Pentagon orders commercial airlines to help in Afghanistan evacuations
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5NMJ6)
Defense secretary: We're gonna try our very best to get everybody, every American citizen who wants to get out, out'
Activating a plan used only twice before, the Biden administration on Sunday ordered the use of commercial aircraft to help ferry people evacuated from Afghanistan.
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