Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul's international airport Monday (August 16), so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death in chaos that killed at least seven people, US officials said to The Associated Press (AP). FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent, tells us more.

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