Posted on 08/17/2021 4:25:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan restarted early Tuesday after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands of people desperate to flee after the Taliban seized the capital.
The number of civilians at the airport had thinned out, according to a Western security official at the facility, a day after chaotic scenes at the Hamid Karzai International Airport left at least five people dead as US police fired gunshots to disperse crowds of people desperate to flee the Taliban takeover.
A US official told Reuters that two gunmen who had appeared to have fired into the crowd were killed by US troops.
The situation at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, the main exit point from Afghanistan, was stabilising on Tuesday, said British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
"The position at the airport is stabilising," Raab told Sky News. "The stability at the airport is absolutely key," he added.
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Thank you.
Was wondering. Are those Americans stuck in Kabul dependents of our military sent to Afganistan ?
Just in Video
Taliban fighters everywhere outside Kabul airport, fire shots as crowds try to enter the facility
The Tally bon didn’t attack the airfield, although they could have. The airfield was overrun by panicked civilians.
Absolutely not. Some could be contractors, but I suspect they would have been pulled months ago too. People working for NGOs?
That map doesn’t quite do the geography justice. There’s a good size mountain between Kabul and Bagram along with a pass/highway. Going through rough country. With air cover Kabul would have held, but then with air cover the entire country would have held too…
Hot link
That is amazing and I suppose anyone with internet could see the same
Even pulls up an identifier pic and aircraft type
How much was the cash money bribe that was paid to the Taliban?
I’m going to install that app so I can see planes heading over my house
Air national guard has flyovers too but they are easy to hear
And there’s a AF tanker loitering around Kabul
He went back to Al Udeid for the night.
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