{"id":684154,"date":"2021-08-25T18:21:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=684154"},"modified":"2021-08-25T18:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:21:51","slug":"watch-u-s-soldiers-help-afghans-at-kuwait-airbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-u-s-soldiers-help-afghans-at-kuwait-airbase\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: U.S. Soldiers Help Afghans At Kuwait Airbase"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwatch-u-s-soldiers-help-afghans-at-kuwait-airbase%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=684154&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\/3EA35B1B-6E18-4A5E-9F67-7D75DE7E8CC6_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Pentagon released footage on Tuesday showing U.S. soldiers helping Afghan evacuees at an airbase in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR\/status\/1430597626819448833\"><span class=\"s1\">tweeted<\/span><\/a> videos, explaining, \u201cPentagon footage shows U.S. soldiers receiving Afghan evacuees and handing out supplies at a Kuwait airbase. 5,000 Afghans are expected to pass through Kuwait \u2018before heading to their final destinations,\u2019 the U.S. ambassador said.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.297577854671\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pentagon footage shows U.S. soldiers receiving Afghan evacuees and handing out supplies at a Kuwait airbase. 5,000 Afghans are expected to pass through Kuwait \u201cbefore heading to their final destinations,&#8221; the U.S. ambassador said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1dEzvbsHE\">pic.twitter.com\/P1dEzvbsHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NPR (@NPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR\/status\/1430597626819448833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked on Tuesday about people who are \u201cstranded\u201d in Afghanistan. Psaki claimed that there were no Americans who are stranded in Afghanistan, and told the media to bring her the information of people who are in Afghanistan and having a difficult time evacuating the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to reports Wednesday morning, the Taliban are increasing their airport blockade and blocking Westerners from making their way to the Kabul airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/taliban-now-blocking-westerners-from-kabul-airport-private-rescue-flights-now-facing-obstacles\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.260575296108\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Private flights, being organized to bypass the Biden administration\u2019s pullout, are also facing \u201cgrowing obstacles,\u201d according to&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/in-kabul-private-rescue-efforts-grow-desperate-as-time-to-evacuate-afghans-runs-out-11629875097?mod=hp_lead_pos7\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>, and chartered planes, designed to rescue Americans and their allies trapped in Kabul are \u201cflying out of Kabul with hundreds of empty seats.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>On Tuesday, the Taliban&nbsp;\u201cissued an edict saying only foreigners will be able to access the airport for evacuation,\u201d the Daily Mail reported. \u201cA spokesperson for the group ordered locals to return home. Roads in the city have been blocked in a bid to stop Afghans from leaving.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">President Joe Biden has said that the United States will stick to its deadline of August 31st, notably making this declaration after the Taliban appeared to threaten the United States if<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> it extended its timeline for getting out of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-biden-decides-against-extending-evacuation-timeline-after-taliban-threatens-consequences\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27.780296425458\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>President Joe Biden will reportedly pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan by August 31, bucking calls from U.S. lawmakers and international leaders to extend the self-imposed deadline until evacuations are complete.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Biden\u2019s decision risks pulling out U.S. forces before all American citizens and U.S. allies are evacuated from the country, now under Taliban control. The president\u2019s decision comes after the Taliban threatened \u201cconsequences\u201d against the U.S. if it failed to meet the August 31 deadline.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cBiden made the decision mindful of the security risks in remaining the country longer, the official said, and he has asked for contingency plans in case he determines at a later date the US needs to remain in the country for longer,\u201d&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/24\/politics\/joe-biden-g7-afghanistan\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>CNN<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>&nbsp;reported.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Numerous U.S. lawmakers and allies had pushed Biden to extend the deadline and hold Kabul\u2019s Hamid Karzai International Airport open until all evacuations are complete. Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/23\/afghanistan-what-does-each-nation-hope-to-get-out-of-the-g7-meeting\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>called<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>&nbsp;an emergency meeting of G7 nations in part to push Biden to extend the deadline, allowing Britain, France, and other western countries to continue evacuation operations.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban threatened the U.S. over the weekend after Biden showed that he may go past the previously established deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a red line. President Biden announced that on 31 August they would withdraw all their military forces. So if they extend it that means they are extending occupation while there is no need for that. \u2026 If the U.S. or UK were to seek additional time to continue evacuations \u2014 the answer is no. Or there would be consequences,\u201d Taliban spokesman Dr. Suhail Shaheen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will create mistrust between us. If they are intent on continuing the occupation, it will provoke a reaction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon released footage on Tuesday showing U.S. soldiers helping Afghan evacuees at an airbase in Kuwait.NPR tweeted videos, explaining, \u201cPentagon footage shows U.S. soldiers receiving Afghan evacuees and handing &#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-684154","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\/684154","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=684154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684154\/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=684154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}