The Guardian: West has two weeks to complete Afghanistan evacuation, say sources
UK defence secretary has conceded Britain will not be able to extract all eligible Afghan allies from country
The UK defence secretary has admitted “some people will not get back” as Britain tries to evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul, along with its own citizens, and as government sources suggested the west had just two weeks to facilitate departures.
Ben Wallace appeared to hold back tears as he spoke about the effort to repatriate Britons and process visas for Afghan interpreters and other staff following the Taliban takeover.
The US has said it will withdraw all forces by the end of the month, which one Whitehall source said would be the deadline in practice for the UK to manage departures from the country.
The UK ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Laurie Bristow, was due to be airlifted out of the country over the weekend, but will stay in Kabul airport personally signing visa applications.
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WNU Editor: I do not know if these reports are true. But if they are true, it looks like the Biden administration wants two weeks so that they can announce at the end of the month that they have withdrawn from Afghanistan as President Biden had originally promised.
4 comments:
Biden is all about appearances.
2 weeks to complete evacuations
3 weeks to get COVID paperwork complete
illegals come in free sans COVID paperwork
This is your brain on liberalism
Joe has been a swamp creature since 1973 or 44 years. Joe is ready day on one.
46th President of the United States
Coronated: January 20, 2021
47th Vice President of the United States
In office: January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
United States Senator from Delaware
In office: January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009
Experienced Joe knows how to get things done like pullouts!
It's a disgrace, obviously
But if this time major people are not held accountable, it's a clear sign of as fallen democracy
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