New Delhi: Will the US Embassy in Kabul see Saigon, 1975? So far, US officials have ruled out the possibility of the evacuation of the Kabul Embassy staff in a hurry.
This will be an organized business, they have been maintained.
But the equation with Saigon is difficult to miss.
But when the Taliban approached Kabul, and the US had rushed into the army for the evacuation of diplomatic staff and thousands of civilians, Americans and non-Americans.
Some thousand American troops have landed in Kabul.
A total of around 3,000 troops will be involved in Kabul’s operations.
3,500 to 4,000 other troops from combat brigades will be in Kuwait with standby.
On Saturday, helicopters went back and forth between Kabul airport and extensive US diplomatic compounds in a very fortified green zone.
They brought back memories of surgery that often occurred in April 1975 in Saigon, Vietnam – a frenzy of evacuation efforts after the North Vietnamese troops ran south, in the days of Vietnam’s war death.
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(Afp) what happened in Saigon in April 1975on of the Vietnam War, Soviets and China supported North, while South Vietnam had the US behind it.
During a dying war, in March 1975, the fall of Saigon in South Vietnam was close to facing the cargo of the North Vietnam Army.
The US gradually began to evacuate their diplomats, families, relatives, and civilians, including some non-Americans.
But the US clearly miscalculates the speed that with the North Vietnam army can flood South Vietnam.
When an air base next to the airport was under the artillery shot on April 28, the need for direct evacuation was felt.
More than 7,000 people were evacuated through a two-day helicopter, including a lot directly from the embassy place.
The helicopter took Evakare to the ship placed in the sea.
By several reports, the helicopter began to clog the ship’s deck and some were pushed into the sea to allow others to land.
The other helicopter pilot was told to take their passengers and then take off and discard it at sea, where they would be saved.
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Thousands of Afghans who worked for the US for the past 20 years as interpreters or drivers and their families tried to go as soon as possible, fear of Taliban retribution.
Many of them will look for special immigrant visas (SIV) to remain in the United States.
Like in Saigon, they can also be accommodated.
The Pentagon estimates that it is necessary to evacuate around 30,000 people before completing the withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 31, the deadline set by US President Joe Biden.
The Pentagon spokesman said that the US would have the capacity to move “thousands per day.” (With agency input)