Watch: Kabul airport in disarray as Afghanistan residents struggle to escape Taliban
Thousands are trying to leave with almost no international aid.
This is, perhaps, one of the saddest images I've seen from #Afghanistan. A people who are desperate and abandoned. No aid agencies, no UN, no government. Nothing. pic.twitter.com/LCeDEOR3lR
— Nicola Careem (@NicolaCareem) August 16, 2021
#Afghanistan: Total chaos and helplessness at Kabul airport this morning (August 16).pic.twitter.com/16nHRO0RCY
— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 16, 2021
Another Saigon moment: chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. No security. None. pic.twitter.com/6BuXqBTHWk
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021
This is happening right now aboard KamAir destined for Istanbul. (Video sent by a friend) https://t.co/RfLVbKeh9Z pic.twitter.com/kGiLwJH1Ka
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021
🇦🇫 · #Afganistan situation report
— Iván Esteve (@EsteveGirbes01) August 15, 2021
17.04 Central European Summer Time
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Civilians leave the city of #Kabul, after the #Taliban announcement of the takeover of the city to prevent looting.#KabulHasFallen pic.twitter.com/vKI3MGm4wS
Citizens are leaving Afghanistan's capital #Kabul after #Taliban had announced its takeover of the city.https://t.co/l09sNx2H8y pic.twitter.com/FqpWOo73X8
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) August 15, 2021
“I might face consequences… I guess that’s the price we pay for trying to make the world a little better”
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 15, 2021
Afghanistan’s Minister of Education Rangina Hamidi says she is fearful "like every woman in Afghanistan"https://t.co/hHMv4FptLI pic.twitter.com/JzywRPEI1H
#WATCH | "I can't believe the world abandoned #Afghanistan. Our friends are going to get killed. They (Taliban) are going to kill us. Our women are not going to have any more rights," says a woman who arrived in Delhi from Kabul pic.twitter.com/4mLiKFHApG
— ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2021
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