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To the bbc news at six. there is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they cant get out, then their children might. many afghans are trying to get exit papers from western embassies and then head in hope to the airport. in a mo...