Canada will send some of its Special Forces troops to its embassy in Kabul to prepare it for closure, and the United States and the United Kingdom are sending troops to defend their consulates as they evacuate all but bare-bones personnel as US military forces continue their exit.
The Associated Press reports the Canadian Special Forces will help current embassy staff leave, and they’ll stand guard as a skeleton crew take the final action to shut down the facility. The soldiers will not stay on site.
President Joe Biden ordered 3,000 troops to the Kabul airport to assist thousands of Americans still in the country to evacuate. The Taliban is steadily taking over control of the south Asian country, just weeks before the final withdrawal.