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US recruits commercial airlines to help move Afghanistan evacuees

Idrees Ali and Susan Heavey

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Washington | The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul.

The Pentagon said on Sunday (Monday AEST) it called up 18 civilian aircraft from United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air and others to carry people from temporary locations after they landed on flights from Afghanistan, leaning on an industry it last called on during the Iraq War in 2003.

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