GOP Rep. McCaul: Taliban Is Holding 6 Airplanes Filled with Americans and Allies – IOTW Report

GOP Rep. McCaul: Taliban Is Holding 6 Airplanes Filled with Americans and Allies

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A hostage situation is brewing in Afghanistan as the Taliban refuses to allow planes filled with Americans and Afghan allies to leave the country, according to a Republican congressman.

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul made the revelation during an appearance on Fox News on Sunday.

“We have six airplanes at Mazar 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. The state has cleared these flights and the Taliban will not let them leave the airport,” he said.

“They’ve sat at the airport for the last couple of days, these planes, and they’re not allowed to leave. We know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange,” said McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. read more

14 Comments on GOP Rep. McCaul: Taliban Is Holding 6 Airplanes Filled with Americans and Allies

  1. I think a case can be made that Joe Biden can be added to The List of Bad Presidents alongside Franklin Pierce, who facing a severely divided nation over the issue of slavery, proceeded to exacerbate tensions by making everything worse.

    Oh yeah, Pierce was a Democrat.

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  2. LocoBlancoSaltine SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 AT 1:15 AM

    Day 1
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    J Conners SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 AT 1:25 AM

    We should start a lottery for the day when the survivors are released.
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    So he really is trying to out-do Carter.

    If it plays out similarly, the day count will depend on if Trump, or someone like him, gets in the White House.

    However many days that is, that’s my bet.

    I’ll take the Jan. 20 2025 cycle.

    Hope I’m completely wrong because a complete regime change happens before then. Wouldn’t mind losing the bet for that reason.

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  3. @ Wild Bill SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 AT 1:42 AM

    Biden was not legitimately elected. He is not, and will never have been President. Just because the Democrats and Republican establishment installed him in the White House that in no way confers legitimacy on him.

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  4. I attended a very well attended Labor Day parade Saturday that the local Democratic Party usually marches in. Not only were they absent from the parade, their booth at the County Fair was conspicuously absent as well.

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  5. 6 Aircraft? How Many “Real” Americans are on board?
    As soon Zero Joe’s vacation ends, nothing will change, he abandoned Americans in Afghanistan for a reason.
    Lord knows what his plan was, Zero Joe doesn’t even know.

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  6. Whatever the Taliban wants it will get from Biden. I believe things are worse than imagined in Afghanistan and big tech is helping the current administration by filtering evidence. Whatever Joe does now will come back to haunt him.

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  7. DADOF4
    We are here because the WOKE leftist Generals have been gearing up to fight Americans! They will not fight Americans’s enemies.

    If there is a “regime change” it will be when the leftist generals declare Marshall Law here!

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