WASHINGTON: Pentagon has intensified efforts to evacuate families of members of the Department of Defense and Civilians from Afghanistan, said Media Reports.
The Pentagon has created a system to track the number of direct family members who remain more than two months after US withdrawal, report CNN.
With the withdrawal of troops from Kabul at the end of August, the Pentagon’s efforts to evacuate citizens and American allies from a torn country ended as well.
The US State Department has led evacuation efforts since then working with US allies such as Qatar to continue the evacuation process, CNN reported.
The State Department said last week that it was associated with 289 Americans left in Afghanistan including the country, CNN reported quoting deputy secretaries for Brian McKeon’s statement to Mckeon’s parliamentarians.
Meanwhile, under the Secretary of the defense for Colin Kahl’s policy, in memo, asked members of defense services and civilians to submit relevant information via email about their families still in Afghanistan.
Data collection in the scope of lack of defense will alleviate the resignation of information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who will undergo an effort to evacuate America from the country.
“I think it’s safe to say …
that we expect dozens of service members will have concerns over family members,” CNN said the quote secretary of the Pentagon John Kirby told the news direction.
However, there is still no clarity about the number of large family members of the US forces and the Department of Defense, reporting CNN quoted defense officials.
The Pentagon said that it would help the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Coordinator for the relocation efforts of Afghanistan for large families “because they developed a mechanism that could facilitate the safe departure for these individuals from Afghanistan in the future,” CNN reported.
“Given the current situation in Afghanistan and the absence of the presence of the US Embassy in the country, there are a number of challenges related to the departure of Afghanistan citizens, including those who have a unique interest in DOD.
However, DOD, will continue to provide support in this relocation effort at the level The biggest possible, “CNN said quoted KAHL.