More than 2,200 diplomats and civilians have already been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters on Wednesday. Thousands of Afghans, many of whom helped US-led foreign forces over two decades, are desperate to leave following the Taliban takeover. Dozens of people were filmed covering their faces as they retreated.
Hundreds of people were outside the airport early Wednesday, with the Taliban demanding to see documents before allowing some inside.Įach time the gate opened, dozens of people tried to push through and the Taliban fired occasional warning shots to disperse them.Īir traffic controller shocked at amount of Afghans inside Air Force planeĪt one point, green smoke was released into the crowd in a bid to disperse them. Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a US-directed airlift from the capital, President Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday.īut he acknowledged reports that some civilians were encountering resistance - “being turned away or pushed back or even beaten” - by the Taliban as they tried to reach the airport. A young woman cried as she reached through a fence covered in razor wire toward US troops on the other side. The pace is expected to pick up on Wednesday and through the rest of the week. The White House has said 13 flights on Tuesday airlifted 1,100 US citizens, permanent residents and their families from the Kabul airport.
Since then, the US and its allies have been struggling to manage the chaotic withdrawal from the country. The airport is the last place in Afghanistan being guarded by the US military after the The Taliban overturned the Western-backed government on Sunday. The videos are believed to have been taken at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport, where additional US troops were flown in to help secure the area and protect Americans still trying to evacuate after thousands of Afghans stormed onto the tarmac and tried to climb onboard US military planes. In one video, a young woman cried as she reached through a fence covered in razor wire toward US troops on the other side.Īnother shows hundreds of people holding up papers as they pushed toward troops. Videos circulating on social media have captured the chaotic scenes in Kabul as US troops continue to evacuate after the Taliban regained control of the war-torn country. Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from Afghanistan flightsĪ crying Afghan woman has been filmed begging for help through a fence, shouting, “The Taliban is coming,” as US troops were swarmed by crowds of desperate people trying to flee the extremists’ rule, heartbreaking new videos show. Taliban bars government employees without beards from work At least six killed after blasts hit Kabul high schoolįree at last: American aid worker, brother released by Taliban from Afghan hell
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