Dugout Joe: "Well, at least no one's being killed; at least THAT'S not happening!"
/Just like OPEC, the Taliban spurns Joe’s plea to “be nice”
Distressing videos show expats and Western allies seeking to flee Afghanistan being blocked from boarding rescue flights out of Kabul — as Taliban fighters fire into the air, throw smoke bombs and attack the crowd outside the terminals.
“I went to the airport with my kids and family … the Taliban and Americans were shooting,” said one Australian man who until recently had worked for a foreign NGO, news.com.au reported, citing a report in Agence-France Presse.
“Despite that, people were still moving forward (to get in) because they knew a situation worse than death awaited them outside the airport,” he added.