Heartbreaking: Parents in Afghanistan hand over their children to be taken out of the country | the Chronicle

Parents in Afghanistan are doing all they can to save their children’s lives under the taliban. Riots continue in the Hamid Karzai International Airport while diplomats have priority for evacuation flights: the Afghan news channel Tolo News He reported that at least 10 people died at the airport trying to get on a flight out of the country.

One of the images captured in the city of Kabul shows a baby passes from hand to hand in the crowd while hordes of people demand passage out of the country. Apparently it was a father’s desperate attempt to bring your child to the front row already a safe place, even if it meant party with him.

The recording was shared widely on social media after the British journalist Roustam Wahab he published them in his Instagram. In the caption of the clip, which has been viewed more than 250,000 times in 15 hours, he writes: “People are so desperate to escape the T ban that babies and children pass to Kabul airport gate“.

Another video captured at the airport shows a little girl giving birth by their relatives at western soldiers on a wall, as citizens continue to invade the airport in hopes of securing an exit from the Taliban-controlled capital.

In response to the latest footage, Britain’s Defense Secretary Ben wallace said the UK could not evacuate unaccompanied children the country, and that the girl stepped over the wall while her family was being taken away. “As you can see from the pictures, the girl was admitted, that it will be because the family will also be admitted“Wallace said Sky News when asked about the clip.

The chaotic scenes of Afghans flooding the airport rocked the world, serving as a painful illustration of people’s desperation and terror for the new Taliban regime. several people they hung on the side of a military plane American leaving Afghanistan on Monday, and at least five people lost their lives amid the uproar, eyewitnesses said.

The Pentagon spokesperson, John kirby, said US forces were working with Turkish troops and other international troops to clear Kabul airport and allow evacuation flights to resume. So far, the United States has transported more than 5,200 people, the United Kingdom 1,200 and Germany 900.