From RT.com…
The US withdrawal is becoming increasingly fraught amid Taliban advances, as embassy staffers in Kabul have reportedly been told to destroy sensitive documents and computers as they prepare to evacuate.
The order was contained in a memo on emergency preparations for the departure of most embassy workers, according to a report on Friday by NPR, which obtained a copy of the message. It comes as the Pentagon rushes 3,000 troops to Kabul to ensure safe evacuations and follows an embassy advisory on Thursday urging all US citizens to flee the country immediately.
US forces are scheduled to withdraw by the end of this month, but even weeks before that process can be completed, Taliban forces have already recaptured much of the country. The Taliban took Kandahar, the country’s second-largest city, on Friday and moved within 50 kilometers of Kabul, the capital, with its capture of Logar province.
President Joe Biden ordered the withdrawal in April, signaling the end of the longest war in America’s history, and Afghanistan government forces have melted away or been overrun amid Taliban assaults since then.
