Several thousand Americans have been flown from Afghanistan on U.S. military and charter flights since the Taliban took over the country in mid-August, the U.S. military said Monday. “Since the 14th, we believe we have been able to evacuate several thousand Americans,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington, referring to Aug. 14. The U.S. military, on its own flights or through chartered planes, has evacuated approximately 37,000 people overall since that date. That means, at maximum, 10.8 percent of those flown out of the country by the military have been Americans. Pressed for a more specific number, Kirby described himself as “reticent to get too much more specific than that.” That prompted a reporter to ask if he was being “deliberately vague.” “I think I’m just gonna leave it at several thousand right now, because I think the number is very fluid and it literally changes nearly by …
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