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The Washington Post reports:
The Taliban’s blitz across Afghanistan pushed closer to Kabul on Saturday, as U.S. diplomats appealed to the militants to stop the advance and President Biden warned that any moves to threaten American personnel or interests would be met with “a swift and strong” military response from the thousands of U.S. troops flooding into the capital.
A statement from Biden, issued Saturday afternoon, said that approximately 5,000 U.S. troops will be deployed to oversee the evacuation of U.S. diplomats, Afghans who have worked with coalition forces throughout the war and others at “special risk from the Taliban advance.”
A U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive and evolving situation, said that an additional 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division would join a force of about 4,000 soldiers and Marines either already on the ground or arriving soon.
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New Biden statement on Afghanistan: “We have conveyed to the Taliban representatives in Doha … that any action on their part on the ground in Afghanistan, that puts US personnel or our mission at risk there, will be met with a swift and strong US military response.” pic.twitter.com/3jMtsfHu5O
— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) August 14, 2021
UPDATE: A US official said that an additional 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division would join a force of about 4,000 soldiers and Marines either already on the ground in Kabul or arriving soon. https://t.co/YyCZmeL0Yr
— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) August 14, 2021