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These images will go down in history as a document of the failure of the West in Afghanistan.
Kabul airport in chaos on Monday.
The crowds of people on the runway can be seen on satellite images.
Desperate Afghans who put their lives in extreme danger to get a place in one of the starting machines.
Just get away from Kabul, away from the Taliban.
The access roads to the airport: completely blocked.
American and Turkish troops apparently only control a small area in the military part of the airport at this point.
The Taliban had sealed off access to the airport from outside.
The Kabul airport is becoming the bottleneck.
There are dramatic scenes on the runway.
This photo documents how the US Air Force flies out 640 Afghans - in a single aircraft that is actually designed for up to 134 passengers.
The people had stormed the machine, the crew decided to take off anyway.
In view of such images, the criticism of the hasty American troop withdrawal is getting louder - also in the USA itself.
Mitch McConnell, Senate leader of the US Republicans
“I think Afghanistan is lost.
Terrorists around the world are cheering in Syria, Yemen and Africa.
They watch the Taliban beat America. "
US President Biden, however, continues to assess the withdrawal as correct - and blames the Afghan government for the chaos.
Joe Biden, US President
“The situation has escalated faster than we expected.
What happened?
The political leaders in Afghanistan gave up and fled.
The Afghan military collapsed and didn't even try to fight.
The developments of the past week have confirmed that it was right to end the US operation in Afghanistan. "
The discussion about the role of the West in Afghanistan will continue. At least the situation at the airport should now be under control. The first evacuation flights started in Kabul in the morning.