US Citizen Shares Story After Being ‘Left Behind’ in Afghanistan: ‘The Last Flight Is Gone’

A U.S. citizen still in Kabul, Afghanistan, is speaking out after the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. The American citizen, who CNN called “Sara,” spoke with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday evening who is…

Madison SummersAug 31, 20213 min read

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https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime/status/1432527965510832131

“I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal of Afghanistan and the end of the Military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans,” Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander in charge of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said on Monday, as IJR reported on.

He added, “The last C-17 lifted off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 30 this afternoon at 3:29 p.m. East Coast time, and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan.”

President Joe Biden was previously asked if U.S. troops “will stay beyond August 31st if necessary” to help evacuate Americans.

“It depends on where we are, and whether we can get — ramp these numbers up to five to seven thousand a day coming out. If that’s the case, they’ll all be out,” Biden said, adding, “If there’s American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the number of Americans believed to still be in Afghanistan is “under 200 and likely closer to 100.”

He also said, “Our commitment to them, and to all Americans in Afghanistan and everywhere in the world, continues. The protection and welfare of Americans abroad remains the State Department’s most vital and enduring mission. If an American in Afghanistan tells us that they want to stay for now and then in a week or a month or a year they reach out and say, ‘I’ve changed my mind,’ we will help them leave.”

There were 6,000 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan and a total of 123,000 people during the evacuation efforts.