The Taliban is holding six airplanes carrying Americans and Afghan refugees “hostage” at an airport in Afghanistan, Rep. Michael McCaul claimed in an interview Sunday.
McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday” that the flights have been cleared by the US State Department to depart but “the Taliban will not let them leave the airport.”
“In fact, we have six airplanes at Mazar-i-Sharif airport, six airplanes, with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now,” the Texas congressman told host Chris Wallace.
Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace asked McCaul, a ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, asked how many Americans have gotten out of Afghanistan since the withdrawal deadline on Aug. 31, prompting McCaul to say, “I understand, zero.”
– Read more at the NY Post and watch the interview below
Multiple planes are ready to take U.S. citizens and green card holders out of Afghanistan — but the Taliban won’t let them leave, officials say
Multiple planes that are ready to take American citizens and green card holders out of the country are being denied permission to leave by the Taliban, congressional and NGO sources told CBS News.
Excerpts of an email from the State Department to members of congress viewed by CBS News acknowledged that charter flights are still on the ground at the Mazar-i-Sharif airstrip in northern Afghanistan and have permission to land in Doha “if and when the Taliban agrees to takeoff.”
“The Taliban is basically holding them hostage to get more out of the Americans,” a senior congressional source told CBS News.
– Read more at CBS News.
Joe Biden abandoned Americans in Afghanistan. Members of Congress, including me and my office, have been working around the clock to get them out – and for days Biden's State Dept. couldn't even get out of its own way. Now there are deeply disturbing reports of a hostage crisis. https://t.co/EMGd5wWGxs
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 5, 2021
‘If one life is lost, the blood is on White House hands’: Fury at State Department for ‘delaying six flights out of Afghanistan carrying dozens of US citizens’
The US State Department has been accused of blocking dozens of Americans from fleeing Afghanistan after failing to tell the Taliban it had green-lighted charter flights.
On Sunday, Reuters reported that the delay had been caused by Biden administration officials not telling Taliban leaders it had approved the departures of the chartered flights from an airport in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, 260 miles north of Afghan capital Kabul.
An exasperated flight organizer hit out at the State Department over the fiasco, saying: ‘They need to be held accountable for putting these people’s lives in danger.’
Two other organizers have also torn into the Antony Blinken-headed department, with one – who didn’t give their name – telling Fox: ‘This is zero place to be negotiating with American lives. Those are our people standing on the tarmac and all it takes is a f****ing phone call.
Read more at the Daily Mail
Taliban is holding six airplanes carrying Americans and Afghan refugees “hostage”
Anyone who supported (Romney,Cheney) and or voted for Slo Joe should be held directly responsible for what is playing out in Afghanistan. What else could they have expected from this bumbling incompetent.
“ITs his fault.”
“NO, its their fault”
“No, its allahs fault”
“No, its trumps fault”.
And we go round and round and round.
Just remember, Joe Biden and Tony Ivy League Blinken are in bed with these terrorists, so what does one expect? Worthless traitors describe Joe and Tony. Tony, when is your next party on Martha’s Vineyard? I hope you invite John Kerry to the party!
Negotiate with the Taliban to release the hostages and planes sitting on the runway in Afghanistan. USA negotiating position should be: “Taliban, allow all Americans to leave the country unharmed and all Afghanis with American papers to also leave and US Military will promise not to blow up the palace with the Taliban leadership in it.” Do not commit to any end date for such negotiated position so that anyone that wants to leave later can also depart unharmed.
Next step in the negotiations, should be “Either our folks are allowed to leave, or we NUKE every one of the towns and cities outlying from Kabul.. ” PERIOD!
Those Taliban people just aren’t the negotiating type, are they Joe? Now, you see what Republicans have to deal with in Congress every day trying to work with Democrats. How you could allow such a rogue bunch of thugs to bring this country down into such a submissive position—I do not understand.
You, The Taliban, and China may have cut your self-enrichment deals—but all three of you did so by cutting the throats of your people—in some cases, literally.
Impeach Biden
They must have both gone to the same school for negotiation tactics..
LIE, Lie some more, and then break any promises made..
The puppet president Biden has already surrendered and run off leaving all of our military equipment for the Taliban.
Just how much more groveling is this disgraceful Democrat party ruled administration going to do for the Taliban??
Our greatest, most destructive and deadliest ENEMY
is the currant traitorous, socialist Democrat Party.
The Dishonorable, Socialist Democrat Party game plan is to lie, cheat and steal elections in order to take total control of the American people, increase Taxes on everything and bring American commerce and economy to its knees.
Then access power and retain it by any means available –
no matter the costs to the people, the government or the nation.
Between the Tolly bahn and The U.S. State Department those Americans are screwed!
AND between the commucrats, and a feckless GOP, SO ARE WE!