Tens of Thousands Evacuated⁠—And Many Thousands More To Go

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🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. has only a few more days to evacuate as many as 1,500 Americans and many thousands of Afghans before the Tuesday deadline set in negotiations with the Taliban. Staying longer, U.S. officials say, risks violence. Now, attention has begun to turn to what comes next: how and where to resettle the scores who have fled.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Scott Detrow, and national security correspondent Greg Myre.

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0:00.0	This is Hillary calling from Boykin South Carolina, where I was stopped by a wonderful
0:09.8	torrential thunderstorm.
0:13.7	This podcast was recorded at 1.26pm on Wednesday, August 25th.
0:19.5	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:22.2	Okay?
0:23.2	Enjoy the show.
0:24.2	I used to love thunderstorms until my toddler decided she hates them and uses them as a reason
0:34.7	not to go to sleep.
0:36.5	I'll be honest, I was always scared of thunderstorms and never fully went away, so not the most relaxing
0:43.1	thing for me.
0:44.4	Not the most relaxing sound.
0:46.6	No.
0:47.6	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast, I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:51.6	I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House.
0:53.6	And in remarks at the White House on Tuesday, President Biden said the U.S. is on track
0:57.7	to soon complete airlifts out of Afghanistan.
1:01.0	We are currently on a pace to finish by August 31st.
1:05.7	The sooner we can finish the better, each day of operations brings at risk to our troops.
1:11.8	Our colleague Greg Myrie covers National Security for MPR and he joins us now.
1:15.8	Hey Greg.
1:16.8	Hey Sue.
1:17.8	So let's start with this.
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