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Escape from Kabul

You know,there was some letter that the Department of State was supposedto send out to...

You know,
there was some letter that the Department of State was supposed
to send out to people. But we quickly realized
that everyone was just AirDropping
that letter or screenshotting
a picture of that letter and sending it to everyone, 'cause it didn't have, like,
specific people's names on it

Full Transcript

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- You know, there was some letter
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that the Department of State
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was supposed to send out to people.
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But we quickly realized that everyone
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was just AirDropping that letter
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or screenshotting a picture of that letter
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and sending it to everyone,
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'cause it didn't have, like, specific people's names on it.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:59
Uploaded
Apr 27, 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 ...
[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul 00:09
[indistinct chatter]
I have this letter from the embassy." - Escape from Kabul 00:16
I have this letter from the embassy."
[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul 00:22
[people clamoring]
- The stuff they went through, - Escape from Kabul 00:07
- The stuff they went through,
You're dealing with people who, - Escape from Kabul 00:20
You're dealing with people who,
And that's the stuff that if we did pull them in, - Escape from Kabul 00:05
And that's the stuff that if we did pull them in,
- It's every man for himself right now, - Escape from Kabul 00:40
- It's every man for himself right now,
- Some people had been there three, four, five days - Escape from Kabul 00:06
- Some people had been there three, four, five days
Families just handing their babies over, - Escape from Kabul 00:22
Families just handing their babies over,
- And it's sad seeing these newborns, these kids just-- - Escape from Kabul 00:13
- And it's sad seeing these newborns, these kids just--
And, you know, like, - Escape from Kabul 00:10
And, you know, like,
You know, some of the girls on my team, you know, they-- - Escape from Kabul 00:09
You know, some of the girls on my team, you know, they--
- The orphans that would come through - Escape from Kabul 00:14
- The orphans that would come through
They didn't know where their parents were - Escape from Kabul 00:11
They didn't know where their parents were
- [speaking an Afghan language] - Escape from Kabul 00:15
- [speaking an Afghan language]
- The next few days, we started to get - Escape from Kabul 00:07
- The next few days, we started to get
- So we had Department of State consulates - Escape from Kabul 00:14
- So we had Department of State consulates
- The gate would open up only a few feet - Escape from Kabul 00:11
- The gate would open up only a few feet
- Because I had the paper and the emails, - Escape from Kabul 00:14
- Because I had the paper and the emails,
[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul 00:14
[plane engine roaring]