Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban

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Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban
TARA COPP and MARCUS WEISGERBER
| AUGUST 16, 2021 04:12 PM ET

The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.

A photo from the inside of Reach 871, a U.S. Air Force C-17 flown from Kabul to Qatar on Aug. 15. COURTESY PHOTO​

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely evacuated some 640 Afghans from Kabul late Sunday, according to U.S. defense officials and photos obtained by Defense One.

That’s believed to be among the most people ever flown in the C-17, a massive military cargo plane that has been operated by the U.S. and its allies for nearly three decades. Flight tracking software shows the plane belongs to the 436th Air Wing, based at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

The C-17, using the call sign Reach 871, was not intending to take on such a large load, but panicked Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate pulled themselves onto the C-17’s half-open ramp, a video posted late Sunday showed.

Instead of trying to force those refugees off the aircraft, “the crew made the decision to go,” a defense official told Defense One. “Approximately 640 Afghan civilians disembarked the aircraft when it arrived at its destination,” one defense official said.

Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban

The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.

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[Metal 0-1]

Its just sucks man.

 

[MH.Yang]

It's almost all men. Shameful!
They abandoned their parents, wives and children and ran away alone.

 

[khail007]

The pathetic state of liberals who wants to live in western 'demoncracy' at all cost. That’s why they left their families for the love of West.
No doubt, even if political asylum offered by USA/ Europe to Pakistanis, scores will also flee.

 

[Protest_again]

I don't understand why these people want to leave when Taliban vociferously promising to deliver a proper Islamic rule unlike the last time.

 

[Shapur]

I don't understand why these people want to leave when Taliban vociferously promising to deliver a proper Islamic rule unlike the last time.

Music is going to be banned. Afghans love music you know , That's a big deal for some people

 

[waz]

Nearly 10 men to every woman or child.....


When this ship sunk it was women and children first;

The last thing the US needed was loads of deadbeat men.

 

[Protest_again]

Music is going to be banned. Afghans love music you know , That's a big deal for some people

Then can they be called Muslims?

 

[Cash GK]

It's almost all men. Shameful!
They abandoned their parents, wives and children and ran away alone.

No they will have us documents and work there n they send money back home. They don’t care who going to rule in Afganistán. They will abuse pakistan n taliban n they will enjoy refugees states..

 

[MH.Yang]

No they will have us documents and work there n they send money back home. They don’t care who going to rule in Afganistán. They will abuse pakistan n taliban n they will enjoy refugees states..

You mean the Taliban won't hurt their families, and they know the Taliban won't hurt their families.

They are not to follow the Afghan government, but go to work in the West.
The dollars they earn will be mailed to their families, and then their family will change to afghani, and the Taliban will get foreign exchange.

 

[khansaheeb]

I don't understand why these people want to leave when Taliban vociferously promising to deliver a proper Islamic rule unlike the last time.

These are the terrorists who committed crimes and are going to be held accountable by the Taliban. But some of them are economic opportunists.

 

[Cash GK]

You mean the Taliban won't hurt their families, and they know the Taliban won't hurt their families.

They are not to follow the Afghan government, but go to work in the West.
The dollars they earn will be mailed to their families, and then their family will change to afghani, and the Taliban will get foreign exchange.

They are opportunist and talib will not do nothing with their families reason talib has given them Amnesty reason why they going tension free. Look at the fun on their faces. I know many Afghans here who came in Europe in very hard way and they get papers with simple formula abuse talban and Pakistan and get papers Then work and send money their families back home

 

[Beast]

I don't understand why these people want to leave when Taliban vociferously promising to deliver a proper Islamic rule unlike the last time.

Most of them are collaborator involved abuse and killing of local afghan to appease american. They know they will be hanged if they stay.

 

[kingQamaR]

It's almost all men. Shameful!
They abandoned their parents, wives and children and ran away alone.

its always the men who travel first as they will have to find a job and a home first

they will then save monies and send it back home to families And then will send for family to join them at some point

 

[kingQamaR]

I don't understand why these people want to leave when Taliban vociferously promising to deliver a proper Islamic rule unlike the last time.

because they were foolishly taken in by foreign governments just like yours to carry out terrorists attacks in neighbouring countries and on there own peoples spy on ( Taliban )

Squashed in like cattle