- Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday that US military planes ferried 2,000 people out of Kabul between Tuesday and Wednesday morning
- The planes used were C-17 jets and there were 18 of them which could have taken 10,000 people
- The UK, Italy, Germany and Australia are also sending planes away half-empty while thousands beg to be let in at the airport gates
- But no one can get through to the airport to board the flights because of the chaos in the streets outside
- The only guarantee of safety is coming from the Taliban, who are already becoming more violent
- There has been no word from Joe Biden since his statement on Monday claiming he did the right thing
- On Wednesday, plans from Italy, Spain and the UK took off with only a few dozen passengers on board
- There are thousands of people waiting to be saved by the West after its decision to leave the region
- The White House is refusing to take responsibility for the shambolic effort or offer any more help
America flew just 2,000 people out of Kabul overnight on jets that could have easily taken 10,000, putting just 100 people on planes that can carry 600 in the latest night of the shambolic rescue mission in Afghanistan.
Overnight, 18 C-17 US Air Force jets left Kabul carrying 2,000 people including 365 Americans, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on a phone briefing with journalists on Wednesday morning.
The jets can easily carry 500 people and on Sunday, one was used to get 640 people out of Kabul.
But most of the planes that left on Tuesday night had just 100 people on board. One, that was carrying a CBS reporter who filmed inside, had just 300 people on board – half the number that were rescued on one plane on Sunday.
While they took off, thousands of people were at the gates of the airport in Kabul, screaming, crying and begging to be saved from the Taliban.
Flights bound for Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, France and Italy also took off on Wednesday with just a few dozen people on board despite having capacity to take hundreds. In one shocking case, a German plane with room for 150 departed Kabul on Tuesday with just seven on board.
The reason for the woefully low passenger counts is that no one can get to the airport and through processing to board them.
Taliban is controlling all of the streets surrounding the airport and the US – and other countries – are relying on its fighters to let people through, including westerners who could become hostages if caught, and Afghan interpreters, translators or diplomats who could face persecution if the Taliban finds out who they are.
Already, the the terrorist group – which had vowed peace as part of a revamped image – has abandoned its promise by parading thieves with ropes round their necks, beating children and relentlessly shooting bullets in the air.
The White House is offering no assurances on how long troops will stay in the region to help.