US orders staff to leave Kabul due to threatsUS Marines place a chain at the entrance of the US embassy in Kabul shortly after the fall of the Taliban in December 2001. WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday ordered non-essential staff to leave its Kabul embassy, citing increased threats as Washington prepares to end its 20-year war. The State Department in a travel advisory said it had "ordered the departure from US embassy Kabul of US government employees whose functions can be performed elsewhere." Ross Wilson, the acting US ambassador in Kabul, said that the State Department took the decision "in light of increasing violence and threat reports in Kabul." The Biden administration will maintain limited forces in Kabul to guard the sprawling embassy.

Source: Bangkok Post April 27, 2021 18:45 UTC