Natasha Bertrand

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Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand

Asked whether US will send forces outside Kabul to help evacuate citizens, SecDef Austin says "the forces we have are focused on security of the airfield...I don't want to detract from that." "We don't have the capability to go out and collect a large number of people," he adds. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Gen Milley says that intel assessments showed the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and security forces was a possibility, but they ranged from weeks to months to even years following US departure. Nothing he or others saw indicated a collapse could happen in just 11 days. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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SecDef said Taliban has been told by US not to interfere w/people with proper credentials trying to get to the airport. Rep. Malinowski has said this kind of system poses a problem: Afghans with US-provided credentials/documents could be even bigger targets for the Taliban. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 18, 2021 Hibernated