Pentagon says about 100 Americans still in Afghanistan

Exit hampered by Taliban 'unpredictability.'

An estimated 100 U.S. citizens are still waiting to leave Afghanistan, nearly a month after American troops officially left the country, with the "unpredictability" of the now-ruling Taliban purportedly the wildcard in the departures.

"The biggest constraint to the departure of our citizens and others from Afghanistan, of course, remains the Taliban's unpredictability, regarding who is permitted to depart," a senior State Department official Monday told the reporters from Voice of America and other news outlets.

However, the official acknowledged another big constraint was the absence of regular commercial air service to "enable folks who wish to depart to do so in a predictable manner.”

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