Multiple outlets, including The Post, reported on the difficulties facing would-be evacuees who attempted to get to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport through a gauntlet of Taliban checkpoints.
The man recalled being told by the State Department to go to the Interior Ministry in Kabul, where he was confronted by a Taliban guard.
After the man explained the situation, the Taliban fighter responded: "Go and tell the State Department to f- themselves."
The Examiner reports that lawmakers, staffers and would-be evacuees found that the Taliban did not want to let Afghan-Americans through the checkpoints, even when people brandished their dark-blue US passports.
The Biden administration has repeatedly portrayed the Taliban as an equal partner in the evacuation operation.
State Department officials stated that the Taliban had guaranteed safe passage to anyone who wished to leave Afghanistan, despite widespread reporting that people who attempted to cross the checkpoints were being assaulted and beaten.
On Monday, US Central Command commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie - who reportedly turned down an offer from the Taliban that would have allowed the US military to secure Kabul in the final weeks before the withdrawal deadline - described the Taliban's conduct as "Very pragmatic and very businesslike" in helping to secure the facility.
https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/tell-the-state-dept-to-f-k-themselves-taliban-taunted-evacuees/
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