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US commercial airlines will be required to help evacuate Afghans
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Gabriela Ramos
8/24/2021
Last Sunday, August 22, the main commercial airlines in the United States were called upon to help evacuate people in Kabul, along with military cargo aircraft, which has been carrying out such service since the takeover of power by the Taliban. Eighteen civil aircraft from American Airlines, Atlas, Delta, Omni, Hawaiian and United will be used.
The Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), which is almost never used, was used to transfer the rescued people. CRAF was previously only used in two other situations: troop transport in the Gulf War, from 1990 to 1991, and in the invasion of Iraq, between 2002 and 2003.
A Pentagon statement stated that "the Defense Department's ability to project military forces is inextricably linked to the commercial industry, which provides a critical transportation capability as well as global networks to meet daily and contingency needs."
People will be taken from American bases in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to European countries and the United States.
The deadline for the evacuation of Afghans and foreigners is August 31st. President Joe Biden, heavily criticized after the withdrawal of troops from the country, says that 15,000 Americans will be rescued and that he intends to withdraw at least 50,000 Afghan allies from the country, where thousands of American soldiers are managing the airport in Kabul.
Biden says such an operation is dangerous, and warns US citizens to stay away from the airport due to "security threats."
Since August 14, when the operation began, 17,000 people have been evacuated from the country, including 2,500 Americans. Most of them flew first to Qatar or Kuwait.
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Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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