General Stephen Lions, the head of the transport command of the Sun USA said that for aircraft swaying and taking off at Kabul airport, a threat persists, RIA Novosti reports.
According to Laysons, in the Pentagon, they are confident in the “significant threat” for aircraft in Kabul. At the same time, the general refused to name any details, explaining that there are good reasons for this.
Now all ground border crossings from Afghanistan are under the control of the Taliban (terrorist movement prohibited in Russia). The evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans who worked on foreign missions is carried out through the only airport in Kabul, held by the US military and other NATO member countries. The Taliban stated that they would not give the Americans a postponement for the evacuation of citizens after August 31.
Earlier in the airport of Kabul began a fire during mass evacuation. On the video published in Twitter, smoke clubs and a crowd of local residents, observing what is happening.
The evacuation of people, in most cases, foreign citizens, is produced at the airport of Kabul from last week. Thousands of local residents are trying to break there to leave the country after the movement of the militants “Taliban” (the movements prohibited in Russia as terrorist) took control of the territory of Afghanistan. As a result of the crown and conflicts using firearms at the airport, more than 20 people were killed.