The U.S. Biden administration is approaching the limit of the capacity of U.S. military bases in the Middle East and Europe, which are temporary destinations for people evacuating from Afghanistan. Announced to mobilize civilian aircraft.
The Byden administration has evacuated Afghans, such as interpreters who cooperated with the United States and women and children who are at risk of persecution, from the capital Kabul and temporarily detained them at US military bases in the Middle East and Europe.
However, as the capacity of these bases is approaching its limit, it has been pointed out that transportation from the site may be delayed.
In response, the US Department of Defense announced on the 22nd that it has instructed the use of a system that can mobilize civilian aircraft in the event of an emergency.
A total of 18 aircraft from six companies, including United Airlines and American Airlines, will be mobilized, and the Pentagon will concentrate military aircraft on evacuation from Kabul by utilizing civilian aircraft for transportation from each base to the United States and other countries. It is supposed to be usable as a target.
This system has been used for the third time in history, and the last time was before and after the start of the Iraq War, which was from 2002 to the beginning of the war.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal, a leading newspaper, reports that the Biden administration is considering the evacuation of Afghan and other American military bases in Japan and South Korea as temporary containment candidates.
Putin criticizes US for "imposing on Central Asian countries"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States and other countries for trying to push people fleeing Afghanistan to Central Asian countries, and expressed concern that terrorists could be mixed in with them as a threat to Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned the situation in Afghanistan when the Taliban regained power at a meeting in Moscow on the 22nd.
He pointed out that he was trying to send people fleeing from Afghanistan to the former Soviet Union's Central Asian countries until the United States and others issued visas.
"They can send refugees to neighboring countries, but they don't want to take them to them without a visa. It's a humiliating approach," he criticized the US and other responses.
"I don't want to see militants disguised as refugees in Russia," he said, expressing concern that the possibility of terrorists being mixed in with refugees cannot be ruled out and is a direct threat to Russia.
Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which emphasizes relations with the United States, will accept nearly 2,000 people who have evacuated from Afghanistan by the 20th, while concerns about the impact on its own country are increasing in Central Asia due to the worsening situation in Afghanistan. There are also temperature differences in each country regarding the response, such as announcing that.