500 Americans are looking to actively escape from Afghanistan, State Department announced
* Blinken blamed US citizens for 'ignoring' public evacuation notices and not registering with the government
* Republican lawmakers accused Biden of letting the Taliban dictate the terms of the US evacuation
* A US military mission pulled 'less than 20' people from Kabul and brought them to the airport under the cover of darkness via helicopter, Pentagon officials revealed on Wednesday after two similar missions earlier
* Among those still stranded in Afghanistan are 24 students and parents from a California school district
* Evacuees said they had been attacked by the Taliban and prevented from getting to Kabul airport
* The reports emerged less than 24 hours after President Biden said the Taliban needed to let people leave
* Those not already at airport now have little chance of escape, as Taliban stop all Afghan citizens reaching it
* Taliban has warned President Biden that there will be no extension to the August 31 evacuation deadline
* US evacuated 19,000 people from Kabul, across 48 different flights, over the last 24 hours, White House says
American citizens trying to get in to Kabul airport and leave the country were told on Wednesday night to immediately leave the area, due to a new and sudden terror threat.
'Due to threats outside the Kabul airport, US citizens should avoid traveling to the airport and avoid airport gates unless you receive instructions to do so,' the State Department tweeted on Wednesday night.
'Those at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.'
The order to leave the gates was issued at 3:30am local time in Kabul on Thursday morning.
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More News On US Citizens Being Told To Stop Coming To Kabul Airport And For Those At The Gates To Leave Immediately Due To Terror Threats
U.S. Embassy Alert Advises U.S. Citizens Not to Go to Kabul Airport -- US News and World Report/Reuters
U.S. Embassy in Kabul warns Americans to avoid airport over "security threats" -- CBS
Americans at Kabul airport gates urged by US Embassy in Afghanistan to 'leave immediately' -- FOX News
U.S. Embassy tells Americans at gates in Kabul airport to "leave immediately" -- Axios
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