Originally Posted by
Ninthace
I see the more forces are being flown the Kabul to help control the airfield but how on earth are they going to extract them at the end of the operation? Surely as they start to pull out, the crowds will get more desperate and the forces to control them will be less.
C130s (needing less runway length to be kept clear) and then the last few hundred by helicopter to Pakistan, I should imagine with some form of collapsing perimeter to a rooftop HLS for crowd control purposes
Or, hard as this might be for some to stomach, a deal which sees the Taliban controlling the airfield perimeter in return for humanitarian aid or talks leading to diplomatic recognition. In the long run that might be seen as wiser.