*American citizens aren’t the only ones being turned away at the airport gates. As reported in The New York Times, students and alumni from the American University of Afghanistan were too. This came after about 600 of them had gathered at a safe house and boarded buses to take them, they thought, to freedom. After waiting for several hours, they were told that evacuations had been called off. An email told them to return home. (“Home”?) Because the U.S. troop deadline for evacuation is August 31, it said, the U.S. military was turning from evacuating civilians to getting its own personnel out.
Terrified for Their Lives
Think that’s bad? Oh, it’s much worse. They’re terrified for their lives now, as they also learned the U.S. military, “following protocol,” had shared a list of their names and passport information with the Taliban who were guarding the airport checkpoints. Their identities are now known, and there’s no way to evacuate.
The Taliban have already taken over the American University campus. The staff got out in time and are now safely in Doha. The president of the school says they’re committed to “ensuring all students would finish their degrees remotely.”*
From https://stream.org/biden-state-department-refuses-americans-at-kabul-airport/
*American citizens aren’t the only ones being turned away at the airport gates. As reported in The New York Times, students and alumni from the American University of Afghanistan were too. This came after about 600 of them had gathered at a safe house and boarded buses to take them, they thought, to freedom. After waiting for several hours, they were told that evacuations had been called off. An email told them to return home. (“Home”?) Because the U.S. troop deadline for evacuation is August 31, it said, the U.S. military was turning from evacuating civilians to getting its own personnel out.
Terrified for Their Lives Think that’s bad? Oh, it’s much worse. They’re terrified for their lives now, as they also learned the U.S. military, “following protocol,” had shared a list of their names and passport information with the Taliban who were guarding the airport checkpoints. Their identities are now known, and there’s no way to evacuate.
The Taliban have already taken over the American University campus. The staff got out in time and are now safely in Doha. The president of the school says they’re committed to “ensuring all students would finish their degrees remotely.”*