Mass Panic At Kabul Airport

Another Saigon moment: chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. No security. None. pic.twitter.com/6BuXqBTHWk
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021

This is happening right now aboard KamAir destined for Istanbul. (Video sent by a friend) https://t.co/RfLVbKeh9Z pic.twitter.com/kGiLwJH1Ka
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021

Daily Mail: Panic at the Kabul airlift: Thousands of Afghans gather at closed airport which is now guarded by US troops - as fighting breaks out between people desperate to get out while non-military flights are grounded

* Hopeful passengers gathered on Kabul Airport's runway to escape from Afghanistan

* Concerned westerners were seen inside the airport as news came that the country's president had left

* Residents reported gunfire in the area of the airport, the main point of evacuations out of Afghanistan

Thousands of desperate Afghans are gathering at Kabul airport in chaotic scenes after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban who have announced a new 'Islamic Emirate'.

US troops are guarding the airport but all non-military flights are grounded after gunfire was heard nearby and while American personnel take over air traffic control.

Video from Kabul showed panicked stampedes to the gates of the airport, while some passengers were forced to get off their commercial flights when departures were stopped.

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Update: Videos show mass panic at Kabul airport amid Taliban assault (NYPost)

WNU Editor: The White House has just ordered even more soldiers to Kabul .... Afghanistan updates: Another 1K US troops heading to Kabul, bringing total to 6,000 (ABC News). More here .... U.S. to send 1,000 more troops to Kabul after Afghan government collapses (NBC), and here .... Hundreds More US Troops Head to Kabul; Airport Under Threat (VOA).