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Related: About this forumPotential ISIS Security Threat to Kabul Airport, Americans Cautioned To Stay Away (MSNBC)
American citizens in Afghanistan were cautioned not to travel to Kabul's airport because of "potential security threats" as Taliban leaders arrive in the region to form a new government.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)The EUs top diplomat has declared it impossible for Europe to evacuate all of its Afghan allies from Kabul by the end of August. Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the citys airport for preventing evacuees from leaving...
... The problem is access to the airport, Borrell explained. The Americans' control and security measures are very strong. We complained. We asked them to show more flexibility. We are unable to get our employees through....
https://www.rt.com/news/532724-borrell-impossible-evacuate-afghans-eu/
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)I've don't think I've even heard ISIS and Afghanistan mentioned in the same sentence before, but now this scary group is suddenly organized in Kabul, and threatening the withdrawal?
I don't doubt there are 'security threats', obviously, but ISIS?
Color me skeptical.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ShazamIam
(2,564 posts)and it isn't from the masses, it seems to be about privatizing and documenting lands once collectively controlled by tribal groups.