Special Ops Vets Lead the Rescue of Hundreds of Afghans
JOSEPH TREVITHICK
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Earlier this week, the collection of current and former members of U.S. special operations forces units, intelligence operatives, aid workers, and others were able to sneak hundreds of at-risk Afghans into the safety of the American-controlled portion of Hamid Karzai International Airport. This involved helping small groups navigate past Taliban checkpoints to a secret entrance into the airport, and included the use of codewords and other signals. One of the individuals who led the effort, nicknamed the Pineapple Express after the group’s own nickname, Task Force Pineapple, said that the entire affair often felt like something straight out of a Jason Bourne movie.