Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team denied U.S. officials endangered would-be evacuees by identifying them for the Taliban in an apparent attempt to coordinate safe passage that resulted in the militants obtaining “a kill list.”

“The idea that we are providing names or personally identifiable information to the Taliban in a way that exposes anyone to additional risk — that is simply wrong,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.

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