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Taliban blame US for airport chaos as Afghans face ‘impossible’ race to flee
The Liberty Loft ^ | August 22, 2021 | AFP

Posted on 08/22/2021 8:22:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Kabul, Afghanistan — The Taliban on Sunday blamed the United States for the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans and foreigners from the capital, one week after the hardline Islamist group returned to power in a rapid victory that stunned the world.

The United States has warned of security threats and the European Union admitted it was “impossible” to evacuate everyone at risk from the Taliban, who have vowed a softer version of their brutal rule from 1996-2001.

But terrified Afghans continue to try to flee, deepening a tragedy at Kabul airport where the United States and its allies have been unable to cope with the huge numbers of people trying to get on evacuation flights.

“America, with all its power and facilities … has failed to bring order to the airport. There is peace and calm all over the country, but there is chaos only at Kabul airport,” Taliban official Amir Khan Mutaqi said.

Britain’s defense ministry said Sunday seven people had died in the crowds, without giving further details.

A journalist, who was among a group of fleeing media workers and academics fortunate enough to reach the airport on Sunday, described desperate scenes of people surrounding their bus on the way in.

“They were showing us their passports and shouting ‘take us with you … please take us with you’,” the journalist told AFP.

“The Taliban fighter in the truck ahead of us had to shoot in the air to make them go away.”

An Afghan woman went into labor on a U.S. Air Force flight and gave birth to a baby girl in the plane’s cargo bay moments after landing at a base in Germany/AFP Britain’s Sky News on Saturday aired footage of at least three bodies covered in white tarpaulin outside the airport...

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1 posted on 08/22/2021 8:22:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

"More ice cream, Joe?"

2 posted on 08/22/2021 8:23:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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General Milley continues to be the top Fool/Tool of Kabul!
3 posted on 08/22/2021 8:25:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, China, Cuba, Chicago/NYC! I'd move there )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We so not need ANY more muslim refugees.

How many Ilhan Nur Said Elmis do you want?


4 posted on 08/22/2021 8:34:52 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Tallyband are NOT LIBERATORS


5 posted on 08/22/2021 8:35:26 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Anyone care to speculate just when the Taliban close the airport due to “unsafe conditions” and order all foreign troops to leave or be considered a hostile occupying force? They mocked the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima. Do these power drunk people now wish to replicate Bataan?


6 posted on 08/22/2021 8:35:50 AM PDT by allendale
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Brought to you by the Biden/Harris administration ! Even an army PFC knows the military is boots on ground first and steps on the bird last once all Americans are evacuated.

Whoever is pulling dementia Joe’s strings is responsible for this disaster. Innocent Afghan citizens will pay for this with their lives.

Democrats are going to get rolled huge in the mid term elections !

7 posted on 08/22/2021 8:38:29 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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Democrats are going to get rolled huge in the mid term elections!

A bajillion mail-in ballots says they won't.

8 posted on 08/22/2021 8:40:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Newbomb Turk
Sadly , no .

The Rats intentionally are Expediting 300,000 Afghan Muslim invader using the Blank Visas the State Dept in Kabul emailed out on purpose.

Now we 300,000 Muslim invader that are right now being rushed to
Red states for the midterms with the help of the left wing Catholic and Lutheran American hating refugee agreements .

Biden will use US commercial jets to ship as Taliban with fake visas to your town .

The Valarie Jarrett - Soro planned this disaster from day 1 .

9 posted on 08/22/2021 8:45:51 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the real danger )
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10 posted on 08/22/2021 8:50:18 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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Biden needs these guys on his staff. They are more effective and honest than anyone in DC.


11 posted on 08/22/2021 10:02:12 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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