'Chaotic scenes' at Kabul airport as Afghans, foreigners flee Taliban takeover

Name: 'Chaotic scenes' at Kabul airport as Afghans, foreigners flee Taliban takeover
Uploaded: 2021-08-16T12:27:20+00:00
Duration: 4 min 7 s
Description: US troops fired shots into the air and all commercial flights were cancelled at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday (August 16) as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching any flight out after the Taliban takeover on the weekend. Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary tells us more.

Issued on: 16/08/2021 - 14:27

US troops fired shots into the air and all commercial flights were cancelled at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday (August 16) as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching any flight out after the Taliban takeover on the weekend. Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary tells us more.