President Biden seems so intent to cut and run from Afghanistan that he might be leaving people behind to fend for their own….
The United States military has thousand’s of more troops on the ground then the NATO countries…
Yet it appears from a political point of view?
The Pentagon does not have the ok to go beyond the airport wall’s….
There are confirmed reports that Americans and Afghan’s that helped Americans are NOT at the front gate of Kabul Airport…..
There have also been reports of British paratroopers leaving the airport to rescue British nationals and local allies, although it isn’t immediately clear whether these efforts continued after the Taliban takeover. Germany has announced it will bring in two helicopters on Saturday to access hard-to-reach people in need of evacuation in Kabul.
Critics of the Biden administration have asked why the more numerous U.S. forces have not followed suit. The United States has dedicated its 5,000-plus troops to maintaining security at the airport. “At this point, we don’t have the resources to go beyond the airport compound,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Thursday….
Good to hear
President Biden: “We’re going to do everything, everything that we can to provide safe evacuation for our Afghan allies, partners, and Afghans who might be targeted because of their association with the United States…Any American who wants to come home we will get you home.”
CSPAN
Over the last 24 hours, 11 charter flights also departed the airport carrying an unspecified number of people, according to the White House. The U.S. military has evacuated roughly 14,000 people from Afghanistan since the end of July and roughly 9,000 people since Aug. 14.
Still, numerous media reports and social media posts have depicted desperate and increasingly dangerous scenes outside the airport in Kabul, as Americans and Afghan allies struggle to navigate past the Taliban’s checkpoints and face violence from its fighters…..
Politico
The Pentagon said Saturday that approximately 17,000 people have been evacuated by the U.S. from Afghanistan in the past week as the administration seeks to ramp up evacuation efforts.
Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor of the Joint Staff said there have been around 22,000 people total evacuated from Afghanistan since the end of July, including approximately 2,500 Americans. The majority of the evacuations have taken place since Aug. 14.
Evacuation efforts have become exceedingly difficult since the Taliban took over, as U.S. citizens and Afghan allies have scrambled to get to the airport in Kabul. The Taliban seized control of the capital city Sunday….
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