Biden breaks promise to 'stay' in Afghanistan until every American evacuated

 Biden guaranteed in meet: 'Assuming there's American residents left, we will remain to get them full scale'

President Biden seems to have broken his guarantee to remain in Afghanistan until each American is cleared.

Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. reported Monday evening that the remainder of the U.S. troops positioned at the Kabul air terminal had left, finishing the military's drawdown in the nation, despite the fact that many Americans probably remain.

McKenzie, officer of U.S. Headquarters, said a few American residents who needed to leave Afghanistan stayed in the country. Lara Logan

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From senior US source: door to door executions in Kabul following US mil takeoff. There are no words for how this organization has treated we all - Afghan and American."We didn't get everyone out that we needed to get out," he said.

President Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos during a meeting on Aug. 18 that the U.S. military target in Afghanistan was to get "everybody" out, including Americans and Afghan partners and their families.

"That is the thing we're doing now, that is the way we're on. Furthermore I think we'll arrive," he said. "In the event that there's American residents left, we will remain to get them full scale."

A senior State Department official let Fox News on Monday know that there stayed a "modest number" of Americans inside Afghanistan.

That official put the quantity of Americans at "under 250," adding that a few extra Americans have left Afghanistan in late hours. The authority added that the State Department likewise was focused on clearing "the individuals who worked with us," alluding to Afghan "partners."The declared finish of the withdrawal came under a day prior to the authority cutoff time consented to by the Taliban, which was 3:29 p.m. ET Tuesday - 11:59 p.m. nearby time in Kabul, U.S. protection authorities told Fox News.

The Taliban have said they will permit ordinary travel after the U.S. withdrawal, when they accept control of the air terminal.

Fox News' Brooke Singman and Nick Kalman added to this report.