Desperate Afghan Women Throw Babies Over Wire Fence Near Kabul Airport: Report

Amidst chaos at the Kabul international airport, Afghan women were reportedly seen throwing their babies over the barbed wire fence of the airport premises.

As per a report by Sky News, a British officer confirmed that such incidents took place at the Kabul airport. He said that the airport was filled with screams and noises from the massive crowd.

Afghan Women Throw Babies Over Wire Fence:

"It was terrible, women were throwing their babies over the razor wire, asking British soldiers to take them, some got caught in the wire," he said.

The officer expressed concern for his men in Kabul, he said, " Everyone cried last night."As per reports the civilians trying to escape Afghanistan are being harassed by Taliban fighters.

The British soldiers are positioned near the Kabul airport to carry out the evacuations. The Taliban are also trying to stop the people who are making attempts to reach the spot where the British are posted. The report also claimed that the Taliban sometimes fire guns into the air just to make people stop.

As the Taliban moves towards legitimate governance, the civilians are dreading what their future will hold. The former president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani fled the country when the Taliban captured Kabul on Sunday, August 15.

The country observed its independence day on August 19 and had many civilians protesting on the streets. Many afghan women were seen wearing the Afghan flag and sloganeering on the megaphone. The videos that surfaced from the protest sites also show the Taliban fighters watching them from a distance.

The filmmaker Jordan Bryon who posted the footage from the protests in Kabul said that one Taliban fighter was about to shoot a protestor but he was stopped by another fighter who held his guns. As per several media reports, many people were shot by Taliban fighters during the August 19 protest and more people died in the stampede. Read more.