How will the last US plane leave Afghanistan

[fallstuff]

Wow so Taliban will work with US on this? Wow

I believe Taliban will help US as they don't want to see US troops in Afghanistan beyond August 31st deadline.

They're working with Hamid karzai instead of killing him !

 

[Ali_Baba]

US says 105,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since mid-Aug

• About 5,000 of the 12,500 individuals evacuated on Thursday were air-lifted out that night, according to the White House tallies

Reuters
27 Aug 2021

WASHINGTON: About 12,500 people were evacuated from Afghanistan on Thursday, raising the total evacuees amid the Taliban takeover of Kabul to roughly 105,000 since Aug. 14, the White House said on Friday.

Renewed evacuation efforts ramped a day before the militant group entered the Afghan capital on Aug. 15. Since the end of July, about 110,600 have been evacuated, the White House said.
Evacuations have resumed after two blasts killed scores of people, including 13 US soldiers, outside the gates of Kabul airport Thursday evening, with troops on alert for more possible attacks.

About 5,000 of the 12,500 individuals evacuated on Thursday were air-lifted out that night, according to the White House tallies.

US military forces, who have guarded the airport in Kabul, are due to withdraw by the Aug. 31 deadline set by US President Joe Biden, leaving a vacuum.

Wow - 105,000 people is quite alot - the level of Afghan brain drain which will be part of that figure ( + other allies ) would be quite significant - no wonder they started to restrict the outflow of Afghans..

 

[Meengla]

Wow - 105,000 people is quite alot - the level of Afghan brain drain which will be part of that figure ( + other allies ) would be quite significant - no wonder they started to restrict the outflow of Afghans..

I think the outflow was stopped after allowing those to leave who the US really wanted to leave and that's partly because of the security threats--those ISIS attackers needed some time to plan. I'd be surprised if Taliban stopped the outflow because of the brain drain.

If Pakistan had enough manpower and could then a chance for Pashto speaking Pakistanis to manage some things in Afghanistan. If the international 'aid' will be even a quarter of what it had been then that's massive money considering that in the past a lot of money got wasted in corruption. Pakistani technocrats and businesses have huge opportunities in case of resume foreign aid!

BTW, Kabul itself looks not that bad. I hear it had 'massive' investments in infra and it shows despite the gross corruption.