Close to 6,000 people have been evacuated as part of the UK rescue mission in Kabul, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. Those repatriated under Operation Pitting include embassy staff, British nationals, those eligible under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap) programme, and a small number of nationals from partner nations. The evacuation…
Almost 6,000 Evacuated From Kabul by UK as Troops Witness ‘Harrowing Scenes’
US Has ‘Moral Obligation’ to Evacuate Its Allies From Kabul: Former Afghani Interpreter
The United States has a “moral obligation” to ensure the evacuation of Afghani allied personnel, including interpreters, from Kabul, says former Afghani interpreter Ahmadullah Sediqi, as President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline to leave Afghanistan looms. Canada-based Sediqi, who served as an interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan for four years, came to the…
US Has ‘Moral Obligation’ to Evacuate Its Allies From Kabul: Former Afghan Interpreter
The United States has a “moral obligation” to ensure the evacuation of Afghan allied personnel, including interpreters, from Kabul, says former Afghan interpreter Ahmadullah Sediqi, as President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline to leave Afghanistan looms. Canada-based Sediqi, who served as an interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan for four years, came to the…
7 Afghans Killed at Crowded Kabul Airport
Seven Afghan civilians have died among chaotic scenes at the international airport in Kabul on Saturday, the British military confirmed. It comes amid reports suggesting that at least 20 people have died in the past week in and near the airport. It’s unclear if the seven who died on Saturday were killed by a stampede, heat,…
Vietnam War Reporter Ronald Yates: Is Afghanistan Withdrawal a Repeat of Vietnam?
“I thought it was bad in Saigon. This is even worse,” says three-time Pulitzer nominee Ronald Yates, who witnessed the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Yates has also reported firsthand from Afghanistan under the Soviet occupation, and for three and a half years, he did military intelligence work with…
Pentagon Confirms Americans Have Been Beaten in Afghanistan
Americans have been beaten in Afghanistan, a U.S. military official said Saturday. A day after he said the military was aware of reports that Americans were beaten by Taliban terrorists, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that “we know of a small number of cases where some Americans … have been harassed, and in some cases, beaten.”…
Germany: Helicopters to Join Kabul Airlifts, Nearly 2,000 People Evacuated
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced on Saturday that the nation’s military has evacuated about 2,000 people from the capital of Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover last week. “The situation is difficult, but with our capabilities and everything that comes up on the ground, we will keep on taking out as many as possible,” Kramp-Karrenbauer…
US Tells Americans to Avoid Traveling to Kabul Airport Because of ‘Potential Security Threats’
Americans in Afghanistan were told Saturday not to go to the airport in Kabul to evacuate unless they receive a specific message to do so. “Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this…
Baby Passed Over Wall at Afghanistan Airport Has Been Reunited With Family, US Says
The baby seen being passed from a crowd waiting outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, was treated and reunited with his or her parents, the Pentagon said on Friday. “The parent asked the Marines to look after the baby because the baby was ill,” John Kirby, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters in Washington. “And so…
US Says a Dozen Countries to Let Kabul Evacuation Flights Transit
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey,…
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