CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto August 27, 2021 14:21:00
Slammed shut. right now they seem to be clearing just the airfield of those that are already there and it does look like very few of those were afghan siv members or other vulnerable afghans. and there is another issue that is not being discussed here which is what happens after the military air bridge ends on october 31st. even if the taliban could get the airfield running again, commercial air operations cannot resume in afghanistan any time soon. because that airport will not meet icao standards. so even if the taliban get the airfield running and take aircraft and start flying them again, ...