US may enlist commercial airlines to help evacuate Afghan refugees

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering enlisting commercial airlines in the US to help in ferrying Afghan refugees who have been evacuated from the war-torn country via military aircrafts, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.

The Wall Street Journal had reported on Saturday that an order has been issued by the US Transportation Command to several commercial airlines that the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) could be activated. The flights won’t ply from Afghanistan itself but might include carrying stranded people at American bases in Germany, Qatar and Bahrain. However, officials at the Pentagon didn’t specify which airports or bases the planes might be used at.