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Biden admin charges $2k for stranded US citizens to flee Afghanistan after botched military withdrawal

Updated: August 20, 2021 at 8:57 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Aug 20, 2021 – 7:59 pm EDT

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(LifeSiteNews) — After a botched draw-down of U.S. troops led to the swift takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban forces this month, leaving thousands of American citizens desperate to flee the country, reports now indicate the Biden administration is charging evacuees for flights home. 

When Americans and U.S. allies will be able to board a flight is unclear. Reports on Friday indicated that flights from the Kabul airport were grounded, with CNN’s Clarissa Ward reporting that as of Friday morning no American planes had left the tarmac in more than eight hours as the situation in Kabul rapidly deteriorates into a “humanitarian crisis.” 

.@clarissaward is inside the Kabul airport and it’s still total chaos: “During the last 8 hours… we have not seen a single U.S. flight evacuate people.” #FFS @KateBolduan @CNN

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 20, 2021

Citing overcrowding at the Doha airport, future U.S. flights from Kabul are now expected to land in Bahrain. 

The news comes as reports from inside the country tell a disturbing story of Christians

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