[Blaze] A leaked cable from the U.S. Department of State detailing the number of American citizens who have been successfully rescued from Afghanistan in recent weeks raises serious questions about the Biden administration's handling of evacuation efforts.
What are the details? Biden administration officials have been inexplicably vague regarding both the number of Americans that have been evacuated and the number that remain stranded within the Taliban-controlled country, saying only that "several thousand" have been pulled out.
It turns out, their refusal to offer specifics may be due to the fact that their evacuation efforts have been largely unsuccessful.
According to a State Department cable — which was obtained by Politico national security reporter Alex Ward — as of Monday night, only 4,407 American citizens have made it onto outbound flights from Kabul since the evacuation operation began on Aug. 14.
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