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Latest on the Kabul airport situation
BBC News ^ | August 15, 2021

Posted on 08/15/2021 3:05:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

We earlier reported on the chaos - including possible gunfire - at Kabul's international airport, where foreign evacuations are still ongoing.

There are reports now of civilians being injured on the tarmac. An eyewitness had told the BBC that the desperate attempts to flee at times resembled a stampede.

Now, if any Afghans there wish to return home, they must go through Taliban checkpoints, reports PBS's Jane Ferguson.

Journalist Bilal Sarwary shared a video of the airport in the early hours of 16 August

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; kabul
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To: Justa

They aren’t dumb. They see the gusher of aid money they can get if they play both sides: the west and Chicoms.


41 posted on 08/15/2021 5:08:43 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Justa
We should work with Qatar and flip to supporting the Taliban and continuing development which will keep China out.

Good gawd!

42 posted on 08/15/2021 5:58:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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