Afghanistan: Chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as Afghans and foreign nationals flee Taliban
Thousands of Afghans have amassed on the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport in the hours after the Taliban captured the capital.
The chaotic scenes Monday at Hamid Karzai International Airport captured by news crews and cellphones convey a terror and desperate rush to escape the country, which is now overrun by Taliban militants in the lead-up to the complete departure of U.S. forces.
One video shows a U.S. military aircraft attempting to take off as Afghans run alongside and even cling to the outside of the plane as it gains speed.
Another video shared on Twitter appears to shows large crowds of people, including children, moving toward passenger aircraft on the tarmac.