Despair exodus in Kabul: shock photo of US military plane filled with Afghans fleeing the Taliban

New details emerge from the chaotic and desperate scenes that were experienced in the kabul airport. A photo shows the hold of a military aircraft C-17 Globemaster III of the US Air Force totally overflowing. According to the specialized site Defense 1, the aircraft safely evacuated a few 640 Afghans, including women and children, Sunday evening.

According to official sources, the huge cargo plane was not supposed to carry so many people, but the Afghans were terrified by the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and who had been allowed to evacuate. they ran on the semi-open ramp of the C-17.

“The crew decided to let them go up” and did not attempt to expel the refugees, they added. The flight almost reached the record for the most people to ever fly on the C-17, which occurred in 2013, when a plane of these characteristics evacuated a 670 people fleeing a typhoon in the Philippines

In a little over a week, and almost without resistance, the Taliban managed to regain control of almost the whole country after 20 years of war. This Sunday, they stormed the capital, amid the collapse of the government and the president’s flight abroad Achraf Ghani.

Videos uploaded to social media showed scenes of panic at the airport, with dozens of people trying to suspend themselves from commercial and military planes to flee the country and falling into the void. According to what senior US military officers revealed to The Associated Press chaos killed seven.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said US troops killed two people carrying weapons during the riot. He announced that 1,000 additional troops will be deployed to protect the air facility and support the 2,500 already there.

NATO Representative in Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo said the evacuation of foreign nationals and Afghan collaborators and their families is continuing. On Twitter, he indicated that the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport “is open”. “I see planes landing and taking off,” he posted, anticipating smoother activity on Tuesday.

Washington ends its mission in Afghanistan when I have finished evacuating the Americans who are in the Asian country, which he calculates as the August 31, if it maintains the pace of 5,000 outings per day, detailed Kirby on Monday.

The United States announced on Monday $ 500 million in aid for Afghan refugees and migrants. Washington will provide such assistance to migrants and refugees through its government agencies, such as the Agency for International Development (USAID). Banca.