Posted on Aug 28, 2021
At The Kabul Airport, Evacuation Flights Stream On Even As Another Attack Is Feared
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With President Biden remaining committed to pulling U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, time is running out for emergency evacuation missions.
But for now — even amid credible threats to the Kabul airport following Thursday's deadly attack — there's a steady flow of U.S. aircraft coming in and out of the airport to evacuate Americans and Afghans leaving the country following the Taliban's takeover, an air traffic controller there tells NPR.
With President Biden remaining committed to pulling U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, time is running out for emergency evacuation missions.
But for now — even amid credible threats to the Kabul airport following Thursday's deadly attack — there's a steady flow of U.S. aircraft coming in and out of the airport to evacuate Americans and Afghans leaving the country following the Taliban's takeover, an air traffic controller there tells NPR.
At The Kabul Airport, Evacuation Flights Stream On Even As Another Attack Is Feared
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel thanks Brother William for the read and share of the most informative my friend.
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Biden doing his job. Say, you mean he hasn't taken off 6 weeks to play golf like trump did every 6 months??
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The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been, to put it mildly, an utter catastrophe. Despite President Biden’s promise that his administration had planned for “every contingency,” in just the span of a few days, Biden’s leadership has resulted in not only the greatest strategic failure in modern American military history but the ultimate embarrassment.
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