BREAKING: U.S. warns of security threats at Kabul airport as Taliban leaders arrive to form new government.
American citizens trying to leave Afghanistan were advised not to travel to Kabul's airport because of"potential security threats," on Saturday, as senior"We are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so," the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said in a statement Saturday.
Time is running out ahead of Biden's Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw most remaining U.S. troops, and the president night did not commit to extending it on Friday.
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