overwhelmed, as they tried to clear the airport, firing warning shots. the pentagon says american troops killed two armed afghans, some afghans were able to get out. on one flight so full, it may have set a record for the number of people can fit on an american c-17. afghans are running from the taliban now in full control, setting up check points with the weapons american taxpayers bought for the afghan army which clamsed instead of fighting after the u.s. pulled out of bases and left them without air support. the taliban told afghans they have nothing to fear. the group called on civil servants to return to work. offered a nonspecific general amnesty, called on women to join the new government. but the taliban also said they ll always be guided by strict islamic sharia law. all beauty salons are now being painted over.
so many managed to cram into one plane, the pilot refused to take off. but it was a cross of barb wire divide where it turned really ugly. on the military side of the airport, troops trying to evacuate staff found themselves overwhelmed battling crowds, firing warning shots. this was not the mission they came for. the pentagon says u.s. troops shot dead two armed afghans. but still the crowds didn t disburse. instead they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of a military plane as it taxied for takeoff. one official told me it was 100 times worse than the humiliating american pullout from saigon. afghans are running from the taliban now in full control. today setting up checkpoints with the very weapons american taxpayers bought for the afghan
found themselves overwhelmed, suddenly battling crowds, firing warning shots. this was not the mission they came for. the pentagon says u.s. troops shot dead two armed afghans. but still the crowds didn t disperse. instead they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of a military transport plane as it taxied for takeover. one official told me it was worse than the humiliating american pullout from saigon. afghans are running from the taliban, now in full control, setting up checkpoints with the very weapons the american taxpayers bought for the afghan army. after the u.s. pulled out of bases and left them without air support. and the u.s. didn t see this coming? we reported on the tremendous security vacuum created when the u.s. left bagram air base two
airport. desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security. climbed over walls. and spilled onto the tarmac. searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanistan. away from the taliban. so many managed to cram into one plane, the pilot refused to take off. people on board refused to disembark. but it was across the barb wire divide where it turned really ugly. on the military side of the airport, american troops trying to evacuate u.s. embassy staff found themselves overwhelmed, suddenly battling crowds, firing warning shots. this was not the mission they came for. the pentagon says u.s. troops shot dead two armed afghans. but still, the crowds didn t disperse. instead, they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of a military transport plane as it
and he gave us some of the best look of what was happening on the ground. let s go to him, our chief correspondent, for the latest on the ground in afghanistan. take a listen. kabul airport this morning is back up and running and evacuation flights for u.s. personnel and contractors in full swing. flights were stopped yesterday when tens of thousands of afghans stormed on to the runways desperate to leave, clinging on to aircraft, trying not to be left behind as the americans pull out. u.s. troops found themselves overwhelmed, as they tried to clear the airport, firing warning shots. the pentagon said american troops killed two armed afghans, and some afghans were able to get out on one flight so full it may have set a record for the number of people who can fit on to an american c-17. afghans are running from the taliban now in full control, setting up checkpoints with the very weapons american taxpayers