White House condemns reports billionaire selling $6,500 flights out of Afghanistan

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has excoriated Erik Prince, the billionaire US military contractor, for reports he is allegedly charging $6,500 per ticket for flights out of Afghanistan on a chartered plane.

“I don’t think any human being who has a heart and soul would support efforts to profit off of people’s agony and pain as they’re trying to depart a country and fearing for their lives,” Ms Psaki said at Wednesday’s White House press briefing.

Mr Prince is the founder of Blackwater, a military contractor that earned billions from the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.