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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The US carried out a defensive airstrike via drone in Kabul Sunday targeting a suspected ISIS-K car bomb that was targeting the airport, a US defense official tells @OrenCNN. The official said a significant secondary explosion indicated substantial amount of explosive material. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @MikeBalsamo1: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban spokesman says a US airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to stri… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Sen. Ben Sasse on ABC calls Blinken’s interview “disgusting” and people should be “livid about it.” “There has been no plan. Their plan has basically been happy talk.” He says US “outsourced security” to the Taliban. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @CNNPolitics: “We've given no list of all the American SIV holders to the Taliban or any other kind of big list. … Some idea that we're… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

“No one here trusts the Taliban. No one here is counting on any words the Taliban offer. What we are focused on is actions,” Jake Sullivan says when asked about ability to leave after Tuesday. He says US has “substantial leverage” to ensure Americans, others can leave after 8/31 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Asked how he realistically thinks any Americans or Afghans can leave once the US has, Secretary Blinken points to assurances from a senior Taliban leader. “I’m not saying we should trust the Taliban,” he tells ABC. “I’m simply reporting what one of their senior leaders said.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"The female sergeants volunteered for a job that in culturally conservative Afghanistan could have been carried out only by women: searching other women and children as they passed through the gates." A worthy read on two women who were on the front line: https://t.co/o77y79AZA5 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The president will meet with the families first and then participate in the dignified transfer. He's expected to spend several hours at Dover, according to his public White House schedule. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are currently on their way to Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of the 13 US service members killed in Afghanistan this week. It's one of the most solemn aspects of the presidency. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Latest alert: “Due to a specific, credible threat, all US citizens in the vicinity of Kabul airport, including the South gate, the new Ministry of the Interior & the gate near the Panjshir Petrol station…should leave the airport area immediately.” https://t.co/VmjYCCbMU8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 29, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"It was really normal life: girls walked in the streets freely, and they went to coffee shops. One of the beauties of Kabul is watching the girls walk to school...I always say, I hope that we can see this image forever, you know?" https://t.co/7WrSwyLjed — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @etuckerAP: A week before she was killed, Sgt. Nicole Gee cradled a baby in her arms at the Kabul airport. She posted the photo on Ins… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

In a new statement, President Biden says last night's strike on ISIS-K members "was not the last." Following a briefing with his national security team, he says the evacuation in Kabul remains "extremely dangerous" and an attack is "highly likely in the next 24-36 hours." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @jeffzeleny: An inside look at the most hellish week of the Biden Presidency as the race to close America’s longest war ends in tragedy.… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

@MadisonU @BrianOliu I'm preparing to post my pre-season warning before Saturday's kickoff for those who are new here. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

All between the ages of 20-31. — PolitiTweet.org

CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk

The Department of Defense has released the names of the 13 US service members killed in Afghanistan https://t.co/ol8ocDtcSf

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @NWSNewOrleans: 🌀 We can't stress enough the importance of preparations AHEAD OF TIME. All preparations should be completed TODAY as con… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The Pentagon says 5,400 Americans total have been evacuated from Afghanistan. The evacuation overall is at more than 117,000 people, "the vast majority of which are Afghans," Gen. Hank Taylor says. About 1,400 people are scheduled to leave today. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The remains of the 13 service members killed in the suicide blast in Kabul are on the way back to the US, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says during a briefing. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"Two high-profile ISIS targets" were killed in last night's airstrike and one was wounded, Gen. Hank Taylor says. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @evanperez: In wake of Kabul airport bombing, ⁦DHS warns of possible threats “including whether individuals abroad in Afghanistan, who a… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @mikesacconetv: #RIP U.S. Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23 years old “She was a Marine’s Marine” https://t.co/XNaqfDVbq6 https://t.co/R37vu… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

“Initial indications are that we killed the target,” Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban says in a statement. “We know of no civilian casualties." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The U.S. has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, per spokesman for Central Command. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The full statement from Rylee McCollum's sister. He was a 20-year-old Marine from Wyoming, killed in this week's suicide blast in Kabul. "He was a son, a brother, a husband and a father with a baby due in just 3 weeks," she says. https://t.co/ua6Qfvtglb — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @nytimes: Rylee McCollum’s dad messaged his son on Thursday in Afghanistan, where McCollum’s Marine unit had deployed to help with evacu… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @spann: NHC is now forecasting Ida to be a very dangerous, category four hurricane when it reaches the Louisiana coast Sunday with 140 m… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021 Retweet
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Following the inconclusive result, President Biden says "efforts to understand the origins of this pandemic will not rest." On China withholding info, he says, "Responsible nations do not shirk these kinds of responsibilities to the rest of the world." https://t.co/Tm38rZQVxj — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"There are approximately 500 American citizens we are currently working with who want to leave and with whom we are communicating directly to facilitate their evacuations," State Department spokesman says. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021
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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Psaki says they are now in the retrograde part of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan. "This is the most dangerous part of the mission," she says, given it involves bringing troops and equipment home. She says expect a reduction in evacuation numbers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021