Taliban IGNORE Biden’s request to let civilians to Kabul airport and westerners are beaten: US airlifts more than 19,000 in 24 hours as desperate Afghans cause a STAMPEDE at the airport amid fears of an ISIS-K attack

  • Desperate Afghans waded through sewage at Kabul airport today in a last-ditch effort to escape Taliban rule 
  • Evacuees said they had been attacked by the Taliban and prevented from getting to Kabul airport 
  • The reports emerged less than 24 hours after President Biden said the Taliban needed to let people leave  
  • Fears are growing that crowds could try to storm the airport or that opportunistic terrorists will launch an attack – fears that will only grow as troop numbers dwindle
  • Those not already at airport now have little chance of escape, as Taliban stop all Afghan citizens reaching it
  • Members of the GOP said on Tuesday night that Biden has ‘blood on his hands’ because of who is left behind 
  • Taliban has warned President Biden that there will be no extension to the August 31 evacuation deadline
  • US evacuated 19,000 people from Kabul, across 48 different flights, over the last 24 hours, White House says 
  • Two Congressmen who travelled to Kabul to witness the chaos say: ‘We won’t get everyone out on time’
  • Pentagon commanders have also warned of Islamic State-offshoot called ISIS-K who are targeting planes
  • Afghanistan’s former interior minister claims he Taliban are killing innocent children in power consolidation

Thousands converged on Kabul airport on Wednesday in a desperate bid to leave Afghanistan amid reports the Taliban are stopping westerners getting in, less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden said he would only pull troops by August 31 if the insurgents allow safe passage.

The US has ramped up their airlifts and have evacuated 19,000 people in the last 24 hours and have already started pulling out military forces with just six days until the deadline, which Biden has promised to stick to.

But the Taliban has ignored the president’s threats and are beating up people trying to leave, according to reports, and both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have said there isn’t enough time to get everyone out.

There are now fears of a stampede at the airport with men, women and children desperately trying to get through the airport gates or clamber over walls to get on a plane for safety amid fears from an attack from ISIS-K.

Members of the GOP said on Tuesday night that Biden has ‘blood on his hands’ because thousands of American citizens and Afghan allies who helped US troops could be left to die when the final evacuation flights depart.

Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Rep. Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, who underwent a secret trip to Kabul to witness the situation at the airport for themselves, challenged President Biden and claimed that ‘we won’t get everyone out on time’.

With military personnel required to have retreated from the country by President Biden’s August 31 deadline, it is feared civilian evacuations could be halted in a matter of days to ensure enough time is left for US soldiers to leave the airport before the cut off.

The approaching deadline has sparked fears that the desperate men, women and children currently camped outside the military zone could attempt a last-ditch bid for freedom by storming the airport as they attempt to flee the Taliban – who have also set up checkpoints outside the airport.