The Washington Post ‘s Susannah George told her harrowing tale of trying to escape Afghanistan accompanied by her Afghan colleagues and their children
George said security around the airport was ‘crumbling’ and that her Afghan co-worker and his young daughter were beaten by Taliban fighters
British troops had arrived at the security compound where George was staying to escort a larger evacuation and she asked them to help escort her too
George and her colleagues used private armored cars to travel to the airport on roads being guarded by the UK service personnel
Her difficult journey contradicts President Biden’s assertion that anyone with an American passports would be allowed through checkpoints
Biden said the U.S has not extended their perimeter beyond Kabul airport to avoid the risk of having U.S. forces and civilians of being attacked by terrorist
