White House Announces Total Number Flown Out of Afghanistan By U.S. Surpasses 100,000 People

According to White House officials, the total number of people flown out of Afghanistan since the end of July, on U.S.-facilitated flights, has surpassed 100,000.

As of Thursday morning, according to a statement from a White House official provided to Mediaite, just over 13,000 people were flown out over the last 24 hours, the total for the current airlift operation was nearing 100,000, and the total since July had surpassed it:

From August 25 at 3:00 AM EDT to August 26 at 3:00 AM EDT, a total of approximately 13,400 people were evacuated from Afghanistan. 17 U.S. military flights (14 C-17s and 3 C-130s) evacuated approximately 5,100 people from Kabul. In addition, 74 coalition aircraft evacuated approximately 8,300 people. Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 95,700 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 101,300 people.

However, according to reporting from CNN, there are only 36 hours remaining in which to evacuate the remaining Americans and Afghan allies who wish to leave.

And the 13,400 who were evacuated in the past day represent a significant decline from the approximately 20,000 people who were evacuated during the previous 24 hours, and the 24 hours before that.

What remains, then, is a race against time to evacuate whatever portion of the up to 1,500 Americans who might still be in Afghanistan, and who wish to leave, as well as a number of Afghan allies that the White House has not quantified, estimates of which range in the hundreds of thousands.