US orders 6 commercial airlines to help transport Afghan evacuees

The Biden administration on Sunday commandeered 18 aircraft from six commercial airlines to airlift American nationals and allies from Afghanistan amid the ceaseless crisis in Kabul where the Taliban continued to pose hurdles before evacuation efforts. Orders for requisitioning aircraft came from the defence department, which invoked the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) provisions created after World War II to access "commercial air mobility resources."

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