Afghans Evacuated to Germany Describe Terrifying Scenes at Kabul Airport

Afghans Evacuated to Germany Describe Terrifying Scenes at Kabul Airport
Evacuees from Afghanistan as they arrive in an Airbus A400 transport aircraft of the German Air Force Luftwaffe in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Aug. 17, 2021. Marc Tessensohn/Twitter @Bw_Einsatz/Handout via Reuters
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Frankfurt—Afghans who arrived in Germany on Wednesday described chaotic and terrifying scenes at Kabul airport before they were evacuated to safety and said they feared for the lives of loved ones they left behind.

Speaking shortly after landing in Frankfurt on a flight from Tashkent, men, women, and children said they were part of a lucky few evacuated by NATO armies after the country fell to the Taliban with astonishing speed.