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Panic ensued as the Kabul airport was flooded with people fleeing the Taliban terror. Some people were stampeded to death.<ref>https://www.the-sun.com/news/3479109/taliban-jalalabad-afghanistan-kabul-uk-troops-2-2/</ref>  ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about the dangerous road thousands of people face trying to get to the Kabul airport: “There were volleys of rifle fire, along with pushing, pulling and beating with wooden sticks, Kalashnikovs and hoses.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/18/world/asia/kabul-airport-afghanistan-maps.html</ref>  At the airport, “in desperate scenes, babies were passed to U.S. soldiers in the hope of giving them a life outside the country,” ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/19/children-passed-over-the-walls-of-kabul-airport-amid-evacuation-chaos-video</ref>  Tens of thousands of Afghans lined up outside the airport in the hopes of finding a way out.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-people-crushed-to-death-at-kabul-airport-thousands-flee-taliban-2021-8?op=1</ref>  Three young men clung to the tires of an airplane, only to fall on top of people's houses once the plane was airborne.<ref>https://twitter.com/AsvakaNews/status/1427172720446373892</ref>  Remains of a fourth body were found crushed inside the wheel well upon landing.<ref>https://notthebee.com/article/shockingly-awful-video-shows-afghan-mans-body-dangling-from-wheel-well-of-c-17</ref>  People died after being crushed or succumbing to sweltering temperatures in the crowds outside the airport gate as individuals and families sought refuge from the Taliban.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/matt-frei/women-at-kabul-airport-crushed-fleeing-taliban/</ref> [[UK]] ''Independent'' journalist Kim Sengupta saw "four people crushed to death in the space of about an hour," in the crush as Afghans scrambled to leave the Taliban-controlled country.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/matt-frei/women-at-kabul-airport-crushed-fleeing-taliban/</ref>  ''[[Sky News]]'' chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay saw people crushed to death, medics check their vital signs and then cover the bodies in white sheets.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15927269/afghanistan-kabul-airport-crush-taliban/</ref>  A heartbroken mother found her 2-year-old daughter trampled to death.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/22/fatal-stampede-outside-kabul-airport-takes-place-as-people-attempt-to-flee/</ref>

Panic ensued as the Kabul airport was flooded with people fleeing the Taliban terror. Some people were stampeded to death.<ref>https://www.the-sun.com/news/3479109/taliban-jalalabad-afghanistan-kabul-uk-troops-2-2/</ref>  ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about the dangerous road thousands of people face trying to get to the Kabul airport: “There were volleys of rifle fire, along with pushing, pulling and beating with wooden sticks, Kalashnikovs and hoses.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/18/world/asia/kabul-airport-afghanistan-maps.html</ref>  At the airport, “in desperate scenes, babies were passed to U.S. soldiers in the hope of giving them a life outside the country,” ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/19/children-passed-over-the-walls-of-kabul-airport-amid-evacuation-chaos-video</ref>  Tens of thousands of Afghans lined up outside the airport in the hopes of finding a way out.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-people-crushed-to-death-at-kabul-airport-thousands-flee-taliban-2021-8?op=1</ref>  Three young men clung to the tires of an airplane, only to fall on top of people's houses once the plane was airborne.<ref>https://twitter.com/AsvakaNews/status/1427172720446373892</ref>  Remains of a fourth body were found crushed inside the wheel well upon landing.<ref>https://notthebee.com/article/shockingly-awful-video-shows-afghan-mans-body-dangling-from-wheel-well-of-c-17</ref>  People died after being crushed or succumbing to sweltering temperatures in the crowds outside the airport gate as individuals and families sought refuge from the Taliban.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/matt-frei/women-at-kabul-airport-crushed-fleeing-taliban/</ref> [[UK]] ''Independent'' journalist Kim Sengupta saw "four people crushed to death in the space of about an hour," in the crush as Afghans scrambled to leave the Taliban-controlled country.<ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/matt-frei/women-at-kabul-airport-crushed-fleeing-taliban/</ref>  ''[[Sky News]]'' chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay saw people crushed to death, medics check their vital signs and then cover the bodies in white sheets.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15927269/afghanistan-kabul-airport-crush-taliban/</ref>  A heartbroken mother found her 2-year-old daughter trampled to death.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/22/fatal-stampede-outside-kabul-airport-takes-place-as-people-attempt-to-flee/</ref>

With 40,000 Americans stranded,<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-afghanistan-hannity-reports-10000-many-40000-americans-trapped-inside-afghanistan-taliban-blocking-access-airport-video/</ref> embassy personnel in Kabul were apprised by the State Department to leave the embassy and make their way to airport.  Staffers reported being jostled, hit, spat on and cursed at by Taliban fighters at checkpoints near the airport.  Some staff members reported that they were almost separated from their children, while others collapsed in a crush of people and had to be taken to hospitals with injuries.  Others said they had collapsed on the road because of heat exhaustion.  “It would be better to die under the Taliban’s bullet” than face the crowds again, a staff member was quoted as saying in a State Department cable.  “Happy to die here, but with dignity and pride," according to ''[[NBC News]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/afghan-staff-u-s-embassy-losing-faith-evacuation-efforts-diplomatic-n1277397</ref>

With 40,000 Americans stranded,<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-afghanistan-hannity-reports-10000-many-40000-americans-trapped-inside-afghanistan-taliban-blocking-access-airport-video/</ref> embassy personnel in Kabul were apprised by the State Department to leave the embassy and make their way to the airport.  Staffers reported being jostled, hit, spat on and cursed at by Taliban fighters at checkpoints near the airport.  Some staff members reported that they were almost separated from their children, while others collapsed in a crush of people and had to be taken to hospitals with injuries.  Others said they had collapsed on the road because of heat exhaustion.  “It would be better to die under the Taliban’s bullet” than face the crowds again, a staff member was quoted as saying in a State Department cable.  “Happy to die here, but with dignity and pride," according to ''[[NBC News]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/afghan-staff-u-s-embassy-losing-faith-evacuation-efforts-diplomatic-n1277397</ref>  A heart-wrenching audio clip of a stranded American woman in fear for her life was posted to social media.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/heartbreaking-audio-of-american-woman-trapped-in-afghanistan-begging-for-biden-to-help-her/</ref>

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