He further blamed stranded Americans for waiting until the last minute after the last US jets left the nation, notwithstanding President Biden promising to stay until all Americans were evacuated.
In an MSNBC interview, Kirby announced that the military would no longer play a part in assisting them to get out but was confident diplomatic efforts would be sufficient - and explained the desperate situation was 'not completely unlike' others around the world.
'We have Americans that get stranded in countries all the time,' he said bluntly.
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His remark sharply disagrees with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who last week got in a heated exchange with a reporter over using the word 'stranded' to represent the US citizens still in Afghanistan.
'I think it's irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not,' she told Fox's Peter Doocy. Her defense was widely denounced, urging her to further elaborate on Twitter.
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Psaki wrote: 'We are not leaving Americans who want to return home. We are going to bring them home. And I think that's important for the American public to hear and understand.'
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Kirby announced that the Taliban is clear on what the US plans to do and if the militant organization wants to govern as it says, 'we're going to hold them to their deeds not just words.'
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced there was a 'small number of Americans' between 100 and 200 Americans left in Afghanistan attempting to flee as of Monday.
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In a separate interview on Fox News Tuesday, Kirby explained that the government wouldn't 'turn a blind eye' to those Americans though there were 'a lot of reasons why' they didn't leave.
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He accused US citizens of not choosing to leave earlier, notwithstanding reports of stampeding crowds and violent treatment by Taliban fighters guarding the airport gates over the last two weeks. Many people reported being turned away even with proper paperwork and American passports.
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'There was some - a lot of efforts trying to contact them, trying to get in touch with them and marshal them in. Some people didn't want to make decisions until the endgame,' Kirby stated.
'I don't know the case with each and every one of these 100 or so that are left, but what I can tell you is that as a government, we're going to continue to make every effort we can to help them find safe passage.'
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On Monday Blinken declared 'a new diplomatic mission has begun' in Afghanistan to attempt and get those remaining Americans out.
He pledged to use diplomacy and leverage to bring out any Americans, allies, or Afghanis who assisted the US and want to leave, as critics pounded Biden for allowing the withdrawal before all Americans were out, comparing those who remained to hostages.
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