CIA, U.S. Troops Conduct Missions Outside Kabul Airport to Extract Americans, Afghan Allies

The CIA has launched clandestine operations to rescue Americans in and outside Kabul in recent days, according to U.S. and other officials.

The Taliban, which has who have surrounded the Hamid Karzai International Airport since the city and country fell Aug. 15, have threatened retaliation against Americans and others if the U.S. remains past the deadline.

Mr. Kirby wouldn't say where the Americans were moved from, what kind of helicopter was used or why they needed to be flown into the airport compound.

Some extractions have been done on the ground, in which Americans are led by foot into the airport.

Pentagon officials also said on Friday that it had conducted an airlift operation with helicopters in Kabul on Thursday in which 169 Americans were rescued and brought into the airport.

Three Chinook helicopters flew from Karzai International Airport about 200 meters just outside the security perimeter to a makeshift landing zone at the Baron Hotel, where the American citizens had gathered, Mr. Kirby told reporters.

The original plan for the Americans was to gather at the hotel and enter the Abbey Gate at the airport.

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