More than 30 people were injured or died during the crown and shooting at the Kabul airport on Monday, August 16, said the Afghan TV channel Tolo News with reference to the Motion Movement (organization is prohibited in Russia) Mochibulla Hechmat.
As the representative of the Taliban clarified, Afghans should not leave at home, then the citizens will not have problems. “It is not necessary to hang on foreign aircraft, yesterday at the airport died and were injured from 30 to 40 people,” called the number of victims and affected Heekmat.
On Sunday, August 15, the Taliban seized the presidential palace in Kabul and said they control the entire Afghanistan. The head of state Ashraf Gani left the state to “prevent the slaughter”.
In an effort to escape from the country, many people rushed to the airport where the crush began. Airplanes and helicopters evacuated diplomats from different countries. Afghans began to storm the runway. Frames spread on social networks, as people climb on board, ready for departure. On some frames it can be seen how the planes take off with people on the chassis. So, the corpse of a person was discovered in the chassis of the American military transport aircraft of the C-17 after his departure from Kabul airport. Later it became known about the ten killed in the airport.