WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan had already begun or will soon begin transiting Americans, or in some circumstances others, through their territories. Reuters first reported that Germany and other countries in the Middle East had agreed to temporarily host people evacuated from Kabul. The United States is desperately trying to evacuate thousands of people from Afghanistan as reports of Taliban reprisals against Afghans who worked with U.S.-led forces increase, forcing foreign powers to accelerate the evacuation effort. But officials said no evacuation flights left Kabul for nearly six hours on Friday because they …