Footage broadcast by Afghan media showed citizens recovering the bodies of people who had fallen from homes after clinging to the tires of a plane that took off from the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Local media and activists circulated shocking videos of Afghan citizens clinging to the wheels of a US military plane as it took off from Kabul Airport.
The clip shows the American plane preparing to take off, while hundreds of Afghan youths are running in front and around it, a number of them clinging to its wheels as it continues to walk on the runway.
Kabul Airport#Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/0yHvQtPAOM
— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) August 16, 2021
Activists also broadcast another clip showing a passenger on one of the planes lifting a person to an open door on the plane, and the other person was able to get on with the help of others on the ground, without knowing his fate.
Afghanistan's Tragedy: Kabul Airport pic.twitter.com/P9E74ADURv
— Muslim Shirzad (@MuslimShirzad) August 16, 2021
Another clip showed a group of people standing around the body of a person who fell on a house after clinging and others to the tires of a plane that took off from Kabul airport.
#BREAKING: Shocking scene from #Kabul Airport.
Several Afghans who had grabbed landing gear of a #USAF's C-17A transport aircraft to flee from #Afghanistan dropped from air as the airplane took off!
This is why #USArmy wants to keep them away from the C-17As!
pic.twitter.com/b9zh7tGTWY
— Babak Taghvaee - Μπάπακ Τακβαίε - Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) August 16, 2021
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Locals while collecting the bodies of three men clinging to the wheels of the plane that took off from #Kabul airport, they were then fell to the ground near Khairkahana area of Kabul#Afghanistan #Taliban pic.twitter.com/N14U55CZmj
— Aśvaka - Aswaka News Agency (@AsvakaNews) August 16, 2021
And the dead and wounded were killed and wounded at Kabul International Airport on Monday morning as a result of chaos and stampede and the firing of American forces in the air after crowds of Afghans invaded the airport runway, hoping to escape from the country after the Taliban took control of it, after which the airport authorities announced the cancellation of all commercial flights.
US soldiers are responsible for securing the airport to help evacuate US embassy employees and foreign diplomats from several countries, as well as other civilians who want to leave after Taliban militants took control of most of the facilities in the capital.
Hundreds of Afghans crowded into the airport in an effort to get out of the country after Taliban militants entered the capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul reported this morning, Monday, that about 3,000 Afghans are at Kabul Airport in the hope of leaving, and indicated that he has detected a large movement towards the airport of people who want to leave without having tickets or entry visas.
The reporter pointed out that the crowds headed to the airport after rumors spread among the residents of the capital and on social media that Western countries - especially the United States and Canada - would transfer those wishing to immigrate to them without the need for visas or travel documents.