The Desperate Rush To Bid Kabul Goodbye

After Taliban made inroads, the longing to leave Kabul… Scenes from the airport from 15th August.

Transcript

00:00I can't believe the world abandoned Afghanistan.

00:04Our friends are going to get killed. They're going to kill us.

00:07Our women are not going to have any more rights.

00:09That's all.

01:31Is a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan now inevitable?

01:35No, it is not.

01:37Why?

01:38Because you have the Afghan troops,

01:40they have 300,000 well-equipped,

01:44as well-equipped as any army in the world,

01:47and an air force,

01:49against something like 75,000 Taliban.

01:53It is not inevitable.

02:31Is the Taliban taking over Kabul?

02:37As far as I came from Kabul,

02:39so the Kabul was occupied by Taliban,

02:42and I think there will be a new government.

02:45There will be a new government,

02:47maybe a new settlement.

02:49So yet it's not clear

02:51who will be next president,

02:53what will happen.

02:55So everyone is waiting.

02:57When I came to airport, it was one o'clock,

02:59in the noon.

03:01Yeah, the people were very worried.