The US Embassy in Kabul is not protected by the military, the airport will also cease to be the liability of the United States after the completion of the operation for the conclusion of troops and evacuation, the representative of Pentagon John Kirby said.
“As far as I know, the military now does not guard the complex of the US Embassy in Kabul, the embassy works on the territory of the airport in Kabul,” leads his words RIA Novosti.
“When the mission is completed and when we leave the airport, it will no longer be the US Liability Zone,” he added.
Kirby clarified that Turkish military assists in ensuring airport security in Kabul, but did not comment on their role in the future. He also added that the last days of August 31 will be assigned the evacuation of the US military, but if there is a need for civilians will also be taken out of Kabul.
Also Kirby said that the number of US military at Kabul airport was reduced by 400 people.
Pentagon’s representative Major General Hank Taylor said that “today approximately 88 thousand people safely left Afghanistan.”