The U.S. military has evacuated approximately 48,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14 and nearly 53,000 people since the end of July, a White House official said on Monday evening.
The official said from August 23 at 3:00 AM EDT to August 23 at 3:00 PM EDT, a total of approximately 10,900 people were evacuated from Kabul.
“This is the result of 15 U.S. military flights (all C-17s), which carried approximately 6,660 evacuees, and 34 coalition flights, which carried 4,300 people,” the official added.