“It now seems inevitable that the withdrawal will be completed by Aug. 31, with all U.S. military forces following the last civilians out”.
What???
There will be American civilians left to fend for themselves.
These reports make it sound like there are thousands of American contractors and NGO-types over there. In fact, I suspect the vast majority of the "American civilians" are nothing more than Afghan citizens who have never set foot in the U.S. but who happen to be considered U.S. citizens only because of our own stupid laws and judicial rulings about what constitutes a U.S. citizen.