Kabul evacuation flights take off EMPTY as Taliban close off airport and make it impossible for Western ex-pats to get through

Women were filmed begging US troops to put them on flights home, shouting 'the Taliban are coming for me'

, --August 18, 2021

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Evacuation flights out of Kabul are taking off almost empty despite tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the country after the Taliban formed a ring of steel around the airport and barred most people from reaching it. One Australian Hercules C-130 aircraft with room for 120 people took off with just 26 on board today, the government has confirmed, while a German Airbus A-400M with room for 150 was carrying just seven people when it departed yesterday.-- More...


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