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Escape from Kabul

Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the ...

Director

Jamie Roberts

Year

Genre

documentary, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/escape-from-kabul

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Oari Salahuddin Ayubi

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Sofia Flesch Baldin

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Olaf Creutzburg

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Jamshed Dawlatzai

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Jordan Eddington

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Mawlawi Samiullah Fateh

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Abdul Hadi Hamdan

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Said Sebghatullah Hashemi

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Malalai Hussainy

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Self - Sprecher

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Sebastian Mirow

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Zabihullah Mujahid

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Angelika Osusko

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Christopher Richardella

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Self - Sprecherin

Cornelia Schmidt

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Self - Sprecher

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Oari Mohammed Zahid

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- They kind of made it
sound like, - Escape from Kabul

- They kind of made it sound like,

[child crying] - Escape from Kabul

- [speaking
an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul

- [speaking an Afghan language]

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

It was about the city that I
was born in, I was raised in. - Escape from Kabul

It was about the city that I was born in, I was raised in.

- I'm the commanding officer - Escape from Kabul

- I'm the commanding officer

- We went into Afghanistan - Escape from Kabul

- We went into Afghanistan

- We knew we were there
to begin the mission, - Escape from Kabul

- We knew we were there to begin the mission,

We kind of thought
that it would be - Escape from Kabul

We kind of thought that it would be

- It's just a large airfield. - Escape from Kabul

- It's just a large airfield.

Everyone kind of had
their piece of that large pie, - Escape from Kabul

Everyone kind of had their piece of that large pie,

- On the 15th is when
the Taliban entered Kabul. - Escape from Kabul

- On the 15th is when the Taliban entered Kabul.

- [whispering indistinctly] - Escape from Kabul

- [whispering indistinctly]

[siren wailing] - Escape from Kabul

[siren wailing]

[horns honking] - Escape from Kabul

[horns honking]

- I come
to the joint operations center - Escape from Kabul

- I come to the joint operations center

And we look up
at the 10 or 20 TV screens, - Escape from Kabul

And we look up at the 10 or 20 TV screens,

And all I could do was drop
the meal that I had picked up, - Escape from Kabul

And all I could do was drop the meal that I had picked up,

[people shouting] - Escape from Kabul

[people shouting]

[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul

[gunshot] - Escape from Kabul

[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul

- Civilians were already
starting to come. - Escape from Kabul

- Civilians were already starting to come.

"My husband was an interpreter
and served with you guys. - Escape from Kabul

"My husband was an interpreter and served with you guys...

I need to get out." - Escape from Kabul

I need to get out."

We weren't really open for
evacuation operations just yet. - Escape from Kabul

We weren't really open for evacuation operations just y...

If we lost that airfield,
I have no doubt - Escape from Kabul

If we lost that airfield, I have no doubt

It was using rifles
as impact weapons. - Escape from Kabul

It was using rifles as impact weapons.

- Right about sunup,
this Taliban fighter appeared, - Escape from Kabul

- Right about sunup, this Taliban fighter appeared,

And that's
when I fired my weapon - Escape from Kabul

And that's when I fired my weapon

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

And there was a rumor
that around 900 people - Escape from Kabul

And there was a rumor that around 900 people

- We are the main victims,
like, women. - Escape from Kabul

- We are the main victims, like, women.

[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul

[siren wailing] - Escape from Kabul

[siren wailing]

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

Thousands just start pouring
through another hole - Escape from Kabul

Thousands just start pouring through another hole

So now we have to split
the already small force - Escape from Kabul

So now we have to split the already small force

[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul

[plane engine roaring]

- That was the first moment - Escape from Kabul

- That was the first moment

The threat of a suicide bomber - Escape from Kabul

The threat of a suicide bomber

Could have easily taken
all of us out in an instant. - Escape from Kabul

Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant.

[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul

- Then a C-17 comes in, - Escape from Kabul

- Then a C-17 comes in,

There's just mass hysteria. - Escape from Kabul

There's just mass hysteria.

[people yelling] - Escape from Kabul

[people yelling]

- That's the beacon of hope
and freedom to them. - Escape from Kabul

- That's the beacon of hope and freedom to them.

And so now it's the long
kilometer-and-a-half run back, - Escape from Kabul

And so now it's the long kilometer-and-a-half run back,

You need to get
these people off." - Escape from Kabul

You need to get these people off."

The people
are just all around it, - Escape from Kabul

The people are just all around it,

And he finally looked over
like this, - Escape from Kabul

And he finally looked over like this,

- The people kind of
climbed on the airplane. - Escape from Kabul

- The people kind of climbed on the airplane.

And as, you know, we're kind of
at each other's throats-- - Escape from Kabul

And as, you know, we're kind of at each other's th...

[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul

[plane engine roaring]

- That kind of deflated
the entire situation. - Escape from Kabul

- That kind of deflated the entire situation.

Maybe some of the people
on the ground there realized, - Escape from Kabul

Maybe some of the people on the ground there realized,

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

"Okay, this is
a host nation force - Escape from Kabul

"Okay, this is a host nation force

It was dark at this point, - Escape from Kabul

It was dark at this point,

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

- And that Afghan unit, - Escape from Kabul

- And that Afghan unit,

I don't know what would have
happened on the airfield - Escape from Kabul

I don't know what would have happened on the airfield

- That night
and that next morning, - Escape from Kabul

- That night and that next morning,

- [speaking an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul

- [speaking an Afghan language]

- We're getting
into the 17th. - Escape from Kabul

- We're getting into the 17th.

[people shouting] - Escape from Kabul

[people shouting]

Push back!
You need to back up! - Escape from Kabul

Push back! You need to back up!

You need to stop asking
the marines, - Escape from Kabul

You need to stop asking the marines,

- Once we got
to those gates, - Escape from Kabul

- Once we got to those gates,

- Our higher echelons
of command, - Escape from Kabul

- Our higher echelons of command,

"31st, you're out of here." - Escape from Kabul

"31st, you're out of here."

So we had this weird
quasi-peace with these guys. - Escape from Kabul

So we had this weird quasi-peace with these guys.

They told us, you know, - Escape from Kabul

They told us, you know,

What do you mean we're working
with the Taliban?" - Escape from Kabul

What do you mean we're working with the Taliban?"

- I'll never forget standing shoulder to shoulder - Escape from Kabul

- I'll never forget standing shoulder to shoulder

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

- It was a fight every minute
of every single day. - Escape from Kabul

- It was a fight every minute of every single day.

Back the fuck up!
Back the fuck up! - Escape from Kabul

Back the fuck up! Back the fuck up!

- Once we established
the gates, - Escape from Kabul

- Once we established the gates,

- Families stick together!
Families stick together! - Escape from Kabul

- Families stick together! Families stick together!

Back up! [grunts] - Escape from Kabul

Back up! [grunts]

- [crying] - Escape from Kabul

- So when we started
working the gates, - Escape from Kabul

- So when we started working the gates,

When you have miles of people - Escape from Kabul

When you have miles of people

[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul

[people clamoring]

[gunshots] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul

[indistinct chatter]

We came down,
there was no electricity, - Escape from Kabul

We came down, there was no electricity,

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Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the ...

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jamie Roberts

Writer: N/A

Production: Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Sep 2022

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/escape-from-kabul