The moving images of the rescue of babies and children in Afghanistan

Last week, Heartwarming footage showed rescues of Afghan babies, children and adults who, helped by the US military, managed to escape terror after the advance of the Taliban.

Images of civilians desperate to escape the Taliban regime that has taken control of the country are repeated daily, and situations like these have become very common in recent days, as the new government launched a house to house search which it considers it should sanction for having collaborated with the United States or NATO.

The US Department of Defense said on Saturday that “In the last 24 hours” 3,800 people have been evacuated, which puts the total number since last week at 17,000, while acknowledging that the situation outside Kabul airport remains “extremely dynamic”.

During a press conference, the Assistant Director of Logistics of the United States Staff, General Hank taylor, took stock of the evacuation efforts and clarified that, of the 17,000, approximately 2,500 are U.S. citizens.

Taylor added that the airport continues to operate with arriving and departing flights, although he warned that the situation in the Afghan capital is “extremely dynamic”.

From the American embassy in Kabul, he was notified in a message sent this Saturday to its citizens “avoid going to the airport or airport gates unless they receive direct advice from a US official to do so”.

The embassy justified the warning with “potential security threats“At the gates of the aerodrome.

The American troops, who coordinate the exit operation, they had to stop the flights a few hours this Friday Since there was no more room in the transit centers to accommodate the evacuees authorized in Qatar.

In the last hours, Washington reported that several countries have agreed to host US military flights with evacuees from Afghanistan stop over in their territories, including Denmark, Germany, Qatar, Italy and the United Kingdom, among others.

EEUU inició la retirada de sus tropas de Afganistán en mayo pero se ha visto obligado to accelerate the evacuación de los estadounidenses que quedan en Afganistán y de sus aliados afganos tras el rápido advance of los talibanes, que el domingo pasado tomaron Kabul y controlan casado the country.

(Reuters photos)

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