Afghanistan Situation Worse Than Saigon: Former Foreign Correspondent

Afghanistan Situation Worse Than Saigon: Former Foreign Correspondent
North Vietnamese troops run on the tarmac of the US military airport in Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam on May 12, 1975. AFP via Getty Images
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The situation in Afghanistan is worse than that in Vietnam in 1975, a former foreign correspondent says.

Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam at the time, fell to the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975. In the days leading up to the takeover, which effectively ended the Vietnam War, American troops evacuated thousands of Americans and Vietnamese.

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