Families storm Hamid Karzai International Airport after Taliban overrun

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 16: Thousands of Afghans struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people without visas after the Taliban over run of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. Afghan Multimedia Agency

A resident outside Kabul airport added, “The people are fleeing the country, the people are displaced, the people are in a tough situation to what do first, everybody run towards the airport as you are eyewitness, now there are killed kids inside but there is no one to ask about them”.

“We are here to bring security for the people, we want peace for the people till people could be comfortable”. A member Taliban force in Kabul, stated.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 16: Taliban forces stand guard as thousands of Afghans struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people without visas, after the Taliban over run of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. Haroon Sabawoon/Afghan Multimedia Agency