(ANSA) - MILAN, AUGUST 23 - The activists of Pangea, the Milanese non-profit organization active in Afghanistan, managed to reach the Kabul airport with their families.
Some of them have already been embarked for Italy and will arrive in Rome in the next few hours.
"The activists from Pangea were strong and resisted.
They fought like lionesses to get into that airport.
From this morning until dawn, the women of Pangea and their families are all inside the Kabul airport. Some have already been on board! We saved them together! ", Reads an Instagram story of the organization. Waiting to reach Italy, we learn from the organization, there are 240 people including collaborators and their families.
" Some women of Pangea have been beaten by the Taliban.
Seeing the photos with their bruises was heartbreaking. The children have witnessed scenes of unprecedented violence and are very frightened ", we still read on Instagram.
"Since Friday - explains the organization - Pangea has been working without stopping to help Kabul colleagues and their families to reach the airport. They have been difficult days. The women of the Pangea staff and their families have been trapped in the crowd for hours, without water. , even with very small children in their arms ". (HANDLE).