More Than 3,300 U.S. Citizens Evacuated From Afghanistan

As of Saturday morning, a total of 3,376 U.S. citizens had been airlifted out of Kabul, according to a government document.

The number, which was part of a government update sent Sunday to the White House and marked “For official use only,” offers a more detailed picture than has been made public so far of how many Americans have managed to leave Afghanistan since the U.S. military began evacuating people from the airport in Kabul on Aug. 14.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at a briefing on Afghanistan at the Pentagon on Monday, with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Taylor in the background.

U.S. officials have been vague about the exact number of Americans who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, and how many more remain in the country.

Evacuees aboard a military aircraft during an evacuation from Kabul on Aug. 19, at undisclosed location.

In addition to U.S. citizens and green card holders, passengers on board evacuation flights include Afghan translators and others who have worked with the U.S.-led military coalition over the last 20 years, as well as other at-risk Afghans.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Taylor told reporters Monday that another 16,000 passengers had flown out of Kabul over the previous 24 hours on a combination of military and commercial charter flights, bringing the total number of people the U.S. has evacuated from Afghanistan since Aug. 14 to approximately 37,000.

At the White House on Monday afternoon, national security adviser Jake Sullivan addressed questions about the number of Americans who remain in Afghanistan.