{"id":726033,"date":"2021-09-07T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=726033"},"modified":"2021-09-07T07:51:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:51:11","slug":"democratic-senator-furious-over-bidens-inaction-to-save-hundreds-of-stranded-americans-afghan-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-furious-over-bidens-inaction-to-save-hundreds-of-stranded-americans-afghan-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senator \u2018Furious\u2019 Over Biden\u2019s \u2018Inaction\u2019 To Save Hundreds Of Stranded Americans, Afghan Allies"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdemocratic-senator-furious-over-bidens-inaction-to-save-hundreds-of-stranded-americans-afghan-allies%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=726033&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\/Joe-Biden-4.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) ripped the Biden administration over its \u201cdelay and inaction\u201d to facilitate the evacuation of multiple plane-loads of Americans and Afghan allies stranded in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple charter planes, reportedly containing hundreds of Americans and Afghan allies, ready to depart Afghanistan have remained grounded at an airport in Mazar-i-Sharif for days as the private groups overseeing the extraction attempt to get clearance from Taliban officials. The U.S. State Department appears to have done little to aid the groups attempting the extraction.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s inaction has raised the ire of at least one Democratic senator, Blumenthal, who ripped into the Biden administration on Monday. Blumenthal sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy staff &amp; I have worked night &amp; day to secure the safe passage of two planes waiting in Mazar-e Sharif to take American citizens, at-risk Afghan allies, &amp; their families to safety,\u201d Blumenthal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBlumenthal\/status\/1434990086358196239\">said<\/a>. \u201cMy office joined forces in this humanitarian mission with an incredible coalition of advocates\u2014NGOs, former servicemembers, &amp; journalists\u2014to try &amp; evacuate our fellow citizens &amp; Afghan allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t yet spoken publicly about these efforts because we worried that heightened attention would only escalate tensions &amp; put these people at even greater risk of being targeted,\u201d he continued. \u201cI have been deeply frustrated, even furious, at our government\u2019s delay &amp; inaction. There will be plenty of time to seek accountability for the inexcusable bureaucratic red tape that stranded so many of our Afghan allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, my singular focus remains getting these planes in the air &amp; safely to our airbase in Doha, where they have already been cleared to land,\u201d the senator added. \u201cI expect the White House &amp; State Department to do everything in their power\u2014absolutely everything\u2014to make this happen. These are Americans citizens &amp; Afghans who risked everything for our country. We cannot leave them behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A State Department official reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-state-dept-says-it-has-no-resources-to-rescue-trapped-flights-in-afghanistan-no-reliable-means-to-confirm-details-report\">told<\/a> The Washington Free Beacon that the government has few resources to aid the private groups trying to evacuate hundreds of Americans and Afghan allies from Mazar-i-Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have personnel on the ground, we do not have air assets in the country, we do not control the airspace \u2014 whether over Afghanistan or elsewhere in the region,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe understand the concern that many people are feeling as they try to facilitate further charter and other passage out of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven these constraints, we also do not have a reliable means to confirm the basic details of charter flights, including who may be organizing them, the number of U.S. citizens and other priority groups on-board, the accuracy of the rest of the manifest, and where they plan to land, among many other issues,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban have claimed ignorance when asked about the plight of the grounded flights. \u201cThis is not true. Our Mujahideen have nothing to do with ordinary Afghans. This is propaganda and we reject it,\u201d Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-58455959\">told the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who has been monitoring the evacuation efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-u-s-lawmaker-taliban-is-holding-stranded-american-citizens-hostage-for-demands-right-now\">said<\/a> that the Taliban are holding the planes hostage and are waiting some form of payment before releasing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve sat at the airport for the last couple of days, these planes, and they\u2019re not allowed to leave,\u201d McCaul said on Fox News on Sunday. \u201cWe know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange. This is really \u2026 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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