By Humeyra Pamuk RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on the Taliban to allow charter flights carrying Americans and at-risk Afghans to depart from Afghanistan. Planes chartered to carry people out of Afghanistan have been stuck at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, with some organizers saying the State Department was not doing

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Blinken calls on Taliban to allow charter flights to take off

There are a "small number" of U.S. citizens in the northern Afghan city Mazar-e-Sharif who have been unable to evacuate on chartered flights, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Tuesday, but he said the Taliban had grounded the aircraft because others manifested for these flights did not have valid travel documents.  The chartered flights for approximately 600 people have been held at Mazar-e-Sharif's airport for over a week now, accordi…

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Wednesday to press the Taliban to start charter flights out of Afghanistan after criticism the administration was not doing enough to allow evacuations.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday acknowledged "a fair amount of confusion" around charter flights from Afghanistan and said that the United States government is "working to do everything in our power to support those flights and to get them off the ground."

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By Jennifer Hansler, CNNSecretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday acknowledged “a fair amount of confusion” around charter flights from Afghanistan and said that the United States government is “working to do everything in our power to support those flights and to get them off the ground.”The top US diplomat blamed the grounding of the flights in the north of Afghanistan on the Taliban, saying that the militant group was not allowing them t…

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Taliban officials Wednesday to allow charter flights to leave Afghanistan after lawmakers expressed outrage that the group was essentially holding Americans and Afghan all

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Blinken calls on Taliban to let charter flights leave Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Taliban on Wednesday to allow charter flights to depart Afghanistan, as planes carrying Americans and vulnerable Afghans reportedly have been stranded at Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. "As of now, the Taliban are not permitting the charter flights to depart. They claim that some of the passengers do not have the required documentation," said Blinken during a press conference with German For…

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US Urges Taliban to Allow Charter Flights to Depart from Afghanistan

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -     U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on the Taliban to allow charter flights carrying Americans and at-risk Afghans to depart from Afghanistan.

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The U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday said they will “continue to press” the Taliban to let charter flights leave Afghanistan and to open up the Kabul airport.A number of groups and individuals have been organizing charter flights out of Afghanistan for people who want to evacuate amid the Taliban takeover.However, the Taliban are not allowing charter flights to depart, claiming that some of the passengers do not have required documents.“Thos…

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Antony Blinken on the Taliban not allowing flights to depart Afghanistan: ‘We will continue to press the Taliban to allow the charters to leave’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday admitted Americans are being held hostage by the Taliban. “The Taliban are not permitting the charter flights to depart,” Blinken said during a press conference in Germany. But according to the Biden Admin and the stenographers in the media, it’s totally not a hostage situation. Blinken also admitted…

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Blinken: "The Taliban Are Not Permitting the Charter Flights to Depart" ....But It's Totally Not a Hostage Situation

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