1 Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights
- Author: pbs.org
- Published Date: 01/23/2022
- Review: 5 (902 vote)
- Summary: · Deputy U.S. State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter said in a statement that “We have canceled some of our engagements, including planned
- Matching search results: Deputy U.S. State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter said in a statement that “We have canceled some of our engagements, including planned meetings in Doha and around the Doha Forum, and have made clear that we see this decision as a potential …
2 Biden under pressure as NGO says flights from Afghanistan blocked
- Author: theguardian.com
- Published Date: 08/07/2022
- Review: 4.78 (339 vote)
- Summary: · A state department spokesperson said on Monday that while the US is committed to helping Americans and at-risk Afghans leave, its resources in
- Matching search results: “Given these constraints, we also do not have a reliable means to confirm the basic details of charter flights, including who may be organising them, the number of US citizens and other priority groups onboard, the accuracy of the rest of the …
3 Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Is Facing Pressure To Help More Afghans Evacuate
- Author: npr.org
- Published Date: 05/25/2022
- Review: 4.39 (533 vote)
- Summary: · … flights are pressing the state department to do more to help them … blocking these private charter flights and the State Department
- Matching search results: KELEMEN: At the Al Udeid Air Base, Blinken spoke with five Afghan interpreters who were on the ground at the airport in Kabul pulling people to safety and are still helping out now in Qatar. He toured a massive hangar with hundreds of cots, now …
4 State Dept. wont give private rescue flights OK to leave Afghanistan
- Author: nypost.com
- Published Date: 04/18/2022
- Review: 4.37 (397 vote)
- Summary: · The State Department said it will not formally approve the departure of chartered planes from Afghanistan carrying Americans and allies
- Matching search results: On Friday, Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) blamed the State Department for blocking a rescue mission he had sponsored from landing at Hamid Karzai International Airportin Kabul and told Fox News he had heard that “there are five planes sitting at …
5 Leaked Email Reveals State Department Blocking Rescue Flights From Afghanistan Even With Americans on Board: Report
- Author: latinpost.com
- Published Date: 12/08/2021
- Review: 4.19 (478 vote)
- Summary: · A leaked email shows that the U.S. State Department has refused to greenlight some privately chartered planes out of Afghanistan
- Matching search results: Graham said that Biden’s choice would be either to let the threat fester or “hit them before they hit you,” The Hill reported. Graham was among the Republicans who criticized Biden for failing to correctly forecast the fall of the Afghan government …
6 State Department obstruction of private rescue flights from Afghanistan revealed in leaked email
- Author: foxnews.com
- Published Date: 07/26/2022
- Review: 3.88 (216 vote)
- Summary: · The State Department refused to grant official approval for private evacuation flights from Afghanistan to land in third countries,
- Matching search results: “Once you have had discussions with the host/destination country and reached an agreement, they may require some indication from the USG that we ‘approve’ of this charter flight. DOS will not provide an approval, but we will provide a ‘no objection’ …