Thousands of Afghan civilians have thronged the Kabul Airport to flee the war-ravaged country as the Taliban lays siege at Kabul, overthrowing the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government.
At least five people were killed at Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to enter planes leaving the Afghan capital on Monday, where thousands of Afghans who fear for their lives after the Taliban takeover of the country converged in hopes of getting on an evacuation flight as the insurgents consolidate their control over the capital.
A horrific video surfaced on social media where a person was seen falling off a loaded passenger plane mid-air in Kabul. Locals said 2-3 people fell on their houses and died an immediate, tragic death.
People have been making desperate attempts to leave the war-torn country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government in Afghanistan. Since all border crossings have been seized by Taliban fighters, the only way out of the country is through Kabul airport.
Shocking and heart-wrenching footage of a US C-17 taking off from Kabul something fell from the plane was witnessed. Later some eyewitnesses claimed that 2-3 people fell off the aircraft over roofs of building in Kabul.
Amid disturbing visuals of Afghan civilians thronging to the airport to flee the country, the Taliban has met the minorities including Sikh and Hindu communities in Kabul which have been waiting in a Gurudwara for evacuation
Amid the fluid situation in Afghanistan, sources have informed that Taliban terrorists are going door-to-door in Kabul, looking for government employees, soldiers and police, and Afghans who worked with foreign governments and NGOs.
