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published photo, AFGHAN SPORTS SOCIETY
Many mourned the young player on social networks
In Afghanistan, it has been confirmed that a young footballer died after falling from a US military plane while trying to hide inside, as he left Kabul airport.
Zaki Anuri, 19, was a player for the Afghan youth team.
No further details have been revealed about the time of his death.
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, thousands of people have flocked to Kabul airport, as Western countries rush to evacuate their Afghan citizens and colleagues.
Images circulated Monday showing hundreds of people running past a US Air Force plane as it moved along a runway. Some people have been seen hanging from the fuselage.
According to local media, at least two people died after falling after the plane took off. The US Air Force has also confirmed that human remains were found in the undercarriage of a plane after it arrived in Qatar.
In a statement on Facebook, the Afghan Directorate of Physical Education and Sports praised Anuri.
The sports authority said: “We hope he lives in paradise and we pray to God for his family, friends and fellow athletes.”
Others also mourned him on social media.
And one Instagram user wrote: “His passing is a great sadness. Your memory is still dear to me.”
And temporarily controls around 4,500 American troops at Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
The Taliban are preventing Afghans from entering the airport without travel documents – but even those with valid permits have struggled.
Amid scenes of chaos at the airport, US President Joe Biden defended his handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“The idea that there was a possibility of going out without creating chaos… I don’t know how that came to be,” he told ABC News on Wednesday.
Biden added that US forces may have to stay in Afghanistan beyond the Aug. 31 deadline agreed with the Taliban to help with evacuations.
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