
US Military Executing Afghan Evacuation
Voice of America
PENTAGON - A day after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban without a fight, foreign forces continue to protect and hold Kabul’s international airport, including thousands of American soldiers tasked with carrying out a hasty evacuation. I receive lots of messages to give interviews. I’m not in a state to give interviews. I am helping my friends to rescue their families. Terrorists took my house, I made from 18 yrs of savings. They r going door to door to kill SOFs & pilots. My mom & 5 siblings (4 sis) r trapped!
A senior defense official confirmed to VOA Monday that Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, met with the Taliban in Qatar on Sunday, warning them that the U.S. military would use self-defense should the militant group try to interfere with the massive evacuation mission. Asked how many C-17 aircraft were being utilized to fly people out of Afghanistan, the official replied, “every one that’s available.” Some U.S. troops were delayed for hours from arriving in Kabul this morning due to civilians on a runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The airfield is now open and those forces have landed, according to defense officials.
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