Satellite photos of crowds rushing to Kabul airport to escape Afghanistan will be released



In August 2021, the Islamist Taliban , who had been fighting the Afghan government forces, strengthened their offensive and finally seized control of the capital Kabul while the US military, which had been responsible for the security of Afghanistan for many years, proceeded with withdrawal. President Ashraf Ghani departed and the Taliban declared victory on August 16th, Japan time. Citizens afraid of Taliban domination are rushing to Kabul International Airport (Hamid Karzai International Airport) in hopes of escaping from Afghanistan, according to satellite photos released by Maxar Technologies , a space technology company based in Colorado, USA. You can see the crowd rushing to the airport.



Crowds surge on Afghanistan airport in satellite photos | Space
https://www.space.com/afghanistan-kabul-airport-crowds-photos

This is a satellite image of Kabul International Airport taken by Maxar Technologies at 10:36 Afghanistan time. You can see that many spotted people are gathering around the white aircraft. Normally, it is impossible for so many people to gather in the apron of an aircraft, and you can feel how confused the site is.



There are also people waiting along the long runway.



In addition, it seems that traffic is confused in Kabul city by people trying to escape. Maxar Technologies told foreign media Space.com, 'Security forces have been seen around the airport's main runway, trying to prevent crowds from moving to other aircraft or trying to prevent them from flying. There are hundreds of people at the border gates and nearby intersections at some airports. '



There are many videos posted on Twitter that convey the turmoil at Kabul International Airport. For example, people rushing to enter

a boarding bridge to board an aircraft ...



People running side by side as if trying to jump into an aircraft.



You can see that some people are actually clinging to the sides of the aircraft.



There are also videos taken by people clinging to the aircraft.



There is little hope of reaching the site while clinging to the side of the aircraft, and a video of a person falling from an aircraft in flight has also been released. The following embedded movie shows the situation, and it is a shocking image, so please be careful when viewing it.



National troops and governments are also trying to help as many civilians as possible in escaping Afghanistan. The US Air Force-owned 'Reach 871' callsign military long-distance transport aircraft, the C-17 , evacuated as many as 640 Afghans on its way from Kabul to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on August 15. It is reported that it was made.

Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban --Defense One
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/08/inside-reach-871-us-c-17-packed-640-people-trying-escape-taliban/184563/

According to Boeing, the number of people who can board the C-17 is officially less than 150, but when saving lives, people may fly in the cargo hold. The following is a picture of the cargo compartment of Reach 871 taken by Captain Chris Herbert of the United States Air Force.



Military officials, who testified to Defense One in the military media, decided to take refugees to Qatar instead of expelling them from the aircraft, saying, 'We have dropped about 640 Afghan civilians in Qatar.' He said he said.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby also said it could strengthen airlift capacity for Americans and Afghans fleeing the Taliban and evacuate 5,000 to 9,000 people a day.

US Ramps Up Emergency Kabul Airlift to Get 5,000 to 9,000 Out Per Day --Defense One
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/08/us-ramps-emergency-kabul-airlift-get-5000-9000-out-day/184588/

'Our commander at Kabul International Airport is communicating with the Taliban commander outside the airport,' Kirby said in a telephone interview with Defense One. It is said that it is avoiding. He also commented on the C-17, which escaped as many as 640 Afghans, saying, 'This is an aircraft crew trying to be as humane as possible. This photo shows a thousand words about the humanity of the crew. I'm talking. '

The Taliban will hold a press conference in Kabul on August 17, hoping to build peaceful relations with other countries, and will not retaliate by pardoning all the people, including US military collaborators. He stated that he would respect women's rights, albeit within the framework of Islam. He states that the Taliban when the Afghanistan conflict broke out 20 years ago and the Taliban today are 'significantly different.'

Taliban, flexible attitude appeal First meeting after capital control-Afghanistan: Jiji.com
https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021081800200



Taliban announces respect for women's rights 'significantly different' than 20 years ago | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/afghanistan-conflict-idJPKBN2FI1QU

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