Reporter's Notebook: 'Providing hope' at the brutal end of the Afghan war
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The U.S. war in Afghanistan basically ended this past week. After 20 years, America’s longest war came to a close with the last U.S. troops exiting Kabul.
"It’s been pretty much nonstop," Captain James Dimmick, who’s managing air operations at the base, told Fox News. "We’ve been 24 hours every day of the week so far. … Just getting as many people in and out as we possibly can." U.S. service members staff the massive Ramstein base welcome the Afghan refugees (Greg Palkot) Commercial planes (United, for example) are chartered by the U.S. government to transport the evacuees to the U.S. (Greg Palkot) Refugees wait to be transported to the States. While the U.S. tries for a turnaround of three days, some refugees told us they’d been there for a week or more. (Greg Palkot) Refugees live in tan tents while awaiting final approval and transport. (Greg Palkot) The military C-17 transport planes bring in refugees to Ramstein direct from Kabul and via other bases like Doha Qatar. (Greg Palkot) Housing facilities set up to house Afghans who were evacuated during the U.S. military's withdrawal. (Greg Palkot) "We have history with the Taliban," an Afghan asserted. "We saw them once before … enemies never change." Huge C-17 transport planes flew the Afghans directly in from Kabul or via other bases in places like Qatar. Then after the refugees are checked out and vetted they board specially-chartered commercial planes to fly on to the States.More Related News