You Won’t Believe What The CIA Is Doing In This Secret Pit

According to reports, a covert CIA site outside Kabul acted as a base of operations for evacuations that bypassed Taliban checkpoints.

Eagle Base — which housed the infamous Salt Pit prison until 2004 — was used from Aug. 15 to Aug. 28 to aid with evacuation attempts following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, according to an article published Wednesday by The New York Times.

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According to the New York Times story, analysts examined “satellite imagery, corporate records, active fire data, and flight paths” to ascertain how Eagle Base was used in the days before it was razed and abandoned permanently.

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“Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters flew evacuees from the compound to Kabul airport to avoid Taliban checkpoints. Flight data shows that three Mi-17s made at least 35 flights there since the Taliban took control on Aug. 15,” Evan Hill, a visual investigator for the NYT, tweeted Wednesday.

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Among those evacuated were the elite Afghan troops trained at Eagle Base by the CIA. “Agency-trained Afghan troops from the NDS, who faced severe reprisals from the Taliban, struck a deal with the Americans to assist with airport security in exchange for being airlifted out of the country,” Hill added.

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