[Skybird]

Beside Americans, Britons and Germans, there are at least Polish, Norwegians and French on the ground in Kabul. I read that Australia has evacuated a small number of people, too, though the text said just "24".



Germans operate with 600 soldiers plus commandos and two helicopters for evacuation of individuals from houses in the city. They say the climate with the Americans is not always cooperative, they had to land three A400M flights at least despite US orders not to land, and collided with US military leadership head on repeatedly. So far the Germans every time prevailed. Its the reason why sometimes the German planes launch again with less people on board than they could load, although the Airbus transports now also try to overload with up to around 250 people (usually the cap is at 140). Fortunately the German general commanding the operation in Kabul is said to be quite assertive, if need be. German defence ministry gave him absolute card blanche, so he must not take dirt from anyone, and will not. On the other hand the commandos in the city operate under US surviellance and air support, so cooperation still seems to work in other fields. Just at the airport the Americans seem to be bullying everybody, or try to. "US mission first".