Afghanistan – U.S. Air Force Report: Group of Five Planned to Hijack Afghan Evacuation Flight

A report released Tuesday by the U.S. Air Force paints a chilling picture of evacuation efforts at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including a revelation that a group was planning on hijacking one of the evacuation flights. Thousands of U.S. citizens, other foreign nationals and Afghan refugees flooded the airport in Kabul as Taliban forces took over the capital city on Aug. 14 as U.S. troops withdrew from the country. More than 120,000 people were evacuated in what the Biden administration called the ”largest airlift in history.” Troops manning that airlift through the end of the month, when the last military…