{"id":699726,"date":"2021-08-30T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=699726"},"modified":"2021-08-30T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:14:40","slug":"us-officials-lists-of-names-were-shared-with-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-officials-lists-of-names-were-shared-with-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"US Officials: Lists of Names Were Shared With Taliban"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fus-officials-lists-of-names-were-shared-with-taliban%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=699726&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--><p>The United States shared lists of names with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taliban\">Taliban<\/a>, U.S. officials confirmed on Sunday, as they disputed accusations that the terrorist group was given the identity of many Americans and Afghans trying to flee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, appearing on Sunday cable shows, confirmed the information was shared with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken said that there were certain times when the Taliban was given lists of people on buses that were en route to the U.S.-held airport in Kabul, but needed to get through Taliban checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll share names on a list of people on the bus so they can be assured that those are people that we\u2019re looking to bring in,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cAnd by definition, that\u2019s exactly what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan disputed a report that the United States gave a list of names to the Taliban but indicated that some identities were shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have given no list of all of the American SIV holders [sic] to the Taliban or any other kind of big list,\u201d he said, referring to Special Immigrant Visas, which are given to Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan also referred to situations where buses of Afghans and others were headed to the airport but had to go through Taliban checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the type of coordination we\u2019ve done with the Taliban. That has resulted in journalists and women and pilots and other SIVs being able to get through and get on planes and out of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on whether the Biden administration was disputing the notion that any lists were shared, or just not big lists, Sullivan didn\u2019t answer directly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3970370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blinken-e1630261926190-1200x782-1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"782\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3970370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blinken-e1630261926190-1200x782-1.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary of State Antony Blinken\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to a question while speaking about Afghanistan during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, on Aug. 25, 2021. (Alex Brandon\/Pool\/AP Photo)<\/figure>\n<p>President Joe Biden last week did not deny that his administration shared lists of American names with the Taliban, telling reporters: \u201cThere have been occasions where our military has contacted their military counterparts in the Taliban and said, \u2018This bus is coming through with X number of people on it, made up of the following group of people. We want you to let that bus or that group through.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also said he could not confirm whether there\u2019s been a list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may have been, but I know of no circumstance. It doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not\u2014it didn\u2019t exist, that, \u2018Here\u2019s the names of 12 people; they\u2019re coming. Let them through.\u2019 It could very well have happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken was speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d Sullivan was speaking on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week,\u201d denounced the sharing of names with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey passed a list of American citizens and America\u2019s closet allies, people who fought alongside us, they passed those lists to the Taliban, relying on them, thinking they could trust on them. It was stupid then. It\u2019s insane now. And their plan still seems to be let\u2019s rely on the Taliban,\u201d Sasse said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military is leading an effort to evacuate tens of thousands of Afghans and nationals from various countries from Afghanistan before the military withdraws, a pullout currently slated to take place on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. troops hold the airport in Kabul, but the Taliban controls everywhere else in the city, making it a necessity to pass through Taliban checkpoints to reach the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the United States would continue coordinating with the Taliban after the withdrawal, with an eye toward combating ISIS, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby declined to answer on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s useful to get into hypothetical operations, future operations one way or the other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/WEB_ZacharyStieber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Stieber\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Zachary Stieber<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Stieber covers U.S. news, including politics and court cases. 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