Antony Blinken actually said...

"We will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan."

"The Taliban seeks international legitimacy and support. Our message is any legitimacy and any support will have to be earned."

"We`re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban with the very real possibility of an ISIS k attack."

"For the remaining roughly 1000 contacts that we had, who may be Americans seeking to leave Afghanistan, we`re aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day. There is no deadline on our work t..."