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Afghans 'no longer allowed to go to Kabul airport'
BBC News ^ | August 24, 2021

Posted on 08/24/2021 6:29:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the Taliban are no longer allowing Afghan nationals to go to Kabul airport because of the chaotic situation there.

At a news conference, he said crowds at the airport should go home and their security would be guaranteed.

But he said the US had kept on inviting people to the airport to board planes.

"We ask the Americans," he said. "Don't encourage Afghans to leave... We need their talent."

He added that Afghan media outlets were now working again, as were hospitals, schools, university and local government.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; failure; taliban
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1 posted on 08/24/2021 6:29:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good, fix your shithole.
We gave you 20 years to be ready.


2 posted on 08/24/2021 6:30:59 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wonder how much Biden is paying the Taliban terrorists daily?


3 posted on 08/24/2021 6:31:36 AM PDT by allendale
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To: allendale

Ask the CIA.


4 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:03 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"We ask the Americans," he said. "Don't encourage Afghans to leave... We need their talent."

I agree in not encouraging the Afghans to leave because we don't want them! Second, need their talent? What talent? Blowing up things?

5 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:04 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since Biden believes in an American last policy, he’s sure to make importing Afghan refugees a priority over getting Americans out.


6 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:47 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where will they go for holidays?


7 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:54 AM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good news. How sad is it that we must now rely on the Taliban to control US Immigration Policy.


8 posted on 08/24/2021 6:33:06 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is going well.

“Give us more money!”


9 posted on 08/24/2021 6:33:16 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Tollybon cut a deal with the CIA, (the big guy gets 10%) and are trying to clear the airport so the Americans can get in.

This will put a crimp in Buydems other racket, selling seats on US evac planes to desperate Afganis who grifted millions from the US aid.


10 posted on 08/24/2021 6:34:17 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: allendale

I don’t know but I’m sure it’s less the 40% origination rebate.


11 posted on 08/24/2021 6:34:22 AM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: EEGator

Good. Focus on Americans.


12 posted on 08/24/2021 6:34:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We need their talent

The problem is that the goats are not being tended properly and are running loose in the streets.
13 posted on 08/24/2021 6:34:34 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Staying home and not going to the airport is a death sentence for most people who helped us.


14 posted on 08/24/2021 6:35:03 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Blue Highway

Raping and goat herding.


15 posted on 08/24/2021 6:36:04 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

“Good, fix your $hithole.”

That’s harsh.


16 posted on 08/24/2021 6:36:33 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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SKY News:

Speaking at a news conference, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the “one thing that is a problem” for the militant group is the growing crowds outside Kabul airport.

He said: “To help we are trying hard but unfortunately the Americans are still continuing their previous policies in relation to that and they are taking Afghans out of the country to an uncertain future.”

Mr Mujahid called on the US to “not encourage” Afghan people - especially doctors, engineers and the “educated elite” - to leave Afghanistan.

He said that Afghans should no longer go to the airport, adding those who are still there should head home and their security would be guaranteed.

The spokesman also said that the Taliban does not want foreign embassies to close, claiming diplomats in Afghanistan have been assured of their safety.

https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-live-updates-g7-leaders-meeting-as-joe-biden-under-pressure-to-extend-withdrawal-deadline-despite-taliban-threat-12385846


17 posted on 08/24/2021 6:37:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Covid lock down? /s


18 posted on 08/24/2021 6:38:28 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: libertylover
"Don't encourage Afghans to leave... We need their talent."

Yep. They want the Afghans not to leave so they can kill them in revenge. Those people are condemned to death anyway so they may as well be used to help establish an atmosphere of terror, solidifying the Taliban hold on power.

19 posted on 08/24/2021 6:39:21 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: the_individual2014

Feel free to go over there and help.

Go to the VA and tell the mentally and physically ruined vets that.
Grow a spine.


20 posted on 08/24/2021 6:41:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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