17 Aug 2021

Kabul correspondent on situation at airport

From Morning Report, 8:11 am on 17 August 2021

"Absolute chaos", "tragedy", "heartbreak". 

That's the description of the situation at the Kabul airport where thousands of Afghanis are desperately trying to get out of the country which has fallen into Taliban hands.

The US military has taken control of the airport, but it has halted mercy flights because of crowds clinging onto aircraft. 

There are no commercial flights available. 

Kabul correspondent Bilal Sarwary says 10 Afghans have been killed at the airport - mostly by US forces, and a child has died in the crush.