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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the Taliban renewed promises to let Afghans leave freely amid concern over blocked chartered flights. The Taliban told the United States that "they will let people with travel documents freely depart," Blinken told a news conference in Qatar. SOUNDBITE
"We believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any American who wants to get out," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters as evacuations from Afghanistan continue, with Washington's withdrawal deadline coming to a close following the Taliban takeover. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he spoke to five US citizens freed from Iran after they landed in Qatar in a swap. "Five of the seven, of course, had been unjustly detained, imprisoned in Iran, some for years, two others had been prevented from leaving Iran," Blinken tells reporters in New York. SOUNDBITE
The Taliban have freed two Americans in detention in Afghanistan, the State Department says, on the same day that the militant faced condemnation for banning women at universities. "This, we understand, to have been a goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban. This was not part of any swap of prisoners or detainees. There was no money that exchanged hands," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that time was running out for Iran to return to a nuclear deal after a scathing report by the UN atomic watchdog. SOUNDBITE
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