[UPDATE: PENTAGON SAYS TALIBAN NOT IN CHARGE AT AIRPORT] – Taliban forces enter military section of Kabul airport, US to hand control over to them tonight?

by The Right Scoop

There are reports circulating right now that the Taliban are making their way to the military side of the airport and that the US will hand over control of the airport to them by tonight or tomorrow:

This is from a BBC reporter:

And an NBC reporter:

A VOA reporter posts photos:

If we are indeed handing over control of the airport to the Taliban, then I guess that means we’re done evacuating people. So then the question becomes, how many Americans are we leaving behind?

 
UPDATE: Taliban says the US has abandoned most of the airport and they are tweeting victory:

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UPDATE: US defense official says they have NOT left the airport yet:

The one tweet from Ayaz Gul suggested that we are still on the airport but in a smaller section. So maybe both things are true?

Also, the Biden administration disputes that they will be handing over control of the airport tonight:

 
The BBC reporter above has deleted her tweet and explains that her reporting was not confirmed:

 
UPDATE: Now it’s being reported that the Taliban have taken over ‘parts’ of the airport:

This seems to jive with the reporting above.

 
UPDATE: The Pentagon is saying the Taliban is not in charge of any Kabul airport operations:

 
UPDATE: New reporting is that the Taliban forces are at the airport, ready to take over when the US leaves.


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