Situation in Afghanistan ‘A High Tension, High Panic, Anne Frank-Like Environment’: Rescue Mission Leader

U.S. Forces, under the command of Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, Commander 82d Airborne, refuel the Ark Salus Private Air Carrier Afghan Rescue Boeing 737 on its maiden voyage at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 22, 2021. Ark Salus

As news reports spread the word that the United States has officially ended its military presence in Afghanistan, one member of a group of former special operations warriors reminds the world of the terror faced by those the federal government has left behind.

“This is 1936 Germany Gestapo meets the Hunger Games,” Peter Quinn, director of Ark Salus, told The Epoch Times. “It is a high tension, high panic, Anne Frank-like environment.”