New York, August 17, 2021 – La escape from Kabul has his photo symbol: hundreds of Afghans massed in a transport plane of the US Air Force. The image, published by the portal Defense One, it was supplied by a Pentagon official, and shows the desperate Afghan civilians. The shot is making the rounds of the web: risking your life by staying in Kabul or leaving at any cost? There were hundreds, some standing and some crouching, in the C-17 Globe Master III who left the capital under siege by the Taliban on 15 August. Side by side, because Covid now seemed the least of the problems.
Yesterday the tragedy: Afghans cling to a plane taking off (here the shocking video).
Who took the photo explained that the American military aircraft had been stormed by hundreds of civilians who tried to escape from Kabul on Sunday evening: many had managed to get into the plane thanks to a rear ramp that remained half-open.
At that point, the source explained, “the crew made the decision to leave “ (despite the aircraft being beyond his regular capacity), without having the desperate Afghans repel by the security soldiers: the 640 refugees are now safe in the US military base of Al Udeid, in Qatar.
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