The CIA opened a secret back door to the Kabul airport, known by the code names Glory Gate and Liberty Gate, to evacuate Afghans working at the U.S. Embassy and others who could not make it through Taliban checkpoints while trying to escape the country
outside the main gates of the Kabul airport
seeking to escape Afghanistan in August, the Central Intelligence Agency opened a back door about 2 miles away along the northern perimeter of the airfield. Known by various code names, including Glory Gate and Liberty Gate, the airport entry, which hasn’t been previously reported, was so secret even the Taliban were unaware it existed. It was located opposite a gas station and run by CIA operatives and Delta Force and guarded by a CIA-trained Afghan paramilitary unit known as 02, who evacuated alongside the Americans in the final flights.
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