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At the Pentagon, General Glen VanHerck, the head of the US Northern Command, has been briefing journalists on the military role in hosting the inflow of Afghan refugees.
He said over 6,000 have arrived in the US and are being housed in four military bases: Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.
Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, denied claims that the Taliban had taken over parts of Kabul airport.
“I saw that report. It’s false,” he said.
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