Flights resume at Kabul airport as U.S. aims to extract 22,000 Afghans

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Evacuation flights at Kabul airport resumed Monday, hours after desperate Afghans surrounded passenger jets and tried to force themselves onto a plane overnight as panic spread after the Taliban took control of the capital 20 years after having been toppled by U.S. forces.

A video showed a U.S. military aircraft trying to take flight as dozens of Afghans sprinted alongside, apparently in an attempt to stop it from taking off without them. Some even climbed aboard, clinging to the outside as the aircraft gained speed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the airport, separated by a row of barbed wire, the U.S. rushed to evacuate American diplomats. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said late Sunday that all embassy personnel had been safely evacuated to premises at the airport, whose perimeter is secured by the U.S. military.

Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said Monday that 1,000 more troops would be deployed to Kabul, eventually bringing the total force there to more than 6,000. About 2,500 U.S. troops are on the ground.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flights-resume-at-kabul-airport-as-us-aims-to-extract-22000-afghans/ar-AANn4fQ

[ansible]

1. And now we are completely dependent on the goodwill of the Taliban to not shoot

What a sad state of affairs.

[sanatanadharma]

2. Trump made the deal with the terrorists

Taliban agreed to let Trump pull out under cover of a partial ceasefire.

Contrary to words I read that others wrote, I know there exist some who think people born in Afghanistan are dumb hillbillies and super dangerous cultists.

I suspect the new government will actually be less ruthless than expected, at least nearer the urban webs of word-wide eyes.
However, the new normal will be neither pleasant nor peaceful for women and others.

There are plenty of neighborhoods in the USA where it is not pleasant to be Muslim. female, gay, black, Indian etc and on and on.