Biden Says U.S. Is Committed to Evacuating Afghan Refugees
- Taliban are warned against interfering with Kabul airlift
- President promises to use ‘every resource necessary’
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President Joe Biden said he is strongly committed to evacuating both Americans and Afghan allies following the Taliban takeover that plunged Kabul into violent chaos.
Biden, speaking to reporters Friday after an address from the East Room of the White House, said he would mobilize “every resource necessary” to evacuate Americans, and confirmed that he was making the same pledge to Afghan asylum seekers.