Afghan baby, handed over to US troops at Kabul airport, reunited with father

The Afghan baby, who was handed over a barbed wire fence to a US Marine at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been reunited with its father and "is safe at the airport".

The Afghan baby, who was handed over a barbed wire fence to a US Marine at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been reunited with its father and "is safe at the airport", media reported on Saturday. The heart-wrenching video showing the baby raised on outstretched arms and plucked by a Marine on the other side of a razor wire-topped wall went viral on social media a few days ago, prompting emotional reactions from netizens. Others decried the disorderly process of evacuation led by US and allied governments.