1st flight after US evacuation lands in Kabul
"A huge United Arab Emirates plane carrying 60 tonnes of food landed in Kabul airport today," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday.
"A huge United Arab Emirates plane carrying 60 tonnes of food landed in Kabul airport today," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday.
The evacuation flow of Americans kept pace even as a new State Department security alert, issued hours before the military action, instructed people to leave the airport area immediately “due to a specific, credible threat.”
When asked about this reported list, US President Joe Biden acknowledged - in general terms - that there's plenty of communication between the Taliban and US forces.
European allies pressed for more time but lost the argument, and they may be forced to end their evacuations a couple of days before the last American troops leave.
With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country facing obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems.
US troops fired shots in the air at the Hamid Karzai International Airport to prevent hundreds of civilians from running onto the tarmac after they took over Afghanistan's air traffic control.
Thousands of Afghans, fearing a return to Taliban rule, are trying to flee the country through Kabul’s international airport.
An airliner carrying the 221 Afghans, including 57 children and 15 babies, touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport
