Infographic: How many people evacuated from Afghanistan so far?
Al Jazeera
In the week since the Taliban takeover, 28,000 people have been evacuated, but tens of thousands more are still waiting.
Thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan, with many crushed to death, as Afghans fear reprisals and a return to a strict rule under the Taliban, which retook the country last weekend after two decades. Crowds have grown at the airport in the heat and dust over the past week, hindering operations as the United States and other nations attempt to evacuate thousands of their diplomats and civilians as well as numerous Afghans who worked for them. Mothers, fathers and children have pushed up against concrete blast walls in the crush as they seek to get a flight out.More Related News