Security key to military-led Kabul airliftGerman troops board a plane in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, heading to Kabul. PARIS: The military airlift of thousands of people fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is posing a massive challenge to international forces, heavily dependent on securing Kabul airport and access from surrounding areas, experts say. According to the daily US Air Force Times, control of air movements into Kabul is the responsibility of US airmen based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. - Security concern -Some of the 4,000 US troops in Kabul -- soon to be 6,000 -- are also tasked with for managing aircraft movements on the ground, said John Wesley, a military airlift specialist at MilAirX. "My concern is the security, and how fast our troops have had to react.

Source: Bangkok Post August 18, 2021 15:11 UTC