The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called shocking the footage distributed on the Network, in which, presumably, two Afghans fell from a plane leaving Kabul.
We are talking about a video, which, in particular, was published on August 16 by the Asvaka agency. The footage shows two people falling from the plane. At the same time, in another video, you can see how the fallen tried to tie themselves to the chassis fairing before takeoff. According to the Afghan media, we are talking about an American transport plane that took off earlier from Kabul.
She clarified that due to the specifics of her work, she is forced to regularly watch and read the news, from which "an unprepared person's blood runs cold in his veins."
"Thank God, I did not succeed in becoming a fully prepared person, although I already treat many things stoically. But this video from Asvaka News Agency is shocking. I really hoped that it was fake, but it was published by many media outlets. Afghans, caught on the landing gear of an American plane in the hope of flying away, fall to the ground. The one where the corpses of Afghan civilians who died yesterday in a stampede for a place in these planes are lying, " Zakharova wrote in Telegram.
Earlier in the day, France-Presse, citing eyewitnesses, reported that the US military opened a warning fire at the Kabul airport, where a crowd of people broke through to the runway. It was noted that the Americans fired into the air.
According to Reuters, at least five people were killed at the airport. An eyewitness said that there is no exact information yet about the exact circumstances under which people died, but there is a strong crush in the air harbor.
On the same day, representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) stressed that they would not harm people who decide to return home from the Kabul airport. They urged citizens to return to their jobs without fear.
On August 15, the Taliban took Kabul. The militants declared the "end of the war" in Afghanistan, calling it the "liberation" of the country, and raised a flag over the presidential palace. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to resign and left the country.
The situation in Afghanistan has worsened against the background of the US withdrawal of its military, who have been in the country for 20 years. During this time, it has not been possible to achieve a stable peace in the region and to establish the political situation in the country. The withdrawal of troops began in early May, it is planned to complete it by the end of August.
