U.S. says no plans to expand control zone around Kabul airport

The United States will continue to control the Kabul airport along its perimeter and does not intend to expand its zone of control. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

Speaking at a daily briefing at the Pentagon, Kirby, answering a question about the possibility of expanding the zone of control, said that the US military would continue to control the airport and its perimeter and did not intend to leave this zone.

Our task is to control the airport and the perimeter around it, and this is what we are doing. We have no plans to expand the controlled area

- he added.

To date, there are 5,2 thousand American servicemen at the airport in the Afghan capital, about 700 people have arrived in the last 13 hours. This is not counting the military from the contingents of the American NATO allies. According to General Hank Taylor, 17 C-17 military transport aircraft arrived in Kabul in a day, on which reinforcements and equipment arrived, 17 C-2 aircraft were sent, which took out about 14 thousand Afghan refugees. In total, 7 thousand people have been evacuated from the airport since August XNUMX.

Meanwhile, the US Navy F / A-18 carrier-based fighters, which are part of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), have appeared over Kabul. Aircraft perform the function of covering the territory of the airport. Patrolling will continue.

We have made it clear to the Taliban * that any attack on our people during airport operations will be met with a decisive response.

- stated in the Pentagon.

* - the movement is prohibited in Russia as terrorist.

Comments

[horus88]

Rather, the Taliban made you understand that any aggression against them will lead to the destruction of your contingent.

[dauria]

Rather, the Taliban made you understand that any aggression against them will lead to the destruction of your contingent.

The Taliban won't do a damn thing now. They do not stick their heads in the forehead - the gut is thin for an infantry attack, especially without artillery and aviation training.
They will begin to partisan and shoot mortars and shoot down planes - they will not be able to raise their flag over the Kabul bath for a very long time. The Americans have already come to their senses and gathered. The Taliban are not the North Vietnamese army. The chimney is lower and the smoke is thinner.

[mitroha]

"Control the airport" when no one encroaches on it, except for civilians, who are crushed by American soldiers into cabbage, while "shooting not at them", this shows the essence and professionalism of the US military

[dauria]

it shows the essence and professionalism of the US military

Stop repeating this mantra. They are able to pile on, and even to a serious enemy.
You believe that Shoigu with a company of the landing force will seize the "erodrome" in Warsaw, where transport Il-76s with a bunch of people will pour down and seize everything to Lisbon.
And here you don't even need to capture - the band is already under control.
As I say, they have already understood the stupidity of their politicians. The shock is gone. It will be necessary - they will rassherait Kabul, like Mosul. Yes, and Bagram side by side will be captured.
There would be a will of the leadership.
The Taliban will sit like mice under a broom until the last plane with the Americans.

[mitroha]

What nonsense are you talking about?
What is Warsaw? How do you know what I believe in? You stop smoking unknown plants or chemicals.
Are you from the leadership of the Taliban, what would you say how they will act?

[dauria]

Are you from the leadership of the Taliban, what would you say how they will act?

It will be so. According to the saying "Do not be dashing while it is quiet."

[mitroha]

Ah, you are with yourself, then I don’t interfere. Strange, Friday is tomorrow

[Moskovit]

The Taliban are not the North Vietnamese army. The chimney is lower and the smoke is thinner.

It is a pity that the Afghan army did not have time to tell about this during 20 years of training.

[Simple]

The numbers on the fifteenth (when everyone was still in shock ), flashed infa from a Western "expert" that NATO is raising on a "window of opportunity" until the end of the week.
Well, since then a lot of water has flowed under the bridge, woke up in NATO and the Pentagon (if only this is not a clever move).
When will the Taliban get tired of these "air bridges"?
Because you can take out a lot and for a long time.

[gohomeyanki]

Come on. Mingle with civilians, create panic, and the Americans will have to shoot at civilians, or the Taliban will be inside. It is difficult to distinguish a citizen from a Taliban, everyone is armed.

A couple of MANPADS, in houses that will bring down military planes. Is there enough food, water?
the question is how much.

ps
they have no chance of maintaining this airport from a military point of view.

But the political one is interesting. The Taliban want to remove their terrorist status. So perhaps they can agree on a new date for the complete withdrawal of the United States. At the moment, the US treaty with the Taliban is designated September 11, although some say until August 31. So let's see what happens after these dates.

[dauria]

they have no chance of maintaining this airport from a military point of view.

Yes Yes. There are no armored vehicles, no aviation, no artillery. No concrete blocks, no minefields, no thorns, no machine guns. The Americans are stupid, they did not prepare for battles in urban areas. They will have pity on the peaceful. Well, it was only we who could hold Kabul.
Believe it yourself?
There are no high-rise buildings, only Soviet "pyatikhatkas" behind the strip. And there the Americans have almost a division. They woke up and are probably already ready to meet. It will be necessary - they will do it as in Mosul. The corpses of the peace man under the rubble will rot until the New Year. And already we will have to ask the Americans for permission to land the plane and pick up our ambassador.
Only there will be none of this. Why would the Taliban turn their free victory into a madhouse with a shameful flight from the city and then return when the Americans leave? It is not possible to "fight" with your fellow tribesmen from neighboring villages without shooting.

[gohomeyanki]

You do not take into account: "About Mosul" only a handful of people know.
And also this:
1. This topic is number 1. Now everyone is looking at this point in the world.
2. The Taliban behave moderately; they do not cut their heads on cameras. So the actions of the United States will be very strange.
3. They have no footholds, it is too far to fight.
4. A full landing and another engagement in Afghanistan is impossible, even if they had now lost all the troops there. Because this is politics. So it is impossible, as you think, like I'm going out ... oh, everything has gone wrong, I'll be back. Biden will be kicked forward. )))

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

We would have to carry our legs away. What kind of ,, extension ,,?

[Terenin]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

We would have to carry our legs away. What kind of ,, extension ,,?

- I caught a bear!
- So bring him here!
- It doesn't.
- So go yourself!
- Yes, he does not let me in!

[Lara Croft]

The United States will continue to control the Kabul airport around its perimeter and do not intend to expand their zone of control.

Who will allow them to expand it?

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Lara Croft

Who will allow them to expand it?

The distance from the Persian Gulf to Kabul is not very short. "Superhornets" from "Ronald Reagan" how long will it fly? How long will they be able to patrol over the city? It is clear that the Taliban in Kabul have no air defense, and will not soon appear, and the striped-eared ones "will not rust" to bomb the city (how they destroyed Raqqa, together with the inhabitants) ... But how will this help them? That contingent that will be squeezed in a limited area, and cut off the supply by air - a fact.

[rocket757]

We have made it clear to the Taliban that any attack on our people during airport operations will be met with a decisive response.

... It was "strong" !!! There is nothing more to add.

[Cron]

We have made it clear to the Taliban that any attack on our people during airport operations will be met with a decisive response.
... It was "strong" !!! There is nothing more to add.

After:

US says there is no plan for a decisive response

[rocket757]

So I already wrote that the Yankees are now headed by a chimera, many-headed and there is no agreement between the topic of heads.

[mitroha]

The Yankees do everything "decisively" and attack and run, and the latter is getting better and better.
Can tell them that there are also synonyms of the word decisive, otherwise they become boring

[rocket757]

An inflated opinion of loved ones.
They are not the first, and not the last, of course.
The main thing is to declare this loudly and to the whole world.

[Terenin]

Quote: rocket757

We have made it clear to the Taliban that any attack on our people during airport operations will be met with a decisive response.

... It was "strong" !!! There is nothing more to add.

They (USA) have any name "strong"

Shining Hope, Cobalt Flash, Unyielding Falcon ... - Kosovo,
Experienced sentries ... - Serbia - Macedonia,
Promise Granted - Bosnia,
Desert Fox, Desert Thunder, Desert Strike - Iraq
Shining Presence - Israel,
Vigilant warrior, Vigilant sentinel - Kuwait,
Keep tune -Texas
Golden Pheasant - Honduras,
ho.ho.lok nighthawk - Central / South America,
Grizzly - California,
Ghost Zone - Bolivia,
Tacit Promise - Mozambique / South Africa,
Shepherd's operation - Guinea-Bissau,
Calm Determination / Enduring Hope - Rwanda,
Long Distance Runner - Rwanda,
PRAYING GOD - Persian Gulf
Closer Look - Red Sea / Suez Canal,
FLASH OF RAGE - Grenada,
Withered Farmer - Chad / Sudan,
Sentinel by the Stream - Poland,
Pocket money - North Vietnam,
Blue Bat - Lebanon,
Ranch Worker - Vietnam ...

[mitroha]

They (USA) have any name "strongly" winked

Stop ... I beg you ... No strength to read these "decisive" titles of "democratic" operations

[rocket757]

Let's just say, with fantasy they ... have it. So you can't tell right away in which direction it drives them.
Although, it brings them, often where no one called them.
Probably the motto "then we go to you", they hang in the white house in every office, and in many other offices, the same.

[Terenin]

Quote: rocket757

Probably the motto "then we go to you", they hang in the white house in every office, and in many other offices, the same.

more precisely, these are the plates in the USA.
- Are you still alive ???
- Then we go to you!

[rocket757]

So the minke whales come up with something to come to someone and dermacratize, it's like going to the wind!
So it was, at least.
It is difficult to guess how it will be, too much has happened, is happening, different things, little pleasant for them.

[Cron]

U.S. says no plans to expand control zone around Kabul airport

[Cat Alexandrovich]

No plan! They will expand without a plan! Just by inspiration and inspiration! With stupid courage and stupid courage!

[Azis]

5200 units. And also all sorts of PMCs. Reinforcements will slowly arrive and the Students * will not be allowed to enter the airport. It turns out that the Americans did not leave Afghanistan, it was just necessary to shake up the international community or take out a particularly large batch of drugs.

[Avior]

For the purposes that are facing the Americans, they do not need to expand their territory
More territory - more troops are needed to guard the perimeter
The Taliban are also not interested in hindering, on the contrary, more people who are dissatisfied with the Taliban will be taken out, there will be fewer problems. So it's hard to believe in some kind of skirmishes near the airport - no one needs them.

[Chief Officer Lom]

The Americans are strong in "distance" warfare. Footage from Kabul airport shows Taliban patrols close by, literally steps away from American guards. They clearly have an agreement and, oddly enough, they interact to organize order at the airport, but if the Taliban decide to suddenly attack, they will crush the Americans. Then, of course, they will be covered with bombs, but that’s only later ...

[Tank jacket]

A man claiming to have an explosive device in a truck on the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress says that "only Joe Biden" can detonate the claimed explosive he has. "If you shoot me, 2 and a half blocks will leave with me."

The police send negotiators to meet with the man in the truck, who claims to have explosives inside. Several federal buildings are blocked.

[Tank jacket]

What an apt observation in connection with the truck at the Capitol: "By the way: only Biden missed the war in Afghanistan, as the same week, a guy appears who has just given the government a reason to focus all efforts on fighting domestic terrorism."

[HAM]

I wonder how long it will take for the Americans to recognize the Taliban as a "legitimate and democratic" government! ??
But they admit, it was not in vain that they fed ...

[sav]

Quote: HAM

I wonder how long it will take for the Americans to recognize the Taliban as a "legitimate and democratic" government! ??
But they admit, it was not in vain that they fed

If they do, then after others. They are now offended by the Taliban. It takes time to calm down and assess the situation

[Babermetis]

The Taliban and the Americans have an agreed "deadline", by which the entire foreign military contingent is obliged to leave the borders of Afghanistan.

[Vladimir Koshevoi]

With such a density of the Yankees, one BM-21 package can arrange a second 911.

[demo]

We have made it clear to the Taliban * that any attack on our people during airport operations will be met with a decisive response.

- stated in the Pentagon.

Oh well. Wait and see.

[gurzuf]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

and the striped ears "will not rust" to bomb the city

Well then, September 11 will come to their land with regularity and will eventually become an international day against terrorism ... in individual countries.