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Make a run for the border... if you think you can make it there alive: UK tells stranded Afghans NOT to come to the airport as troops begin to pack up and leave thousands behind after Joe Biden's betrayal
The Daily Mail ^ | 25 August 2021 | MARK NICOL and JOHN STEVENS and DAVID WILLIAMS FOR THE DAILY MAIL and JAMES ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE

Posted on 08/26/2021 1:26:11 AM PDT by blueplum

The UK last night told its Afghan allies who are still trying to get out of Afghanistan to head for the border rather than attempt to get into Kabul airport where US and British forces are winding down their operations.

As evacuation efforts entered their final hours, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace appeared to signal in a briefing to MPs that there are few places left on British planes. ..

...A US order that Britain must pull out its 1,000 soldiers and officials before the US begins its withdrawal has reduced the time available to process the final claims.

US commanders have also insisted on 'two to three days' to conduct a unilateral extraction of their 6,000-strong force, meaning the last UK troops are expected to fly out on Sunday.

The order came as the Taliban further tightened its grip on the airport...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airlifts; kabul; uk

1 posted on 08/26/2021 1:26:11 AM PDT by blueplum
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Joseph Stolen is an idiot.

Someone else is calling the shots, and it ain’t the other idiot.


2 posted on 08/26/2021 1:30:57 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: blueplum

Biden is despicable.


3 posted on 08/26/2021 1:31:40 AM PDT by Mark17 (Air Traffic Controller, retired. Father of US Air Force 1st Lieutenant, and trained combat pilot )
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To: blueplum

Basically a 12-day hike (from Kabul) if you head straight north, avoid Taliban check-points/general roads. Mountain streams along the way to refill your canteen. I probably wouldn’t do it in the winter months.


4 posted on 08/26/2021 1:44:35 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: blueplum

Well... Joe will go down in history with a legacy of infamy and the first woman president will take the baton of his legacy and go with him in to the trash heap.


5 posted on 08/26/2021 2:35:16 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: blueplum

Pick your poison. Watch the last flight leave the Kabul Airport or make your way to the border of either Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan or Turmkenistan.


6 posted on 08/26/2021 2:36:35 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe is the real life Chauncey Gardiner. )
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To: NautiNurse

One hell of “Choose your own adventure”


7 posted on 08/26/2021 3:07:17 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: blueplum

I can’t believe they’re telling people to run into Iran and run into Pakistan


8 posted on 08/26/2021 3:39:23 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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To: blueplum

Have you seen the lines at the border crossing?. It’s just as massive.


9 posted on 08/26/2021 3:49:25 AM PDT by HollyB
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Note to the UK: BiteMe’s betrayal?!

That’s bleeping rich.

You bloody expletives-deleted helped install the demented expletive-deleted.


10 posted on 08/26/2021 3:54:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: RaceBannon
I can’t believe they’re telling people to run into Iran and run into Pakistan

Hitch a ride on a captured war materiel caravan heading to either. /s

11 posted on 08/26/2021 4:46:55 AM PDT by Vinnie ( )
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To: blueplum

That didn’t work out for the British the last time.


12 posted on 08/26/2021 6:39:41 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: NautiNurse

Nice neighborhood.


13 posted on 08/26/2021 6:58:40 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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