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On 29 July, the German newspaper #SZ published an interview with LTC “Tobias”, commanding officer of the German #KSK-team that took part in the #Kabul evacuation in Aug 2021. Rare insights, given the notoriously taciturn #KSK press policy: 👉some key takeaways. 1/8 #miltwitter
It needed the fall of Mazār-i-Sharīf (14 Aug), to convince the govt to “flip the switch” and decide to evacuate. Priority was on German citizens. At this point, there was no known scheme for Afghan local staff and families. 2/8
On 15 Aug, 20 #KSK personnel deployed together with 80 paratroopers. #KSK was thought to function as the para commander’s “joker” for rescue ops outside the airport. The task force hit Kabul airport in a combat landing 30 hours after being put on alert. 3/8
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