White House: ‘Significant Number of Americans’ Remain in Afghanistan, Chaos Erupts at Airport

White House: ‘Significant Number of Americans’ Remain in Afghanistan, Chaos Erupts at Airport
Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Violence and gunfire erupted on the Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans and others were trying to evacuate Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover on Sunday.

At one point, numerous Afghans and others tried to hold on to the outside of an American plane as it was departing the airport, according to video footage. At least one person fell hundreds of feet after the plane took off, other footage shows.
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