BREAKING: Five dead at Kabul airport as people desperate to leave Afghanistan climb planes
Five people are thought to have died during desperate attempts to flee the Taliban, amid chaos at Kabul airport.
The President has fled Afghanistan, while US military helicopters have been whisking diplomats to the airport, where many are holed up in scenes compared to the evacuation of Saigon during the Vietnam War. US military officials later announced closing the airport to commercial flights, shutting one of the last avenues of escape for ordinary Afghans.
Mr Wallace said 370 people had been taken to safety on Saturday and Sunday, with the military side of the airport currently ‘secure and controlled’.
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