With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News. Moving after nightfall in near-pitch black darkness and extremely dangerous conditions, the group said it worked unofficially in tandem with the United States military and U.S. embassy to move people, sometimes one person at a time, or in pairs, but rarely more than a small bunch, inside the wire of the U.S. military-controlled side of Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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It’s like the plot of a bad Hollywood movie. The US Army won’t do what’s necessary, so a bunch of old retired guys suit up and go overseas to kick some ass.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com
It’s like the plot of a bad Hollywood movie. The US Army won’t do what’s necessary, so a bunch of old retired guys suit up and go overseas to kick some ass.