President Biden is expected to address the nation in the next few days about the crisis in Afghanistan, an administration official says
US approves 1,000 more troops into Afghanistan due to deteriorating security situation, defense official saysTaliban fighters and local residents sit over an Afghan National Army humvee vehicle along the roadside in Laghman province on August 15. AFP/Getty Images
The additional troops come from the group of 82nd Airborne that were headed to Kuwait, and they are being sent in as a result of the deteriorating security situation, the official said. "We are not assuming that every inch of the airport is secure," said the official, noting reports of Afghan civilians rushing to the airport.
There have been security incidents at or near the airport, the official said, but US forces have not been targeted, nor have they fired on anyone. Turkish forces remain at the field and are also taking part in the efforts to secure the field. The official could not say whether Turkish forces had been engaged in exchanges of fire.
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