The U.S. and coalition forces have ramped up their evacuations from Kabul as President Joe Biden has opted to maintain his Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.

More than 21,600 people were evacuated via 94 flights from Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday, according to a White House official. Of those people, 12,700 departed on 37 U.S. military flights (32 of them were C-17s and 5 were C-130s), while the rest left on coalition aircraft.

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