what have they done in Afganistan to make them want to get out at all cost?

Scenes of deadly chaos unfold at Kabul airport after Taliban’s return

By Susannah George, Adam Taylor, Dan Lamothe and Jennifer Hassan
Today at 4:58 p.m. EDT

KABUL — The first full day of Taliban rule in Kabul on Monday saw a mad rush by thousands of Afghans on the city’s international airport, in a frantic, last-ditch effort to flee the country.

Hundreds of people ran alongside the wheels of a U.S. military aircraft as it attempted to take off Monday. Others climbed up the sides of the plane as it edged forward, engines roaring.

Some kept hold of the undercarriage even as the aircraft rose, and at least one person appeared to fall from a height during takeoff. One local Afghan news agency published images of a body that apparently landed on a Kabul rooftop.

At least seven people at the airport have been confirmed dead, the Associated Press reported.

“What has happened to us? Have we turned into animals?” said one man at the airport as he watched people elbow and kick on a narrow staircase for a seat on a plane that would take them abroad.

Like others in this report, the man spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

The man shook his head in disbelief at his surroundings as well as at himself. He was still in the middle of the application process for an expedited U.S. visa. A return to Taliban rule was so concerning that he arrived at the airport with his family, bags packed but no visa and no ticket.

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