{"id":650827,"date":"2021-08-16T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T15:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=650827"},"modified":"2021-08-16T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T15:50:25","slug":"7-killed-in-kabul-airport-as-chaos-ensues-flights-suspended-then-restarted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-killed-in-kabul-airport-as-chaos-ensues-flights-suspended-then-restarted\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Killed In Kabul Airport As Chaos Ensues. Flights Suspended, Then Restarted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F7-killed-in-kabul-airport-as-chaos-ensues-flights-suspended-then-restarted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=650827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234707431-scaled-e1629128582818.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Seven people are reportedly dead at the Kabul airport as U.S. military evacuation flights are reportedly set to resume Monday after they were temporarily stalled.<\/p>\n<p>Senior U.S. military officials told <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-784681c4400b097cf73b93cec34c5c61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a> (AP) seven individuals were dead after large crowds of Afghans rushed the tarmac as flights attempted to take off.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military suspended evacuations as they attempted to control the crowd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/talibans-rapid-advance-across-afghanistan-2021-08-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> reported. Several individuals could be seen rushing the large plane, trying to cling onto the side as it began rolling down the runway. One video posted to Twitter purportedly shows at least one person falling off the wheel of a plane as it ascends.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6038961038961\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kabul: people who tied themselves to the plane wheels \u2013 fell off the plane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lm5YDbizlw\">pic.twitter.com\/Lm5YDbizlw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmichaiStein1\/status\/1427186370016067591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.201166180758\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crowds of people desperate to escape Afghanistan stormed Kabul\u2019s international airport, rushing onto the tarmac.<\/p>\n<p>People clung to the sides of military planes, even as one taxied down the runway, in a bid to flee as the Taliban takes control.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMfaEkDykr\">https:\/\/t.co\/BMfaEkDykr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WkX0JQx3io\">pic.twitter.com\/WkX0JQx3io<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1427260324500148227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is unclear how the seven individuals died, but the AP reported at least one of the deaths was as a result of an individual falling off the wheel of a plane that was ascending. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/15\/tom-cotton-stranded-americans-kabul-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Americans Are Trapped Behind Taliban Checkpoints, Have No Clear Path To US Perimeter, According To Tom Cotton\u2019s Office)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. troops shot and killed two armed individuals who approached troops at the airport, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/taliban-afghanistan-american-evaucations-live-updates-today-2021-08-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, though it is unclear if those two reported deaths are part of the seven total count.<\/p>\n<p>A senior defense official told Reuters all flights were temporarily stopped because the runways were not clear and the airport was unsecured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.9666666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The US military has suspended air operations at the Kabul airport while troops try to clear the airfield of Afghans who flooded the tarmac, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barbarastarrcnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@barbarastarrcnn<\/a>. Biden\u2019s national security advisers have made clear this a.m. they don\u2019t consider the airport secure right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1427236579882450946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A defense official told CBS News\u2019 David Martin the runway was set to reopen and two C-17\u2019s were waiting to land, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynw5\/status\/1427279219470524420?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to White House reporter Kathryn Watson.<\/p>\n<p>Afghans are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/department-of-defense-military-bases-afghanistan-refugees-taliban-evacuation-translators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">desperate to flee<\/a> the nation as the Taliban regains control. The Taliban has said dissidents and those who fought against the Taliban will not be harmed, but Afghans are reportedly fearful the retribution will come in weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is worried,\u201d a former Afghanistan employee who is hiding in Kabul said, according to Reuters. \u201cThey\u2019re not targeting people yet but the will, that\u2019s the reality. Maybe in two or three weeks, that\u2019s why people are fighting to get out now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven people are reportedly dead at the Kabul airport as U.S. military evacuation flights are reportedly set to resume Monday after they were temporarily stalled.Senior U.S. military officials told The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}