Order descends on Afghan evacuations after airport carnage

Guno צְבִי

We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Order replaced chaos at Kabul airport Saturday with Taliban fighters escorting a steady stream of Afghans from buses to the main passenger terminal, handing them over to US troops for evacuation.

Gone are the tens of thousands clamouring to get inside the airport grounds in the hope of getting aboard a flight before August 31, when the US-led evacuation ends and the last foreign troops depart.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-evacuations-after-airport-carnage/ar-AANQqzf
 
The Pentagon says more than 110,000 Afghans and foreigners have been evacuated since August 14 -- most to start a new life abroad with nothing more than their skills and what they can carry in a plastic bag.

An AFP photographer saw a journalist friend Saturday among those brought by bus for evacuation -- he had worked for the US-led coalition force's media department and was considered at risk of Taliban retribution.

They embraced briefly before parting ways.

"Good luck," they told each other -- one staying behind, and the other on his way to a new life.
 
Back
Top