The United States has cautioned Americans in Afghanistan
against going close to the Kabul airport in the capital.
The travel warning issued on Saturday by the US embassy
raised the alarm of a security threat.
Citizens have been asked to wait for “individual
instructions from a US government representative”.
Thousands are trying to flee since the Taliban reassumed
power. Civil authority was dethroned after years of a fierce fight with Afghan
and international forces.
President Joe Biden admitted he could not predict the
outcome of one of the “most difficult airlifts in history”.
A United Nations (UN) document had revealed that the Taliban
is hunting people who assisted the United States and NATO forces.
The Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, a body that
provides intel to UN agencies, said the targets are foreign security personnel
and Afghans in military, police and intelligence units.
Afghan Air Force pilots, translators and teachers remain
trapped in Afghanistan.
Those who had worked with the U.S. military said they would
be killed if the Taliban found them.
ABC News obtained footage where they cried out to
international human rights attorney Kim Motley.
“Why have the American soldiers forgotten about us after
everything we did? The sacrifices we did, why are they leaving us behind?” said
Abdul, who worked as an interpreter for the U.S.
“I don’t want to be killed by the Taliban. They are going to
cut our heads off if they find my location. Please help.”
Khalil, who had worked with U.S. special forces, confirmed
that the Taliban is trying to uncover them.
“They told me that anywhere I should go, they will find me
and kill me. I ask the Americans, ‘Please help us.’”
A Taliban official told Reuters that the chaos at the
airport was not their fault. “The West could have had a better plan to
evacuate”, he said.
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