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Gov. Stitt’s office: Afghans fleeing Taliban regime welcome to come to Oklahoma

Gov. Stitt’s office: Afghans fleeing Taliban regime welcome to come to Oklahoma
Kabul's international airport is in a more secure stable situation than it was 24 or 48 hours ago. But the US is still unable to move 5,000 9000 people a day out of the airport, that's what the pentagon is trying to hit with cargo aircraft moving people out of the country. But that number still very far away from it. In fact, according to an update from the State Department, the US moved about 1000 people out of Kabul International Airport on Tuesday including 300 or so americans. That brings the total number of people moved over the last few days to some 3000. That number, Well short of what it will have to be on a daily basis to really start getting US citizens as well as afghan interpreters and their families out of the country. The potential number that have to be moved tens of thousands and that right now seems like a daunting task although that's an effort the US Pentagon hopes to hit the ability to move thousands a day in the coming days. Meanwhile, national security advisor Jake Sullivan says the U. S. Has assurances from the taliban that U. S. Citizens will have free passage to be able to get the Kabul's international airport. That key piece of real estate is the entry point for U. S. Troops securing the airport as well as the exit point for all those trying to evacuate the airport. The challenge here, not all of those citizens, not all of the U. S. Citizens that America is trying to evacuate are in Kabul and travel throughout the rest of the country incredibly difficult, If not impossible. The logistical difficulties the challenges ahead many seems, it seems, have still not been solved at this point as the hours tick away the effort to get everybody out, still aiming for an August 31 deadline that is approaching very quickly Oren Liebermann CNN in the Pentagon.
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Gov. Stitt’s office: Afghans fleeing Taliban regime welcome to come to Oklahoma
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office released a statement on Wednesday, saying that Afghans fleeing the Taliban regime are welcome to come to Oklahoma.A representative with Stitt’s office sent KOCO 5 a statement, saying that, “Gov. Kevin Stitt welcomes Afghans fleeing the terrorist Taliban regime to come to Oklahoma and live in the freedom we hold so dearly. Our office is exploring every possible avenue to help to ensure no American citizen nor any of our allies are left behind.”The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters two decades after the United States invaded the country has triggered a political and humanitarian crisis.President Joe Biden has ordered 6,000 more troops to the airport to assist American efforts there. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Taliban have agreed to allow safe passage for civilians to leave Afghanistan. Pentagon officials said the airlift is back on track. The White House says 13 flights airlifted 1,100 U.S. citizens, permanent residents and their families from the Kabul airport on Tuesday.Across the U.S., agencies that resettle refugees are scrambling to help Afghan citizens who are fleeing after helping the U.S. during the 20-year war.

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office released a statement on Wednesday, saying that Afghans fleeing the Taliban regime are welcome to come to Oklahoma.

A representative with Stitt’s office sent KOCO 5 a statement, saying that, “Gov. Kevin Stitt welcomes Afghans fleeing the terrorist Taliban regime to come to Oklahoma and live in the freedom we hold so dearly. Our office is exploring every possible avenue to help to ensure no American citizen nor any of our allies are left behind.”

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The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters two decades after the United States invaded the country has triggered a political and humanitarian crisis.

President Joe Biden has ordered 6,000 more troops to the airport to assist American efforts there. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Taliban have agreed to allow safe passage for civilians to leave Afghanistan. Pentagon officials said the airlift is back on track.

The White House says 13 flights airlifted 1,100 U.S. citizens, permanent residents and their families from the Kabul airport on Tuesday.

Across the U.S., agencies that resettle refugees are scrambling to help Afghan citizens who are fleeing after helping the U.S. during the 20-year war.