{"id":720466,"date":"2021-09-05T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=720466"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T19:20:59","slug":"breaking-taliban-refusing-to-allow-planes-of-americans-to-leave-effectively-a-hostage-situation-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-taliban-refusing-to-allow-planes-of-americans-to-leave-effectively-a-hostage-situation-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Taliban Refusing To Allow Planes Of Americans To Leave, Effectively A \u2018Hostage\u2019 Situation, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fbreaking-taliban-refusing-to-allow-planes-of-americans-to-leave-effectively-a-hostage-situation-report-says%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=720466&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\/09\/Taliban-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Taliban is reportedly not allowing flights carrying American citizens and green card holders to leave Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taliban-wont-let-planes-with-us-citizens-green-card-holders-leave-afghanistan-officials-say\/\">reported<\/a> that, according to congressional and NGO sources, \u201cmultiple planes that are ready to take American citizens and green card holders out of the country are being denied permission to leave by the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A State Department email viewed by CBS News said that the flights out of Afghanistan have permission to land in Qatar \u201cif and when the Taliban agrees to takeoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A senior congressional source told CBS News, \u201cThe Taliban is basically holding them hostage to get more out of the Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.0173410404624\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The Taliban is basically holding them hostage to get more out of the Americans,&#8221; a senior congressional source told CBS News. 3\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ruffini (@EenaRuffini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EenaRuffini\/status\/1434530446373789699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe group Ascend, an NGO that teaches young women leadership through athletics, told CBS News they have two planes that have been waiting for six days ready to take between 600 and 1200 people \u2014 including 19 American citizens and two permanent residents,\u201d the report added. \u201cThe planes are not currently loaded. The passengers are being held nearby, because the Taliban won\u2019t let them into the airport, according to a senior congressional source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-u-s-lawmaker-taliban-is-holding-stranded-american-citizens-hostage-for-demands-right-now\">told<\/a> Fox News during an interview on Sunday that the Taliban was basically holding people hostage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we pulled out, how many Afghan allies have gotten out since the Taliban was in complete control of the country?\u201d Fox News anchor Chris Wallace asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZero,\u201d McCaul responded. \u201cAnd, in fact, we have six airplanes at Mazar Sharif Airport, six airplanes with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now. They \u2014 we \u2014 [the] state has cleared these flights and the Taliban will not let them leave the airport. So, I\u2019m sorry, the answer to your question is zero. And that\u2019s my concern is they\u2019re going to demand more and more, whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re saying that there are Americans on airplanes ready to fly out of Afghanistan right now, and they\u2019re not being allowed out because Taliban is making demands?\u201d Wallace pressed. \u201cWhat demands are the Taliban making?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they are not \u2014 they are not clearing the airplanes to depart. They\u2019ve sat at the airport for the last couple of days, these planes, and they\u2019re not allowed to leave,\u201d McCaul responded. \u201cWe know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange. This is really, Chris, turning into a hostage situation where they\u2019re not going to allow American citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the United States of America. My concern is that Zalmay Khalilzad, [our] special envoy who\u2019s met with the Taliban, they\u2019re in talks right now, and I think \u2014 I worry his recommendation to the administration will be to recognize the Taliban as the official government of the United States, a Taliban organization that is a terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4906367041199\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STUCK ON PLANES: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcCaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcCaul<\/a> says Americans and Afghan interpreters have been held hostage by the Taliban for days at the Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport in Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxNewsSunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoxNewsSunday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gJfxNTIfJ\">pic.twitter.com\/2gJfxNTIfJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday\/status\/1434518364597198850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban is reportedly not allowing flights carrying American citizens and green card holders to leave Afghanistan.CBS News reported that, according to congressional and NGO sources, \u201cmultiple planes that are &#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-720466","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\/720466","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=720466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720466\/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=720466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}