Chaos in Kabul as Taliban take power and thousands try to flee

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Hundreds of people poured onto the tarmac at Kabul's international airport desperately seeking a route out of Afghanistan on Monday, after the Taliban's sudden seizure of power sparked a chaotic Western withdrawal

Commercial flights at Hamid Karzai International Airport have been canceled, but footage there showed frenzied crowds trying to force their way onto any airplane leaving the city late on Sunday night and Monday morning -- some even hanging to the sides of military aircraft with their bare hands as the planes taxied the runway.

It's unclear if the shots were fired at people or just into the air to disperse crowds, or by whom, the witnesses said.One of the witnesses CNN spoke with is hoping to get on a flight out of Afghanistan, fearing persecution at the hands of the Taliban when the Americans leave. At one point, the witness managed to get inside the airport, where they saw US soldiers telling Afghans to"stay back." "The US need to take us with them.

 

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It was expected, yes, but no so rapidly, so victoriously, so humiliatingly. In fact, since World War II, the US has failed to decisively win any major war, whether in Korea, Vietnam or Iraq.The Taliban victory is a major humiliation for the US and Europe American puppy,😂😂😂😂

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Congrats joe Biden, couldn’t keep 10,000 half trained soldiers out of the embassy, EMBARASSING

20 years, billions of American's taxpayer's dollars, and all for what? Why should Americans keep on dying for people who flat-out refuse to fight for themselves? Americans need to face reality. America is at war within. America's Democracy vs Republican far-right fascism.

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