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550 members and their families of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which runs the ''[[Voice of America]]'' and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, were abandoned. A group trying to get VOA staffers and other vulnerable people out of Afghanistan ran into a wall because the evacuees were unable to get into the airport. The group, which consists of humanitarian aid workers and former embassy, and [[U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID) officials, had two charter flights that can carry 340 people each.<ref>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/08/26/the-journalists-for-u-s-media-getting-left-behind-in-afghanistan/</ref>
550 members and their families of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which runs the ''[[Voice of America]]'' and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, were abandoned. A group trying to get VOA staffers and other vulnerable people out of Afghanistan ran into a wall because the evacuees were unable to get into the airport. The group, which consists of humanitarian aid workers and former embassy, and [[U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID) officials, had two charter flights that can carry 340 people each.<ref>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/08/26/the-journalists-for-u-s-media-getting-left-behind-in-afghanistan/</ref>
On September 5, 2021 it was reported 5 planes loaded with Americans were being held [[hostage]] on the ground in Mazar-i-Sharif.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/taliban-holding-americans-hostage-at-afghanistan-airport-top-republican-lawmaker_3982311.html</ref>
===Kill list===
===Kill list===