{"id":331071,"date":"2021-08-27T11:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/evacuation-flights-resume-after-kabul-airport-explosion\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T08:52:54","slug":"evacuation-flights-resume-after-kabul-airport-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/evacuation-flights-resume-after-kabul-airport-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"#Evacuation flights resume after Kabul airport explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Evacuation flights resume after Kabul airport explosion<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than 100. The US says further attempted attacks are expected ahead of the Tuesday deadline for foreign troops to leave, ending America\u2019s longest war.<\/p>\n<p>As the call to prayer echoed through Kabul with the whine of departing planes, the anxious crowd outside the airport was as large as ever. In one location, dozens of Taliban members with heavy weapons about 500 meters from the airport were preventing anyone from venturing forward.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s bombings near Kabul\u2019s international airport killed at least 95 Afghans and 13 US troops, Afghan and US officials said, in the deadliest day for US forces in Afghanistan since August 2011. An official said Friday that the true toll could be higher because other people may have taken bodies away from the scene, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Explosion.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"At least 95 Afghans and 13 US troops were killed while dozens were injured in Thursday's explosion near Kabul's airport.\" class=\"wp-image-19263828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Explosion.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Explosion.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Explosion.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At least 95 Afghans and 13 US troops were killed while dozens were injured in Thursday\u2019s explosion near Kabul\u2019s airport.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an emotional speech,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/asia-pacific-evacuations-kabul-islamic-state-group-7f146c8ae5d9e9ab225025527e421226\">President Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0blamed the Islamic State group\u2019s Afghanistan affiliate, far more radical than the Taliban militants who seized power less than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will rescue the Americans; we will get our Afghan allies out, and our mission will go on,\u201d Biden said. But despite intense pressure to extend Tuesday\u2019s deadline, he has cited the threat of terrorist attacks as a reason to keep to his plan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Biden-20.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden vowed to rescue Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan in wake of the explosions. \" class=\"wp-image-19263915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Biden-20.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Biden-20.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Biden-20.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden vowed to rescue Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan in wake of the explosions. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban, back in control of Afghanistan two decades after they were ousted in a U.S.-led invasion following the 9\/11 attacks, insist on the deadline. The Trump administration in February 2020 struck an agreement with the Taliban that called for it to halt attacks on Americans in exchange for the removal of all US troops and contractors by May; Biden announced in April he would have them out by September.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>While the US on Thursday said more than 100,000 people have been safely evacuated from Kabul, as many as 1,000 Americans and tens of thousands more Afghans are struggling to leave in one of history\u2019s largest airlifts. Gen. Frank McKenzie, the US Central Command chief overseeing the evacuation, on Thursday said about 5,000 people were awaiting flights on the airfield.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19263492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=346 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=115 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Front_Cover-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet more were arriving. Thursday\u2019s attacks led Jamshad, who gave just his one name, to come early Friday with his wife and three small children, clutching an invitation to a Western country he didn\u2019t want to name. This was his first attempt to leave, he said: \u201cAfter the explosion I decided I would try because I am afraid now there will be more attacks and I think now I have to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieve me, I think that an explosion will h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en any second or minute, God is my witness, but we have lots of challenges in our lives, that is why we take the risk to come here and we overcome fear,\u201d said Ahmadullah Herawi, also seeking to flee.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes at the airport, with people standing knee-deep in sewage and families thrusting documents and even young children toward US troops behind razor wire, have horrified many around the world as far-flung efforts continue to help people escape.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Britain will end its evacuations in Afghanistan on Friday. following &quot;eight or nine&quot; more flights. \" class=\"wp-image-19263829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Britain will end its evacuations in Afghanistan on Friday. following \u201ceight or nine\u201d more flights. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But those chances are fading fast for many. Some US allies have said they are ending evacuation efforts, in part to give the US time to wrap up its evacuation work before getting 5,000 of its troops out by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Britain said Friday its evacuations from Afghanistan will end within hours, and the main British processing center for eligible Afghans has been closed. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> there would be \u201ceight or nine\u201d evacuation flights on Friday, and they will be the last. British troops will leave over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government said it has ended its evacuation operation. And the French European affairs minister, Clement Beaune, said on French radio Europe 1 that France will end its evacuation operation \u201csoon\u201d but may seek to extend it until after Friday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_Belgium.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Belgian military planes have been used as part of evacuating people from Afghanistan. \" class=\"wp-image-19263916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_Belgium.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_Belgium.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Evacuation_Belgium.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Belgian military planes have been used as part of evacuating people from Afghanistan. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Untold thousands of Afghans, especially ones who had worked with the US and other Western countries, are now in hiding from the Taliban, fearing retaliation despite the group\u2019s offer of full amnesty. The militant group has claimed it has become more moderate since its harsh rule from 1996 to 2001, when it largely confined women to their homes, banned television and music and held public executions.<\/p>\n<p>But Afghans in Kabul and elsewhere have reported that some Taliban members are barring girls from attending school and going door to door in search of people who had worked with Western forces.<\/p>\n<p>No one knows how effective the Taliban will be at combating the Sunni extremists of IS, who have links to the group\u2019s more well-known affiliate in Syria and Iraq and have carried out a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of brutal attacks in Afghanistan, mainly targeting its Shiite Muslim minority.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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