09-05-2021, 05:19 PM
Taliban STOP six planes carrying American citizens and allies from leaving Afghanistan airport: Top Republican says passengers are being 'held hostage for demands'
The Taliban is blocking the take off of at least six planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to flee Afghanistan, a top Republican revealed on Sunday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...B9iDqy6TH0
- Six planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people from Afghanistan have been unable to leave for days, a top Republican has said
- An Afghan official at the airport in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif said the passengers were Afghans who did not have passports or visas
- But Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the top Republican on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the group included Americans
- He said the passengers were on the planed but the Taliban were not letting them take off, effectively 'holding them hostage'
The Taliban is blocking the take off of at least six planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to flee Afghanistan, a top Republican revealed on Sunday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...B9iDqy6TH0