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Old 6th Sep 2021, 17:25
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Originally Posted by ORAC
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sta...ts-afghanistan

State Dept blocking private rescue flights from leaving Afghanistan
That's not how the Associated Press reports it:
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why the flights weren’t able to take off as pressure ramps up on the United States to help those left behind to flee.

An Afghan official at the airport in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif said that the would-be passengers were Afghans, many of whom did not have passports or visas, and thus were unable to leave the country. He said they had left the airport while the situation was sorted out.
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