The veteran, who asked ABC News not reveal his name or location because he could be targeted in his work overseas, said some Afghan soldiers “borrowed” Afghan air force aircraft to get out of the country.
” that it may take days for Afghan nationals to get to the airport with Taliban checkpoints stopping them from leaving the country -- and that he's joined a growing network of former U.S. military personnel trying to help their former colleagues.
A Pentagon official said planes departed the Kabul airport every 39 minutes on Tuesday. As next week's deadline looms, the official also told reporters that"the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the Taliban leaders that are manning these checkpoints exactly what the documentation needs to look like" for more people to get through.Wednesday that six flights are scheduled to bring about 1,800 vulnerable Afghans from Germany to the U.S.
“Some of them went over ground through Iran, Pakistan and a few other places… They're turning up in a bunch of random countries. The rest are sitting there hunkering down in, wherever they were, mostly Kabul,” he said.“I plan on… trying to help some of these guys out with my own personal money and just try to make sure they have a hotel and some food in their bellies,” he said.
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