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Retired Green Beret Who Ran Kabul Rescue Missions: Americans Trapped Behind Enemy Lines, Turned Back And Fired At By Taliban

Emily Zanotti
Retired Green Beret Who Ran Kabul Rescue Missions: Americans Trapped Behind Enemy Lines, Turned Back And Fired At By Taliban
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The retired United States Army Green Beret who ran a daring rescue mission that likely saved the lives of at least 500 people who would have been trapped in Kabul by the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal told Fox & Friends on Monday that there are Americans and Afghan allies trapped behind enemy lines — including children — and that at least one group were turned by Taliban fighters who then fired at them.

Retired Green Beret commander Scott Mann, who led the “Task Force Pineapple” mission, disputed the Biden administration’s claims that all Americans who want to get out of Afghanistan are able to leave.

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