The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Sunday the Taliban is blocking a half dozen planes with American citizens and permanent residents, as well as Afghan interpreters, from departing Afghanistan, accusing the militant group of holding the flights “hostage.”
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Top House Republican Says Taliban Holding 6 Planes With Americans, Afghans ‘Hostage’
Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says “zero” Americans have left the country since U.S. troops withdrew.
McCaul suggested the flights are being held hostage until the U.S. recognizes the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate governing power, as it now controls the vast majority of the country, but U.S. officials have thus far declined to do so.