Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Troops on Tuesday evacuated 1,100 American citizens, U.S. permanent residents and their families from Afghanistan on Tuesday, a White House official said.