US military helicopters only rescuing Americans trapped by Taliban on ‘case-by-case basis’
August 24, 2021 Ryan Morgan
On Monday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said U.S. troop commanders have the authority to leave the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on a “case-by-case basis” to find and bring U.S. citizens back to the airport who are unable to get through the various crowds and Taliban checkpoints in the way.
Kirby acknowledged during a Pentagon press briefing that the U.S. military has used helicopters in at least two instances, to extract Americans and bring them to the airport.
One reporter said, “We know about the chinooks last Thursday at the (inaudible) hotel, have there have been additional cases since then? Can you tell us any details about that?”
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