President Joe Biden’s administration shared an update on efforts to evacuate U.S. officials and citizens, as well as Afghan allies, while the Taliban edged closer to fully taking over the capital of Kabul.

A joint statement was issued by the U.S. State and Defense Departments on Sunday evening, which was early Monday morning locally in Afghanistan, saying over the next 48 hours, “we will have expanded our security presence to nearly 6,000 troops, with a mission focused solely on facilitating these efforts and will be taking over air traffic control.”

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