Live updates: Taliban strikes conciliatory tone, consolidates power as de facto leader returns to country

“We are gravely concerned for the many people — U.S. citizens, Afghan allies and their families, women, NGO employees, journalists, and so many others — stuck in Afghanistan fearing for their lives and the future of the country,” she wrote Tuesday. “It is this administration’s moral obligation to leverage all available resources to help as many people as possible to safety in the United States. There is no time to waste.”