As the Taliban entered Kabul to complete its rapid re-conquest of Afghanistan following the NATO withdrawal, order broke down at the city’s Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands of civilians forced their way onto the tarmac in a bid to board one of the many military airlift flights evacuating US and other nationals.
With the US and NATO airlift operation still in its early stages on August 15 the breach caused considerable disruption, with videos showing dozens of people running around a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III that was taxiing out to the runway for departure. Unverified social media coverage appeared to show some falling to their death.
