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The White House has curtailed the number of flights to the United States for Afghan Embassy workers to prioritize the evacuation of American personnel, apparently the airport has become to chaotic and is affecting aircraft being able to land, the last Afghan Special Immigrant Visa flight departed for Virginia, unknown when or if additional flights will be available.
According to CNN sources, they quote 4 unnamed US sources.
According to CNN sources, they quote 4 unnamed US sources.
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Current airspace over Kabul, the yellow plane is a US KC-130 the red plane is a Bombardier Global 6000 but its at 45,000 feet so appears to just be overflying with no intention to land in Afghanistan. The only other aircraft in Afghan airspace visible is Aeroflot flying to Moscow from Bangkok.

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Various countries restrictions they have placed on their airlines and overlying Afghanistan.
UK/France/Canada: No overflight under FL250/260
Germany: No overflight under FL330
US: No overflight under FL260 except for ops to/from OAKB/Kabul
Additional photos taken at Kabul Airport.

UK/France/Canada: No overflight under FL250/260
Germany: No overflight under FL330
US: No overflight under FL260 except for ops to/from OAKB/Kabul
Additional photos taken at Kabul Airport.

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Certainly, that’s why they should never have embarked on nation building. Unless they were prepared to invest the blood and treasure in perpetuity.
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They weren't doing nation building though. No nation was built. The country was occupied, but that's not the same thing at all.
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20 years in Afghanistan, and this is the inevitable result. How long 20, 30, 50 more years? The pullout has been badly bungled however,
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THE only un bungled way of pulling out would be to take every Afghani citizen who didn't want to live under Taliban rule with them. They have massively let these people down.
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A Kenyan Neighbor was telling me of the plight of many poor Kenyans.
Not to mention the plight of the homeless and poverty in the US. Massively let down by the US gov itself.
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Not sure that arrogance is the word I would use. Maybe cynicism. Twas ever thus with the governments of empires, but the US runs a lousy empire.