Afghanistan youth football player remains found in US military transport plane

Journalist Babak Tagway reported that a player of the Afghan junior football team, Zaki Anuri, was killed while trying to flee the country inside a cavity in a US military transport plane.

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The journalist wrote on his Twitter account: “Very sad to learn that one of the young people who tried to leave Kabul by getting stuck in the wheel arch of the US Air Force C-17A transport plane, there is a few days was a player on the national youth football team in Afghanistan, Zaki Anuri, his body parts were found in the hollow of the wheels.

The situation in Afghanistan had particularly worsened during the first ten days of August, when the Taliban intensified their offensive against government forces. On August 15, the movement’s militants entered Kabul and took control of the presidential palace.

Taliban Politburo spokesman Muhammad Naim announced on the night of August 16 that the war in Afghanistan was over and the country’s form of government would become clear in the near future.

Taliban militants currently control all land border crossings in Afghanistan. The evacuation of foreign personnel and Afghans working in foreign diplomatic missions through the only airport in Kabul, which is still controlled by forces of the United States and other NATO countries.

Source: Twitter “Babak Taghvaee”

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