The evacuation process is still ongoing in Afghanistan, although at the same time it is haunted by Taliban attacks. A satellite photo shows the tense situation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Various countries, one of which is the United States (US) continue to try to evacuate before the end of the evacuation period on August 31 next.
A satellite image operated by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the airport on Friday (27/8) filled with residents. They flocked to ask to be transported out of their country.
The evacuation process continues at Kabul airport, Afghanistan. The evacuation process continues at Kabul airport, Afghanistan. Photo: Maxar Technologies
From the photo taken by the WorldView-1 Maxar satellite, it can be seen that many people are swarming in the Kabul airport area.
"You can see a lot of people getting ready to be transported on C-17 planes, the crowd is at the northwest gate to the airport, while the other entry gates are much less than in previous days," Maxar wrote. 8/2021).
There are at least seven photos taken by Maxar depicting the evacuation situation by the US Military last weekend from Afghanistan.
The evacuation process continues at Kabul airport, Afghanistan. The evacuation process continues at Kabul airport, Afghanistan. Photo: Maxar Technologies
This photo was taken one day after a suicide bombing that killed as many as 170 civilians and 13 members of the US military at the Abbey Gate of Kabul airport.
The bomb attack on Thursday (26/8) evening local time showed the high risk faced in the evacuation process at Kabul airport. The US said at least 105,000 people had been evacuated from Afghanistan since the operation began in mid-August when the Taliban took power.
General Taylor said 12,500 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, using 89 US and coalition flights.
In a statement on Friday (27/8) local time, the Pentagon or the US Department of Defense said there were still about 5,400 people inside Kabul airport waiting to be evacuated. General Taylor stressed that the US would evacuate people until the last moment.
