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schreibt... | Markus Pöhlmann
Aug 13, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
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