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

We weren't really open forevacuation operations just yet

We weren't really open for
evacuation operations just yet

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We weren't really open for evacuation operations just yet.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:29
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

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 ...
If we lost that airfield, I have no doubt - Escape from Kabul 00:06
If we lost that airfield, I have no doubt
It was using rifles as impact weapons. - Escape from Kabul 00:04
It was using rifles as impact weapons.
- Right about sunup, this Taliban fighter appeared, - Escape from Kabul 00:14
- Right about sunup, this Taliban fighter appeared,
And that's when I fired my weapon - Escape from Kabul 00:04
And that's when I fired my weapon
[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul 00:12
[indistinct chatter]
And there was a rumor that around 900 people - Escape from Kabul 00:16
And there was a rumor that around 900 people
- We are the main victims, like, women. - Escape from Kabul 00:22
- We are the main victims, like, women.
[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul 00:09
[gunfire]
[siren wailing] - Escape from Kabul 00:11
[siren wailing]
[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul 00:36
[indistinct chatter]
Thousands just start pouring through another hole - Escape from Kabul 00:07
Thousands just start pouring through another hole
So now we have to split the already small force - Escape from Kabul 00:16
So now we have to split the already small force
[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul 00:15
[plane engine roaring]
- That was the first moment - Escape from Kabul 00:07
- That was the first moment
The threat of a suicide bomber - Escape from Kabul 00:09
The threat of a suicide bomber
Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant. - Escape from Kabul 00:05
Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant.
[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul 00:08
[gunfire]
- Then a C-17 comes in, - Escape from Kabul 00:13
- Then a C-17 comes in,
There's just mass hysteria. - Escape from Kabul 00:24
There's just mass hysteria.
[people yelling] - Escape from Kabul 00:10
[people yelling]