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Satellite Images Show Crowds Outside Kabul Airport as Afghans Try to Flee
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August 19, 2021
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0:34Now PlayingSatellite images taken above Kabul Thursday showed crowds of people and cars flooding the area around the Hamid Karzai International Airport as Afghans continue to try to flee the country.
Many are looking to escape Afghanistan amid uncertainty and concerns that the Taliban will reimpose a brutal rule, which included largely confining women to their homes and holding public executions.
At Kabul's international airport, military evacuation flights continued, but access to the airport remained difficult.
On Thursday, Taliban fighters fired into the air to try to control the crowds gathered at the airport’s blast walls.
After a chaotic start that saw people rush the runway and cling to a plane taking off, the U.S. military is ramping up evacuations and now has enough aircraft to get 5,000 to 9,000 people out a day.
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