Pentagon estimates ‘several hundred’ Americans still in Afghanistan

“Several hundred” Americans remain in Afghanistan following the complete US troop withdrawal, the Pentagon spokesman announced Tuesday, as military leadership failed in its stated mission to remove all Americans from the Taliban-controlled nation by the end of August. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told MSNBC’s Willie Geist that he doesn’t think there is an “exact figure” for the number of Americans left in Afghanistan, sticking to vague language. -- More...