While President Joe Biden is resting at home in Delaware, six Taliban planes are being held hostage by the Taliban in Northern Afghanistan.
Retired Special Forces personnel and veterans are taking matters into their own hands in order to help the trapped Americans.
Check out what the Gateway Pundit reported:
The American heroes reportedly have 6 chartered airplanes (four 737s and two others) on the Tarmac in northern Afghanistan with the people rescued and can’t get the administration’s help.
The planes cannot take off unless the Taliban clears them which can easily be handled with a telephone call. Our heroes and the people they rescued are sitting ducks, hostages of the Taliban, who operate the airport at Mazar-i-Sharif. It’s only a matter of time before they’re targeted. The Taliban want recognition from the US gov’t, in order to receive a lot of money.
In an interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace on Tuesday, GOP Rep. Michael McCaul spoke out about the current situation at Mazar-i Sharif airport. The six planes were held up there for several days.
“In fact we have six airplanes at Mazar-i-Sharif airport, six airplanes, with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now,” McCaul stated.
“State has cleared these flights and the Taliban will not let them leave the airport,” he said.
The spokesperson said that the Taliban would be held to their promise to allow people to leave Afghanistan. “As with all Taliban promises, we are focused only on deeds and not words. But we remind the Taliban, that the international community is focused upon whether they live up their commitments.”
“We will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan,” the spokesperson continued. “As with all Taliban commitments, we are focused on deeds not words, but we remind the Taliban that the entire international community is focused on whether they live up to their commitments.”
“They are not clearing the airplanes to depart,” McCaul said. “They’ve sat at the airport for the last couple days – these planes – and they’re not allowed to leave.”
“We know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange,” he went on to say. “This is really, Chris, turning into a hostage situation where they’re not going to allow American citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the United States of America.”
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STUCK ON PLANES: @RepMcCaul says Americans and Afghan interpreters have been held hostage by the Taliban for days at the Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport in Afghanistan. #FoxNewsSunday pic.twitter.com/2gJfxNTIfJ
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