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Video: People Reportedly Rushing Toward Kabul Airport As Gunshots Are Heard
Video: People Reportedly Rushing Toward Kabul Airport As Gunshots Are Heard
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Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul is in chaos as crowds of people flock to terminals, struggling to leave the country amid the Taliban* takeover. 16.08.2021, Sputnik International
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A video emerged online early Monday showing crowds of people running, reportedly heading to the Kabul airport, as several gunshots are heard.There were no reports on casualties, and additional circumstances of the footage are unknown.Earlier on Sunday, reports of gunfire near the Kabul airport emerged, without any details following.Kabul's international airport continues to be in turmoil, with footage going viral of "hundreds" of people flocking the terminals in attempts to leave the country.The crowds were filmed as the evacuation of foreign diplomatic staffers was ongoing after the rapid Taliban* surge in Afghanistan. According to some claims on social media, the US military created a "human wall" and fired into the air to prevent people from illegally accessing aircraft.*The Taliban is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries
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Video: People Reportedly Rushing Toward Kabul Airport As Gunshots Are Heard
02:22 GMT 16.08.2021 (Updated: 02:49 GMT 16.08.2021) Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul is in chaos as crowds of people flock to terminals, struggling to leave the country amid the Taliban* takeover.
A video emerged online early Monday showing crowds of people running, reportedly heading to the Kabul airport, as several gunshots are heard.
There were no reports on casualties, and additional circumstances of the footage are unknown.
Earlier on Sunday,
reports of gunfire near the Kabul airport emerged, without any details following.
Kabul's international airport continues to be in turmoil, with footage going viral of "hundreds" of people flocking the terminals in attempts to leave the country.
The crowds were filmed as the evacuation of foreign diplomatic staffers was ongoing after the rapid Taliban* surge in Afghanistan. According to some claims on social media, the US military created a "human wall" and fired into the air to prevent people from illegally accessing aircraft.
*The Taliban is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries
