Posted on 08/18/2021 3:31:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A Dutch evacuation effort from Afghanistan on Tuesday night was unsuccessful due to chaos outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport as the route to the country’s main exit point turned increasingly treacherous three days after a Taliban takeover, with foreign and Afghan nationals still desperately trying to leave the country.
A military plane operated by the Dutch together with other northern European countries left Kabul Tuesday night without any people destined for the Netherlands on board, said Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag.
"It's awful. Many were there at the gates of the airport with their families," Kaag told Dutch news agency ANP late Tuesday. "I hope the situation will improve on Wednesday. We are trying to get a grip on the situation and to make sure that we get everyone we want to evacuate out."
The desperate scenes came amid stepped up efforts to ferry foreign and Afghan nationals trying to flee on military flights from the Kabul airport since commercial flights have not resumed since Sunday’s Taliban takeover.
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The leadership of the Democrat Party (Pelosi/Schumer) in the USA needs to immediately today, remove Faux, Democrat, POTUS, Joe Biden from office and also remove Democrat, Faux, VP, Kamala Harris from office!!! Neither are capable and they both, are severely incompetent to serve effectively in these leadership of the nation positions!!! What say you Ms. Jane & Mr. John America??? Do you agree, or, are you comfortable with these totally incompetent fools & buffoons running your country?
Why Milley has not been fired is simple.
Why has he not committed seppuku? Well, OK, he was not raised in the cult of Bushido.
Why has he not resigned? Because he obviously has never, in his lifetime, even come glancingly close to the concept of HONOR.
Bagram should have been used as the focal point for evacuation of American and other foreign citizens from the country.
Ideal location, facilities, runways, perimeter.
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