{"id":42997,"date":"2021-04-29T14:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42997"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:25:44","slug":"us-orders-embassy-staff-to-leave-kabul-as-pullout-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42997","title":{"rendered":"US orders embassy staff to leave Kabul as pullout begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Joe-Biden-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trump's call to cancel vote counting outrageous, unprecedented \u2013Biden\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States has ordered non-essential staff to immediately leave its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, following increased threats as Washington prepares to end its 20-year war in the Asian country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/united-states-to-make-second-bitcoin-sales-as-cbn-refuses-to-innovate\/\">US President<\/a>, Joe Biden, had earlier announced that US troops which are currently put at about 2,500, would begin a tactical withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks that led the US to invade and topple the Taliban regime which had harboured al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a travel advisory on Wednesday, the US State Department said it had \u201cordered the departure from US embassy in Kabul of US government employees whose functions can be performed elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross Wilson, the acting US ambassador in Kabul, also said the State Department took the decision \u201cin light of increasing violence and threat reports in Kabul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the order affected an unspecified \u201crelatively small number\u201d of employees and that the embassy would remain operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPersonnel who are urgently needed to address issues related to the pullout of US forces and the vital work we are doing in support of the Afghan people will be able to remain in place,\u201d Wilson wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The head of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Biden administration remains committed to keeping a functioning embassy in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is our intention to maintain an embassy in Afghanistan going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ll have a very, very minimal military presence there \u2013 that which is strictly necessary to defend the embassy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has ordered non-essential staff to immediately leave its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, following increased threats as Washington prepares to end its 20-year war in the Asian country. 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