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Evacuations Have Resumed From Kabul After Hours-Long Halt: Pentagon

"We did pause flights earlier today, leaving Kabul, while we adjusted resources and personnel to ensure a temporary capacity issue at one of our stopover locations," said a senior Pentagon official.

Evacuations Have Resumed From Kabul After Hours-Long Halt: Pentagon
"Flight operations have resumed," the official said (File)

Evacuation flights have resumed from Kabul airport after a halt of several hours due to overcrowding at a staging base in Qatar, the Pentagon said on Friday.

"We did pause flights earlier today, leaving Kabul, while we adjusted resources and personnel to ensure a temporary capacity issue at one of our stopover locations," said a senior Pentagon official.

"Flight operations have resumed and US military flights to Qatar and other locations are departing," the official added.
 

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