afghans are thronging to kabul's airport
desperate to get on planes and leave the
country at any cost they're scaling the
airport's walls this morning rushing in
there's no screening no security checks
just force of numbers
when they do manage to push aboard
planes they're so crowded pilots won't
take off
and no one agrees to disembark
it's all happening just a few hundred
yards from the military side of kabul
airport now separated by a row of barbed
wire from the civilian side in chaos
the military side is where the u.s is
staging an elaborate evacuation of
american diplomats from the
embassy but even here afghans managed to
push through
willing to cling onto an aircraft as it
took off
rather than stay in afghanistan
afghans say the americans are only
focused on getting u.s citizens out
along with some interpreters although
tens of thousands of translators still
have no u.s visas so they too are left
to the taliban the militants took
control of kabul yesterday
we watched the move in kabul is falling
now we've just left our office our long
time home in afghanistan and we're
heading to a safer location where we're
hopefully a safer location already we've
seen some gunmen who look like taliban
on the streets and all of the government
checkpoints all the police all the
soldiers they're going
now the taliban are out in full force
they took over the presidential palace
occupied kabul's version of the oval
office afghanistan's president fled the
country the taliban have set up
checkpoints across the afghan capital
and their islamist rule is already
coming back
this was a popular beauty salon styling
women's hair and makeup the taliban
banned salons along with education for
women and girls so when the taliban came
back now they've painted over the beauty
shop people here know what the taliban
want they know what the taliban expect
we watched a man tear up the beauty
parlor sign in line with the taliban's
wishes
the taliban don't just control kabul but
the whole country and all the weapons
the u.s bought for the afghan army there
are also reports of atrocities including
abductions rape and executions
the militants are much stronger now than
20 years ago when the u.s drove them
from power when they sheltered osama bin
laden as he plotted 9 11.
now the taliban are back as the u.s
leaves afghanistan gripped by panic and
run by extremists
the taliban have been taking pot shots
at the u.s transport planes as they
leave and many are drawing comparisons
to the u.s evacuation from saigon
all right richard engel in kabul stay
safe and we'll be back with you thank
you
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