Operation Pineapple: As Biden retires, volunteers go to rescue Afghans
US soldiers have begun to withdraw from Kabul by order of Biden and his staff, while the risk of attacks is skyrocketing, with one expected in the next 36-96 hours, after what has done 13 American deaths and over 100 among the Afghans. An apocalyptic situation, which makes this historical moment unique: the Philippines or Saigon are nothing, at this point, with the USA being defeated for the first time by insurgents and terrorism without a minimum of regular external support, as happened, for example. , in Vietnam. Among other things, the US State Department has indicated not to approach the airport, taking away any hope of evacuation from the remaining pro-American Afghans and the thousands of stars and stripes citizens that we estimate are still in the city.
While Biden escapes, who is in charge of saving the Afghan allies and the Americans? A sort of informal , voluntary task force has formed, made up of veterans with the informal support of US forces on the ground. The operation is called "Pineapple express", "The pineapple express" and so far it has managed to save 500 Afghans with their families. The group moves through the night, with the support of the dark, moving one person at a time, or two, but rarely more than a small group, to the side of Hamid Karzai International Airport, currently controlled by the US military.
Speaking to ABC News, Army Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann, a retired Green Berets commander who leads the private rescue effort, said: "Dozens of high-risk individuals, families with young children, orphans and pregnant women. , they were secretly transferred through the streets of Kabul all night and until seconds before ISIS detonated a bomb in the crowded mass of Afghans in search of safety and freedom ”.
The mission began on August 15 when the group made frantic efforts to rescue a former Afghan commando who had been hunted down and threatened with death by the Taliban. It is still unfolding now, but, barring last minute changes of mind, it will have to stop or take shape next Tuesday when US troops finish the evacuation.
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