US At least three babies have been born during US evacuation efforts from Afghanistan

10:35 05 september 2021

10:35 05 september 2021 Source: usatoday.com

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Three babies have been born amid evacuation efforts from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country, U.S. officials confirmed this week.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Tuesday one of the babies was born on a C-17 military aircraft, and the other two were born in a hospital at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

“I am told that moms and dads and babies are all fine and healthy and all is looking good there,” Kirby said. He said he was not aware that any of the babies were born as American citizens.

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Military bases outside the USA are not part of the country “in relation to birthright citizenship,” according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. A baby born on a U.S.-registered aircraft outside U.S. airspace is not considered to be born in the USA, according to the State Department.

a group of people sitting at a train station: In this photo provided by the Spanish Defense Ministry and taken in Kabul, Afghanistan, people board a Spanish air force A400 plane as part of an evacuation plan at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, on Aug. 18, 2021.

© Spanish Defense Ministry via AP In this photo provided by the Spanish Defense Ministry and taken in Kabul, Afghanistan, people board a Spanish air force A400 plane as part of an evacuation plan at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, on Aug. 18, 2021.

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The Air Mobility Command, a division of the U.S. Air Force, tweeted Saturday that an Afghan mother gave birth to her daughter aboard the C-17 aircraft that landed at Ramstein Air Base.

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“During a flight from an Intermediate Staging Base in the Middle East, the mother went into labor and began having complications," the command tweeted.

"The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life," the social media message continued.

During a flight from an Intermediate Staging Base in the Middle East, the mother went into labor and began having complications. The aircraft commander decided to descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the aircraft, which helped stabilize and save the mother’s life.
— Air Mobility Command (@AirMobilityCmd) August 21, 2021

The Department of Defense shared photos on social media of medical personnel helping the mother and her family off the C-17.

Medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and her family off a @usairforce C-17 Globemaster III moments after she delivered a baby aboard the aircraft at @RamsteinAirBase in Germany. pic.twitter.com/339bMiVDVO

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A nurse who helped deliver the baby girl told CNN her team was "expecting the worst, hoping for the best" as the Afghan mother gave birth. U.S. Army Capt. Erin Brymer said that when she reached the plane, fellow female evacuees were holding up shawls to give the mother privacy on the flight.

"I actually feel quite honored and humbled to be a part of this mission. And just kind of – the sheer humanity of this," Brymer told the outlet. "I mean, we're people, they're people. We both want the same things, healthy and strong mamas and babies."

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USA TODAY was unable to reach the Department of Defense for additional information on the status of the other babies.

The Biden administration plans to complete the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, seeking to remove Americans, Afghan interpreters and others who cooperated with the U.S. military.

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Biden added the deadline depends on Taliban cooperation, and added that he has asked the Depts. of State and Defense to prepare contingency plans.His remarks from the White House came the same day the Taliban said it would stop Afghans from trying to go to the Kabul airport and told women to stay home to stay for a time to stay safe, fueling worries about how the Taliban will treat women.

A Taliban spokesman said Tuesday that Afghans should not go to the airport in Kabul, the nation's capital, or attempt to flee the country. The militant group publicly discouraged U.S. officials from instructing Afghans to leave.

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Krisma Ghaus, right, evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, reunites with her husband Mansor Ghaus at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2021.
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August 31, 2021: Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, sit onboard a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va.
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Army Pfc. Kimberly Hernandez gives a high-five to a girl evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, before refugees boarded a bus at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., on Aug. 30.
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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, wait to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021.
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Children accompanied by their families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021.
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An Afghan girl looks out of a bus window upon their arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on August 26, 2021, after fleeing from their country following the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan.
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Afghans walk along fences as they arrive in Pakistan through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 24, 2021 following Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan.
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Afghan nationals arrive in Pakistan through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 24, 2021 following Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan.
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A U.S. Marine assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit comforts an infant while they wait for the mother during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 21, 2021.
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People evacuated from Kabul arrive at Hindon Air force base near New Delhi, India. Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. A special military flight carrying 168 people, which include 107 Indian nationals and 61 others, landed at Hindon Air force base near New Delhi, according to the External Affairs Ministry spokesman.
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Afghans waiting for transport to the Kabul international airport on Aug. 20, 2021.
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This image made available to AFP on August 20, 2021 by Omar Haidiri, shows a US Marine grabbing an infant over a fence of barbed wire during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 19, 2021.
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An Afghan child sleeps on the cargo floor of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, kept warm by the uniform of Airman First Class Nicolas Baron, C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2021.
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Stranded Afghan nationals arrive to return back to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on Aug. 16, 2021 as the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war.
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Military uniforms were discarded in Kabul, Afghanistan, where thousands of people mobbed the city's airport, trying to flee the Taliban's hard-line brand of Islamist rule.
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Afghan migrants sit in the countryside in Tatvan, in Bitlis Province, eastern Turkey, Aug. 18, 2021. Turkey is concerned about increased migration across the Turkish-Iranian border as Afghans flee the Taliban advance in their country.
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Afghan people sit along the tarmac as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule.
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Farzia, 28, who lost her husband in Baghlan one week ago to fighting by the Taliban sits with her children, Subhan, 5, and Ismael ,2, in a tent at a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on Aug. 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. People displaced by the Taliban advancing flooded into the Kabul capital to escape the Taliban takeover of their provinces. Days later, the Taliban seized Kabul and took over the country.
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Displaced Afghans look through a fence at a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on Aug. 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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A stranded Afghan national carries his son at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on Aug. 13, 2021, after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border town in a rapid offensive across the country.
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Displaced Afghans arrive at a makeshift camp from the northern provinces desperately leaving their homes behind on Aug. 10, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Afghans trying to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport in August 2021.
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Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from the northern province due to battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces, sit in the courtyard of the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul on Aug. 13, 2021.
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Displaced Afghan families head into Kabul from the northern provinces desperately leaving their homes behind on Aug. 10, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan families from Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan provinces arrived in Kabul in greater numbers, fleeing the Taliban advance.
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Afghan families cross the border into Pakistan from Afghanistan, in Chaman, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Chaman, is a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, normally thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis cross daily and a steady stream of trucks passes through, taking goods to Afghanistan.
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Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on Aug. 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. People displaced by the Taliban advancing flooded into the Kabul capital to escape the Taliban takeover of their provinces.
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Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on Aug. 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on Aug. 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Internally displaced Afghan boy from northern provinces, who fled his home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, take refuge in a public park Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.
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