(13 Aug 2021) The United States planned to send in 3,000 troops to help evacuate some personnel from the US Embassy in Kabul with security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan amid territorial gains made by the Taliban.
The State Department said the embassy will continue functioning, but Thursday's dramatic decision to bring in thousands of additional US troops is a sign of waning confidence in the Afghan government's ability to hold off the Taliban surge.
The announcement came just hours after the Taliban captured the western city of Herat as well as Ghazni, a strategic provincial capital south of Kabul.
The advance, and the partial US Embassy evacuation, increasingly isolate the nation's capital, home to millions of Afghans.
Military helicopters were seen landing near the embassy compound in Kabul on Friday.
Separately, Britain said about 600 troops would be deployed on a short-term basis to support British nationals leaving the country, and Canada is sending special forces to help evacuate its embassy.
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