- Thousands of people have been trying to escape through the Kabul airport after Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban on Sunday.
- Commercial flights have been suspended. The United States controls the military aspect of the airport.
- The video showed dozens of people climbing on the jet bridge, trying to forcibly board the plane.
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An apocalyptic scene was filmed at Hamid Karzai Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, when it was occupied by the Taliban on Sunday.
The video showed crowds climbing on a jet bridge at the airport, trying to squeeze onto the plane parked on the tarmac.
The video has been posted to Twitter On Monday morning, BBC South Asia Director Nicola Careem delivered a speech.
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“This is perhaps one of the saddest pictures I have seen in Afghanistan,” Careem wrote. “A desperate and abandoned people. No aid agencies, no UN, no government. Nothing.”
The plane that saw the crowd forcibly boarding was the Kam Air jet. Kam Air is an Afghan private airline that provides domestic flights as well as flights to the Middle East and other parts of Asia.
According to the Afghan Civil Affairs Bureau, as of Monday morning, all commercial flights from Kabul had been cancelled. CNN.
Chaotic scene At the airport Afghans try to flee the country On Sunday, the Taliban completed their takeover.
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British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace told British Broadcasting Corporation Kabul Airport is divided into a military zone and a commercial zone. The United States has taken over the military aspects of the airport and is giving priority to the evacuation of embassy staff. Reported by the BBC.
The US government also promised to help local staff and their families and other “particularly vulnerable Afghan nationals” flee the country in the next few days. Sunday statement From the State Department and the Department of Defense.
