Violence Erupts at Kabul Airport as Afghans Try to Flee Taliban – WSJ

Kabul s international airport was in the throes of chaos Monday as desperate Afghans tried to flee on departing U.S. jets, Taliban gunmen roamed the terminals, and U.S. troops killed at least two men, a sign of the disorder in the wake of the Taliban s takeover of Afghanistan.

U.S. troops flew helicopters low overhead, launched smoke grenades and fired into the air in an attempt to disperse crowds and gain control of the facility, where the U.S. is staging the evacuation of American personnel, thousands of Afghan interpreters, and others who worked for the U.S. and now fear Taliban retribution.

President Biden, in an address to the nation defending his April decision to withdraw U.S. troops from the country as part of last year s peace deal, acknowledged, This did unfold more quickly than we anticipated.

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