Deadly Stampede At Kabul Airport As People Try To Flee

There were chaotic scenes at the evacuation center outside Kabul airport on August 21 as footage from British broadcaster Sky News showed soldiers covering the bodies of people crushed trying to flee the country. To prevent further deaths and injuries, soldiers pulled people from the crowds and used a hose to cool them down. Crowds swelled around the concrete barriers surrounding the airport as soldiers struggled to maintain calm with thousands arriving at the airport each day to leave the country following the fall of Kabul on August 15 as the Taliban swept across the country and the internationally recognized government collapsed.