Dozens of Dogs Abandoned in Afghanistan Face ‘Torture’ From Taliban

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Animals rights groups say that the US has handed ‘death sentences’ to dozens of dogs left behind in Afghanistan.

Animals rights groups say that the US has handed ‘death sentences’ to dozens of dogs left behind in Afghanistan.

American Humane condemned the ‘death sentence’ for the animals left behind who now face ‘torture’ at the hands of the terrorist Taliban regime, who took control of Afghanistan after Biden’s botched withdrawal.

The group has urged Congress to rescue the dogs, who according to the Pentagon’s Press Secretary John Kirby, belong to the Kabul Small Animal Rescue charity, founded by Charlotte Maxwell-Jones.

“To correct erroneous reports, the U.S. Military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including the reported military working dogs,” Kirby tweeted on Tuesday.

“Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under our care.”

Dailymail.co.uk reports: According to a recent update from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Maxwell-Jones has been campaigning to get 46 working dogs, along with a number of dogs that were pets of fleeing Americans, evacuated from Kabul.

However, according to the statement released by Kirby, the military was unable to evacuate the animals from Kabul before the final plane left the airport on Monday. While working dogs are not considered U.S. military dogs, some were still used by the military in activities in Afghanistan.

Dozens of working dogs were abandoned by the US in Afghanistan after the troop withdrawal. According to Pentago Press Secretary John Kirby, these dogs were in the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue charity, whose founder had petitioned the military to evacuate the animals from the country

American Humane’s CEO Robin R. Ganzert said in a statement: ‘I am devastated by reports that the American government is pulling out of Kabul and leaving behind brave US military contract working dogs to be tortured and killed at the hand of our enemies. 

‘These brave dogs do the same dangerous, lifesaving work as our military working dogs, and deserved a far better fate than the one to which they have been condemned. 

‘This senseless fate is made all the more tragic, as American Humane stands ready to not only help transport these contract K-9 soldiers to US soil but also to provide for their lifetime medical care.’

Ganzert added that her organization ‘has worked hand in hand with the military for more than 100 years to rescue military animals,’ adding that the group ‘brings home retired military working dogs and pairs veterans with life-saving service dogs.’ 

American Humane has worked with the military for more than a century to rescue stranded military animals, having previously worked in World War One. 

Working dogs are normally owned by private contractors to work alongside military dogs who are owned by the Department of Defense, often performing similar duties. 

Ganzert added: ‘As the country’s first national humane organization and largest certifier of animal welfare in the world, it sickens us to sit idly by and watch these brave dogs who valiantly served our country be put to death or worse. 

‘In order to prevent this tragedy from occurring, these K-9’s should be loaded into whatever cargo space remains and flown to safety. Irrespective of the outcome, this gross oversight of justice must be stopped from happening again, as it did in Vietnam too. 

‘To that end, we call on Congress to take action to classify contract working dogs on the same level as military working dogs. Failure to do anything less, is a failure of humanity and a condemnation of us all.’ 

Sharing photos of dogs in cages stranded in Kabul, one person commented: ‘Not a great day for America’s service dogs that are still in the airport.’ 

The news that U.S. service dogs were left behind contrasts with the UK’s evacuation efforts, which saw almost 200 rescue dogs and cats saved from Kabul, along with a former Royal Marine Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing, who founded an animal rescue charity while in Afghanistan. 

Mr Farthing’s campaign to get his animals to safety became hugely topical in Britain over the past fortnight, with some arguing that the choice to rescue the animals resulted in resources that could have been used to evacuate more people being occupied. 

Yesterday, he revealed the Taliban had stabbed one of his dogs to death. 

The veteran has said he is still working to help evacuate 68 Nowzad animal shelter staff and family members, including 25 children and one newborn baby, from Afghanistan as part of his Operation Ark campaign. 

Along with the dogs, there are up to 200 US citizens still in Afghanistan after the US withdrew its final troops, bringing an end to the 20-year campaign.

Critics slammed Biden for breaking his promise to stay until all citizens were airlifted to safety after he pulled out the last forces 24 hours before the August 31 deadline.

The US has also abandoned as much as 70 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, 27 Humvees and 73 aircraft in Afghanistan, although much of the equipment has been disabled. 

General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said the aircraft were ‘demilitarised,’ or rendered useless, before American troops wrapped up the two-week evacuation.

He said the Pentagon, which built up a force of nearly 6,000 troops to occupy and operate Kabul’s airport when the airlift began on August 14, left behind around 70 MRAP armoured tactical vehicles – which can cost up to $1 million a piece – that it disabled before leaving, and 27 Humvees.

Before the last US troops left, they disabled scores of aircraft and armoured vehicles – as well as a high-tech rocket defence system – at the airport, a US general said.

Cockpit windows had been shattered, instrument panels smashed, and aircraft tyres shot out.

The US also left behind but disabled the C-RAM system – counter rocket, artillery, and mortar – that was used to protect the airport from rocket attacks.

The system helped fend off a five-rocket barrage from the jihadist Islamic State group on Monday.   

Amid the celebratory scenes in Afghanistan – and surrounded by Taliban special forces units dressed head to toe in American gear – spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid hailed the ‘victory’ over western forces. 

‘It is an historical day and an historical moment…. we liberated our country from a great power,’ he added, saying the last 20 years should serve as a ‘big lesson for other invaders [and] a lesson for the world.’

Calling the day a ‘big lesson for other invaders and for our future generation,’ he then told gathered journalists: ‘It is an historical day and an historical moment. We are proud of these moments, that we liberated our country from a great power’.

Hundreds of American and British citizens were left behind when the last US evacuation plane took off late Monday, along with thousands of Afghans who helped western troops on a promise of sanctuary that was ultimately broken. Many now fear for their lives.

Mujahid insisted today that Taliban security forces will be ‘pleasant and nice’ to those left behind, despite reports already emerging of summary executions and persecution against women reminiscent of the Taliban of old.

Meanwhile at Bagram air base, the former stronghold of western forces, its new Taliban commander was boasting of having ‘beaten’ America using little more than Kalashnikov rifles while saying the airfield will now be ‘a base for jihad for all Muslims’.

Speaking to The Times, 35-year-old Maulawi Hafiz Mohibullah Muktaz said: ‘Never in our wildest dreams could we have believed we could beat a superpower like America with just our Kalashnikovs.

‘When you do jihad all doors open, we defeated America with our faith and our guns and we hope now that Bagram can be a base for jihad for all Muslims

‘For any foreign power considering attacking Afghanistan then look at Bagram now and learn your lesson well before embarking on foolish endeavour. See the West’s mighty technology humbled here by mujahidin.

‘In 15 years as a mujahid fighting the Americans I wondered often if I may fail or die. Yet here is proof of the power of faith and God and jihad. On the back of victory I hope we can use Bagram as a place to spread jihad further into the region and Muslim world.’

Reflecting on America’s withdrawal from the other side of the conflict, General McKenzie said on Monday night: ‘There’s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure.

‘We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. But I think if we’d stayed another 10 days, we wouldn’t have gotten everybody out,’ he insisted.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the dogs were U.S. service dogs. We have updated the headline and opening of this story to correct this.

20 Comments

  1. Trump is sounding off about the 83 billion in weapons and vehicles that bush/ trumps party gave away for the GOPPY`ss CBS dan rather`s 1% war bucky$$$ie

  2. Bring dogs in to the story, now you got the Americans mad. This is such a typical BS psyop story. Eat it up fools.

      • This entire “event” is designed to steer the American People a certain way, herd the cattle a direction. You think this was just all bad Biden policy? Don’t we have Generals and lieutenants in he ranks that can plan a logistical pull out of a country? I am telling you, the fiasco was entirely on purpose and the higher military leadership was in on it. This pull out went exactly as “THEY” planned.
        Now lets see what happens next, that will give us a clue to their end goal.
        I know one end Goal is to get some saboteurs into our country so they can do multiple false flag events to help the CIA destroy our country faster.

        • You are 1000% right. They got other wars planned. They could have damaged all of the planes, helicopters, vehicles with grenades and even burned the money up, but it was all left intact for a reason. Who is stupid enough to fight in their wars for israel?

          • they did that in Iraq. the Iraqi miltary was given fake information about the ISIS strength, so they layed down their weapons and ran. essentially giving up their military inventory to the ISIS so they could go fight the Syrian Army. That went as planned as well. ISIS is a proxy army for Israel, so are we by the way.

        • Thank you for the reply. Well written and on point. Couldn’t agree more and it is a sad saga indeed.
          However, just because countless numbers of us are upset about animals abandoned there, doesn’t mean we
          don’t see or don’t get that recent events were scurrilously planned by design and are intentional. As you well expressed, all to steer Americans a certain way. I now understand what “your problem is, ” because it is unfortunately the same problem for any American who actually cares about human freedom and truth. As to their end goal, the terrifying scenario you suggest seems increasingly plausible with the of one massive global population to be controlled by a cadre of wealthy elites

          • Each media story is designed to demoralize you, destroy your hope, your soul. Just know what they are doing to you, or trying to do to you. Their goal for Global power will not come to pass. It will fail. It will fail. No question, however much pain and suffering will occur with their attempt and is occurring.

          • I would say “most media” does this. However, truth slips out , prevails and will ultimately be revealed.

  3. Over $2Million to airlift around 50 dogs on a single 737…? Considering the dogs are in cages they could have bought a big enough plane and made more than one trip if necessary to rescue even more people or animals…. !!

  4. these are not the family pet dogs the reason he wanted to save them was for their value as working dogs some who are trained to bite as weapons of war so some would have been put down.I don`t thinking training dogs to fight is right either

  5. Dogs aren’t patriotic What a load of propaganda. Some people are so lacking in integrity they wool try any device to attack America So below the belt and I wouldn’t even believe one word of it unless I were there and I saw it with my own eyes. That they didn’t grab a whole heap of dogs from the local shelter and stage a whole smear story out of it.

  6. they brain washed even these dogers to kill kill kill and they would spend millions to keep the killer weapon dogs alive while stateside those millions would save countless dos&cats lifes. for family pets.Turning any life form into a killing machine should be out lawed.

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