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Desperate to leave Afghanistan, two people fall from sky after clinging to plane

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This video is going to haunt the world forever. Desperate crowds  had thronged the Kabul airport since Monday morning after the Taliban took control of the capital city of Kabul on Sunday after the  Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and his close aides escaped. The dramatic incident—a show of extreme human distress–happened the  morning after thousands of Afghans rushed to  Kabul airport to flee the country at any cost.</p>
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A foreign journalist sharing the video clip said in the post, “crowd at #Kabul's Hamid Karzai Intn’l Airport rushing towards the terminal this morning amid the sound of automatic gunfire. Terrifying!”</p>
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<strong>Watch video : People rushing towards Kabul airport</strong></p>
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The horror. This is apocalyptic. This is a terrible moment in history to witness. <a href="https://t.co/M7x9y4o9Pd">https://t.co/M7x9y4o9Pd</a></p>
— Saba Eitizaz (@sabaeitizaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/sabaeitizaz/status/1427097165592203273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Kabul airport was a scene of chaos. The crowds outside Kabul’s international airport swelled and swelled on Monday morning, leaving the fences and security forces straining to contain the mass of people desperate to escape Afghanistan as the Taliban took control.</p>
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Sharing the video, one BBC correspondent wrote, “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.”</p>
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<strong>Also read:</strong>  <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/india-news/over-indian-embassy-staffers-and-security-men-stranded-at-kabul-108252.html">Over 200 Indian embassy staffers and security men stranded at Kabul</a></p>
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In desperation people rushed through the boarding gates and tried to push their way onto commercial planes that were parked beside the terminal.</p>
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<strong>Watch Video : </strong></p>
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This is, perhaps, one of the saddest images I've seen from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a>. A people who are desperate and abandoned. No aid agencies, no UN, no government. Nothing. <a href="https://t.co/LCeDEOR3lR">pic.twitter.com/LCeDEOR3lR</a></p>
— Nicola Careem (@NicolaCareem) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaCareem/status/1427122975971561475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The US forces took over for the Kabul airport for evacuation of US diplomats and staff, crowds rushed to the US C-17 plane. As the aircraft started moving for take off hundreds Afghans started running to board the plane. Some managed to climb on the plane.</p>
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<strong>Watch Video : </strong></p>
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Chaos in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kabul?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kabul</a>: Apache helicopter clears runway to allow USAF C-17 transport to take off as hundreds of Afghans run after the departing plane<br />
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More on RT Telegram <a href="https://t.co/4xzXvo6aO3">https://t.co/4xzXvo6aO3</a> <a href="https://t.co/HTHOK7j0uu">pic.twitter.com/HTHOK7j0uu</a></p>
— RT (@RT_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1427208515081277450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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And next was the most horrifying scene. Desperate Afghans fell all from sky after clinging to the US plane</p>
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Pictures captured at the Kabul airport show desperate people clinging on to the moving planes. Some reportedly falling out from the air. These images will haunt the world and humanity for a long long time. <a href="https://t.co/RldM2OwZRJ">pic.twitter.com/RldM2OwZRJ</a></p>
— Shuja ul haq (@ShujaUH) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShujaUH/status/1427215751602073606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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According to the Afghan journalist, two people fell from the sky.</p>
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<strong>Also read:</strong>  <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/afghan-military-planes-make-beeline-to-tajikstan-to-escape-taliban-wrath-108279.html">Afghan military planes make beeline to Tajikstan to escape Taliban wrath</a></p>
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At least five people were killed at the airport earlier Monday, as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes.</p>

IN Bureau

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