“Basically, they just put all those Afghans on a kill list,” said one defense official.
The issue came up during a classified briefing on Capitol Hill earlier this week, which turned contentious after top Biden administration officials defended their close coordination with the Taliban. Biden officials contended that it was the best way to keep Americans and Afghans safe and prevent a shooting war between Taliban fighters and the thousands of U.S. troops stationed at the airport.
“They had to do that because of the security situation the White House created by allowing the Taliban to control everything outside the airport,” one U.S. official said. As of Aug. 25, only U.S. passport and green card holders were being accepted as eligible for evacuation, the defense official said.
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