Exclusive: Images of deserted Kabul airport hours after US withdrawal • FRANCE 24 English
Exclusive: Images of deserted Kabul airport hours after US withdrawal • FRANCE 24 English
On Tuesday morning, just hours after the final US troop withdrawal that ended America’s longest war, Kabul airport is at a standstill. After days of chaotic evacuations, the Taliban triumphantly marched onto the barren tarmac to mark their victory. FRANCE 24’s senior correspondent Cyril Payen, one of the rare foreign journalists still on the ground, reports from what he says is “no man’s land”.
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My friend was in the American army, assigned to train Afghan police officers. The beds in the police barracks were broken because the Afghan police recruits were raping so many young boys from the village. Most American soldiers knew that a democracy in Afghanistan was doomed to failure and corruption. Only the military industrial complex profited from America’s involvement. We must never allow it to happen again
It’s called bachabaazi. It’s a tradition in Afghanistan and the Taliban are openly famous for doing the same
That reprobate thing is a cornerstone to their whole deal. Forcing anal sex on another man or even boy is a show of force that they get off on. I always said, they can’t form a government because they are always so concerned with Hustler magazine and copulating. They are a messy, fugged up people. The woman do all the physical labor while the men run around grabbing each other’s junk. We wasted 20 years there and anybody who’s been there realizes 20 minutes is a waste of time dealing with these hormonal idiots who believe in genies and magic carpets and sh!t.
US soldiers are no different. They supported the rapes
@sanjeeb chakravarty Those were crimes commited by a force the US created trained and supplied, so no, the US is in fact responsible for the crimes commited by the Afghan police forces and military.
@Diolline Branderson Bombing children is civilised?
If you feel useless, remember it took the united state 20 years, trillions of dollars and 4 US presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
Keep on with peace ✌️
@Jay Dee 👍…sad but true!
A couple of strategically launched drones could destroy much.
Make America , America again 🇺🇸
No, there is a difference; with the 85$ billion of military hardware Biden gave to them it’s like they went from the Taliban T-800 to the Taliban T-3000 with advanced goat acquisition and targeting systems to… how should I put this… to “terminate” them.👳🏾♂️🍆🐐 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@Loukman IBRAHIM Fool not Full, Bob Marley wasn’t a chef feeding people
Yet most US mass media is not reporting the real extent of this shameful, embarrassing withdrawal. As “former” allies, we must be very careful in trusting the US again. The US has created the most dangerous situation for the Western world since WW2. On top of that, we will see an influx of hundreds of thousands of Afghani refugees in Europe claiming they have been of assistance to the Western allies, whether they are “friend or foe”. When will we ever learn?
@Arceus Thomas many people were just opportunistic, leveraging on the situation to move to Europe and America. By the way, the number of people who went to Kabul airport to leave the country do not make even 1% of the country. So, I just guest they are those folks who sold themselves the occupying force and now afraid of betraying their country.
@Fletcher Chad that’s the mistake you guise are making. You already preempt that people from middle east simply hate you without pondering over what you always do to them. I wonder who is the criminal here, committing war crimes always.
@Fletcher Chad THOSE WERE SAUDI NATIONALS TRAINED BY OUR MILITARY !ASSISTED BY CIA/SOG GROUND BRANCH! BUT WHADDO I KNOW.I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT A DOMESTIC TERRORIST IS I JUST WATCH ALEX JONES AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE GOVT TELLS ME ! YEP!
@Abubakar Mukhtar Yakasai most Americans didn’t want to be there in the first place let alone still be there 20 years later. But certain events dictate otherwise. As an American myself I would of rather seen the afghans fight for their freedom instead of cower to the taliban but that didn’t happen. So maybe those in power wanted this but id say most Americans did not want all the time spent there to end the same as when they got there 20 years ago.
@A.U.R.A I’m sure you do listen to everything the government sells you. I dont care about the thoughts of a sheep though so piss off.
This reporter is declaring an Islamic Emirate before the Taliban have had a chance to declare one. Very proactive.
France 24 is leftist media they are pro jihadist
It was like watching Al Jazeera. A very pro active reporter to say taliban as friendly and declare Afghanistan as Islamic Emirate.
The Taliban already declared their emirate more than a week ago.
YES !thats the media ,next is NO ONE LEFT !!
This is a more peaceful transition of power than Biden replacing Trump 🤣
@Big Game sorry I meant Oxycodone.
@Gee Whiz You silly little girl or whatever you identify as, i get high on laughing at libturds.
@Big Game You seem to be stuck on some weird stuff. projecting?
@Gee Whiz Me? You seem to think if you keep replying i might start liking you or something. I WONT!! Now go fix your make up or something.
The US is awashed with war machines and munitions. Consider the 85B a generous donation.
@Jonathan Hewett AH !!! Magical debt , I like that , I feel better now
@TOMAS Biden made the correct call. You must be a Trump sycophant. #45 is the most incompetent , corrupt, evil president in the history of this country!!
@bluntman305 Hello Dr Evil, too bad we don’t see sharks with lasers in their head in Afghanistan.
@Mary Pera which enemies? Call them out and we can go over there stay there as long as we want. Ask Germany how we did It, ask Japan how we did it, ask South Korea how we did it. It’s just that a primitive is a primitive regardless about how you trying to help. Now go and ask Japan how they feeling, ask South Korea how they feel, including Germany. You have never see the prospective about this Country call United States of 🇺🇸. Go and ask Iran, Russia, and China if they can pull this kind of Strategy warfare. Their economy will collapse in six months.
No they did not!! They are flying around on our helicopters and the only stuff that was disabled was extra stuff. Not the stuff that was left in the warehouses
This reporter should show the picture of Airport not his face all the time.
Would just be a bunch of Taliban playing with American military equipment Biden have them 🤷🏼♂️
I couldn’t understand a damn thing he said
You mean the camera man
@JOgIrL83 don’t exaggerate, maybe you didn’t 😂
@JOgIrL83 Lol
“Taliban gave away Afghanistan to the USA for 20 years on lease. They built all the infrastructure and cities. India built roads and dams. Now Taliban are taking it back improved Afghanistan with no loans on constructions. Smart strategy”
Not my comment, but I had to share it, I do have to add, they left some expensive gifts as well. That’s the best ROI possible.
Not correct at all . Look at the gdp rate then and where Afghanistan would have been now if there was no american colonisatiom.
@Zack Galante China’s agenda is to move their own people into other countries.
@Mr Unknown America is about to fall, no by china or russia but by its incompetent far right and far left citizens.
Paid in blood.
fake economy and million afghans dead
Afghanistan: Laundry machine of US tax money, from taxpayers to the arms companies. which country is next?
Exactly
Iran
Somalia
You get it
Reporter: “Are you safe ?”
Guy live at Airport: “Well, this is the key question. “