With the runways cleared of civilians, US Marines and other foreign soldiers stood guard as evacuation flights began taking off in the ghostly predawn hours from Hamid Karzai International Airport...
By Carlotta Gall, Ruhullah Khapalwak, Helene Cooper, Shashank Bengali
in New York
‘We were working amidst continuous fear of life ever since we moved to Afghanistan in 2019; over 33 blasts took place in the capital city alone, during our stay in the country’...