The situation in Afghanistan is getting worse.
More and more people are hoping to be rescued from the Taliban at the gates of Kabul Airport.
The dramatic rescue operation in Afghanistan * continues.
The USA * assures its citizens that they will be rescued.
The EU does not recognize the Taliban * as the new rulers in Afghanistan.
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Kabul - The crowd in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul is growing with each passing day of Taliban rule.
Since the Taliban took over the city on August 15, the number of people waiting on site has grown rapidly.
At first there were only a few hundred families waiting at the gates of the airport, now thousands of desperate men, women and children are hoping for rescue.
The road to the airport is also clogged with cars and rickshaws trying to get as close to the gate as possible.
Endless streams of civilians are desperately trying to address the US-backed forces and Taliban sitting on the airport's concrete walls.
Al Jazeera reports.
Afghanistan: crowds at Kabul airport - armed forces shot in the air
Most questions to the armed forces and the Taliban are answered with violence.
The Taliban reportedly prevented people from entering the airport.
Accordingly, they are said to have shot in the air and used batons.
The men and women approaching the Afghan armed forces are also being forcibly driven back.
According to Al Jazeera, some also shot in the air to get the crowd under control.
info |
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country |
Afghanistan |
population |
38.04 million (as of 2019) |
capital city |
Kabul |
area |
652,860 km² |
languages |
Pashto, Dari |
Afghanistan: Crowds at Kabul Airport - Reports of shootings
According to Al Jazeera, there was also a battle on the grounds in front of the airport in Kabul on Sunday (August 22nd, 2021).
Although it is not certain what sparked the shooting, eyewitnesses said it looked like foreign and Afghan troops shot at each other.
At least seven people died in a mass panic that day.
A total of at least 19 people have died at the airport since August 15.
Also on Monday morning (August 23, 2021) there were reports of shots and the killing of at least one Afghan soldier in the airport in Kabul.
Afghanistan: Crowds at Kabul Airport - 28,000 people evacuated
Since August 14, US-led air transports have evacuated 28,000 people, according to US President Joe Biden *. He did not rule out extending the evacuations beyond August 31. Most recently, the Taliban had warned of the consequences if he did so. Many Afghans still cling to the hope that they can escape life in the Islamic emirate.
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