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People attempt to get into Hamid Karzai International. An Afghan policeman was killed on 23 August in a gun battle between security forces and unknown attackers at the North Gate of the airport, the German military said, amid ongoing chaos at the airport as thousands try to flee Taliban rule. [EPA]
People attempt to get into Hamid Karzai International. An Afghan policeman was killed on 23 August in a gun battle between security forces and unknown attackers at the North Gate of the airport, the German military said, amid ongoing chaos at the airport as thousands try to flee Taliban rule. [EPA]
People continue to wait around Hamid Karzai International. [Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu]
People continue to wait around Hamid Karzai International. [Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu]
Crowds and cars converging on the entrance of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International. [Evelyn Hockstein/Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AFP]
Crowds and cars converging on the entrance of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International. [Evelyn Hockstein/Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AFP]
People attempt to get into Hamid Karzai International to flee the country. Widespread chaos punctuated by sporadic violence has gripped Kabul's airport since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital on August 15. [EPA]
People attempt to get into Hamid Karzai International to flee the country. Widespread chaos punctuated by sporadic violence has gripped Kabul's airport since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital on August 15. [EPA]
Many Afghans fear reprisals and a return to the harsh interpretation of Islamic law the Taliban enforced while in power from 1996 to 2001. There have been isolated, but numerous incidents posted on social media that fan those fears. [EPA]
Many Afghans fear reprisals and a return to the harsh interpretation of Islamic law the Taliban enforced while in power from 1996 to 2001. There have been isolated, but numerous incidents posted on social media that fan those fears. [EPA]
Members of the UK Armed Forces taking part in the evacuation of entitled personnel from Kabul airport. [LPhot Ben Shread/UK MOD Crown copyright 2021/Handout via Reuters]
Members of the UK Armed Forces taking part in the evacuation of entitled personnel from Kabul airport. [LPhot Ben Shread/UK MOD Crown copyright 2021/Handout via Reuters]
Families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during evacuations at Hamid Karzai International. [Samuel Ruiz/US Marine Corps via AFP]
Families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during evacuations at Hamid Karzai International. [Samuel Ruiz/US Marine Corps via AFP]
A military plane takes off from Hamid Karzai International. [EPA]
A military plane takes off from Hamid Karzai International. [EPA]
Evacuations were being conducted on a "war footing" as foreign forces try to meet the August 31 deadline, according to a NATO diplomat. [EPA]
Evacuations were being conducted on a "war footing" as foreign forces try to meet the August 31 deadline, according to a NATO diplomat. [EPA]
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