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WASHINGTON —The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter plane carrying more than 100 Americans and U.S. green card holders evacuated from Afghanistan, organizers of the flight said. "They will not allow a charter on an international flight into a U.S. port of entry," Bryan Stern, a founder of non-profit group Project Dynamo, said of the department's Customs and Border Protection agency. Stern spoke to Reuters from aboard a plane his group chartered from Kam Air, a private Afghan airline, that he said had been sitting for 14 hours at Abu Dhabi airport after...

Rep. Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz·2h US citizens are not being allowed into Kabul international. Biden has ordered the gates closed. Our fellow Americans will soon be left behind. Unbelievable and unforgivable. 10:55PM • August 28, 2021

Jack Posobiec Flag of United States @JackPosobiec·36m Rockets and mortars will be next Quote Tweet Jack Posobiec Flag of United States @JackPosobiec· Aug 15 If you caught War Room on Saturday morning, everything we said would happen next in Afghanistan is happening today, right down to the mortar attacks on the airport Tomorrow's news today #warroompandemic https://rumble.com/vl5ett-biden-regime-turned-worlds-greatest-fighters-into-worlds-worst-army.html

Bloodied and beaten by the Taliban - this was the fate of one man claiming to be an Australian citizen as he tried to reach Kabul airport today as the Islamists defied Joe Biden's demand to let evacuation flights continue unimpeded with just hours left to get civilians out of the country. The man, whose identity is unknown, was attacked after the Taliban vowed to stop people reaching the airport despite Biden demanding that they 'allow access to the airport for those who are transporting out and no disruptions to our operations' in return for US troops withdrawing from the...

According to the Biden regime, 21,000 civilians were evacuated from the Kabul Airport in the last 24 hours. 37 US military flights carrying 12,700 evacuees were airlifted from Kabul on Monday and 57 coalition flights carrying 8,900 civilians were evacuated from Afghanistan. ..... Snip..... The White House said on Tuesday 58,700 civilians were evacuated from Afghanistan since the operation began. Advertisement - story continues below Emerald Robinson from Newsmax on Tuesday said only 4,000 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan. That means there are likely over 10,000 Americans left in the country. It also means that most of the civilians...

The White House left out an important point from the readout of a recent call between U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. A readout provided by the French government mentioned the “collective moral responsibility toward the Afghan men and women” that the two leaders reportedly discussed in the call Thursday. “The head of state emphasized our collective moral responsibility toward the Afghan men and women who need our protection and who share our values. We cannot abandon them,” the French readout of the call said. “The two presidents agreed to strengthen their efforts in the humanitarian and...

NEW: Leaked State cable with evacuation numbers (as of Aug 23 at 1500 ET): Total manifested since midnight Kabul AUG 23: 483 AMCITS, 6,425 Afghans natls, 8 3rd country/unknown. Total = 6,916 Total manifested since op began: 4,407 AMCITS, 21,533 Afghans, 642 TCNs. Total = 26,582

Joe Biden was worried about the headlines, so he told his commanders not to go out and rescue Americans trapped in Kabul.It would make him look bad. What a devil. Biden feared a “Black Hawk Down” moment if US troops went out in the streets of Kabul and were killed or injured by the terrorists. Joe Biden was willing to let Americans die in Kabul rather than face bad headlines. The Daily Mail reported:

The same government official who said Hunter Biden’s laptop was a “Russian Op” and was later fired by Trump’s Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is leading Joe Biden’s Afghanistan evacuation disaster. Biden rehired Russell Travers and today he is leading Joe Biden’s disastrous and unintelligible Afghanistan evacuation plan. UPDATE– We spoke with former Acting DNI Richard Grenell on Monday and this is what he told us: “Russ Travers was removed from running counter-terrorism from the Trump administration and replaced by a woman who was eager to implement the needed reforms.” Breitbart.com reported:

Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared on Face the Nation on Sunday to discuss Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Blinken was pressed on the Biden Admin’s efforts to extricate Americans stuck in Afghanistan behind enemy lines. Advertisement - story continues below Thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan in a potential hostage situation as terrorist factions block roads to Kabul airport with checkpoints. Americans are reportedly being beaten and harassed by Taliban terrorists. .... Snip.... Meanwhile French, British and German special forces are rescuing their countrymen. Secretary Blinken on Sunday said “the best way to do this” is to leave Americans...

Jack Posobiec Flag of United States @JackPosobiec· 2h Civil Reserve Air Fleet is just for headlines and Biden knows it. Plenty of mil aircraft. Commercial airliners don’t even have midair refuel capability. Slows down and endangers operations just for clicks. 9:51AM•August 22, 2021

Kamala Harris traveled to Southeast Asia to visit Singapore and Vietnam as thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan in a potential hostage situation. Both Biden and Harris hid from the public for several days as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Advertisement - story continues below Kamala Harris walked over to a gaggle of reporters on the tarmac before boarding her flight to Singapore. Harris laughed when a reporter started to ask her about Americans trapped in Afghanistan.

As the U.S. military and State Department rush to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul’s airport, Taliban checkpoints are cutting off many from freedom and safety – and reports on the ground indicate the militants are summarily executing people who helped U.S. forces over the years. Ryan Rogers, a retired Marine sergeant, told Fox News Thursday that the interpreter he worked with during the bloody 2010 battle of Marjah in Helmand province is currently trapped in Kabul, prevented from reaching the airport as Taliban fighters seek out and murder former Afghan commandoes and interpreters. "He told me yesterday...

State Dept Overseas Security Advisory Council said Aug. 14 — “Repatriation flights are not free, and passengers will be required to sign a promissory loan agreement and may not be eligible to renew their U.S. passports until the loan is repaid. Cost may be $2,000 or more per person.”

Democrats are showing the world their true face and it is straight from hell. Top Democrat Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told CNN it’s “not sensible” for the US government to provide safe passage to the thousands of stranded Americans in Afghanistan to the Kabul Airport. You gotta read this and see this to believe it. Rep. Garamendi: “We’re going to send American troops in the heart and into the streets of Kabul to extract people? It makes no sense whatsoever. We do control the airport. We’re going to do the very best...

The US Embassy in Afghanistan under the direction of Joe Biden on Wednesday sent out a second security alert to stranded Americans in Kabul: “THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE TO THE HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.” You are on your own. .... Snip.... Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin have abandoned over 10,000 Americans trapped inside Kabul who are not able to leave their homes. But not the UK. The British Government is sending Para Troops in vehicles through the center of Kabul to rescue their citizens

The horror of the Taliban has returned to Kabul. Women cry and plead with US soldiers to let them in the gate at the Kabul Airport. There are from 10,000 to 40,000 Americans still trapped inside the country today. The Taliban is attacking people lined up at the Kabul Airport.

President Trump warned Americans what to expect from Afghanistan in the coming days, weeks, and months. This will be one colossal humiliation for America. The Taliban is going to hold Americans hostage. And the ransom money for American hostages will fund their operations. President Donald Trump: We’re being set up. They have all those people and I can guarantee you they consider them to be hostages. And let’s see what happens over the coming weeks. But this is not a story that ended today or yesterday. This is a story that is going to go on for a long time....

Several U.S. media reports have estimated somewhere between 10,000 to 40,000 American citizens are still in Afghanistan as of Tuesday. ..... Snip..... “Most are scrambling to escape. Some are dual nationals or children of Americans who may not have the proper passport or visas, but the State Department has not told them how to fix their paperwork.” The Daily Mail reported 40,000 Americans are stranded in Afghanistan, while a White House official reported only 700 Americans will be evacuated Tuesday. Monday saw 150 Americans evacuated, a Newsy reporter tweeted:

The collapse of Yemen into a failed state has trapped between 3,000 and 4,000 American citizens in the country, caught between al-Qaeda and Houthi Islamists and the military action against both from Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Almost until the moment that the Hadi government was put to flight, the White House has insisted that its counterterrorism efforts in Yemen had been a model of success. The final collapse appears to have caught the Obama administration so off-guard that it didn’t have time to organize an evacuation for Americans still left, and McClatchy’s John Zarocostas reports that no rescue plans...