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Afghanistan

Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin 'threatened embassy staff' in Tajikistan after they refused to help him with a plan to rescue American family from Afghanistan by helicopter

2021-09-01

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Rep. Markwayne Mullin asked the US ambassador to Tajikistan, John Mark Pommersheim for help with his Afghan rescue mission

He needed assistance getting a large quantity of cash into the country

His plan was to use a helicopter in neighboring Afghanistan to rescue an American mother and four children

But the embassy refused, according to the Washington Post,

...there will be plenty of stories like this in the near future, I suspect...
and he threated officials

U.S. officials said they did not know of Mullin's location, the paper reported on Tuesday night

It was reportedly his second effort to reach Afghanistan for a private rescue bid, Last week he got as far as Greece but was denied permission to carry on to Kabul by the Pentagon, an administration official said.

Officials have been on high alert for similar missions after an unauthorized trip by Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer last week, which were condemned as thoughtless publicity stunts at a time when the armed forces were already overstretched at Kabul airport.

As of late Tuesday, U.S. officials told the Washington Post they were unsure of Mullin’s location and his office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Monday just before midnight.

The U.S. military helped evacuate more than 120,000 people, including U.S. citizens, allies and at-risk Afghans from Kabul airport.

The chaotic airlift was augmented by a string of private enterprises, from veterans using their military knowhow to help their Afghan allies reach the airport to charter planes collecting women who feared for their future under the Taliban.

The State Department reissued a Level 4 travel advisory for the country on Monday.

'Do not travel to Afghanistan due to civil unrest, armed conflict, crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and COVID-19,' it said.

Mullin is not a U.S. military veteran, unlike Moulton and Meijer. The Republican was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2012. He has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s exit from Afghanistan.

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