US to evacuate until deadline, but it's brutal at airport
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August 26, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials pledged Wednesday that the military airlift of Americans and others from Kabul will continue until the final hours before President Joe Biden's Tuesday night deadline. But refugee groups described a disorganized, barely-there U.S. evacuation effort for Afghan allies that leaves the most desperate to risk beatings and death at Taliban checkpoints
Some Afghans are reported being turned away from the Kabul airport by American forces controlling the gates, despite having approval for flights.
"It's 100% up to the Afghans to take these risks and try to fight their w...
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