Desperate Afghans clamber onto plane to flee country after Taliban victory

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  • 3 years ago
This is the moment hundreds of desperate Afghans clambered onto a plane to flee from Taliban war lords.

Harrowing footage shows dozens of people jostling to enter the plane cabin, climbing over each other on the ladder of a parked plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 16 morning.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/south-central-asia/afghanistan-taliban-takeover-updates-august-16-2021

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