They lean on their decades of deployments and thousands of hours of in-country experience in Afghanistan by acting as emergency dispatchers, calling in favors with gate guards, sharing intelligence about Taliban actions and directing families to the right runway to get a flight.
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Posted inNation & World
Kabul airport attack kills at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops
The Islamic State group, whose Afghanistan affiliate is far more radical than the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the killings.
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Posted inNation & World
Secretary of State Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation
More than 80,000 people, more than 4,400 of them American citizens, have been airlifted since Aug. 14.
Posted inNation & World, News
Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul during chaotic evacuation
The State Department, Defense Department and White House officials were reportedly furious about the incident because it was done without coordination with diplomats or military commanders directing the evacuation.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden decides to stick with Aug. 31 final pullout from Kabul
The president asked his national security team to create contingency plans in case a situation arose for which the deadline needed to be extended slightly.
Posted inLocal & State
Gov. Mills says Maine is prepared to take in Afghans fleeing Taliban
It’s a welcome gesture for Mainers who are struggling to help family members escape Afghanistan by the end of August.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Sorrow both here and abroad
This week I packed up the youngest, along with most of his belongings, and the two of us took a road trip to settle him in at college. I’ll be the first to acknowledge that the “empty nest” phenomenon is real. Never did I think it was possible to simultaneously feel so much joy and […]
Posted inNation & World
CIA head meets with Taliban leader as fears for Afghanistan grow
The meeting represents an extraordinary moment for a CIA that for two decades targeted the Taliban in paramilitary operations.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The war’s not over, and neither is the killing
Our disastrous Afghanistan pullout has endangered the lives of the people who made our 20-year occupation possible.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Can the U.S. recover from the Afghanistan debacle?
Its mismanaged exit has hurt its friends and will embolden rivals and terror groups alike. Rebuilding American credibility won’t be easy.