Thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country thronged Kabul airport, where five people were killed, on Monday after Taliban insurgents seized the capital, prompting the U.S. military to suspend evacuations to clear the airfield.
Crowds converged on the airport seeking to escape, with some clinging to a U.S. military transport plane as it taxied on the runway, according to footage posted by a media company.
The United States temporarily halted all evacuation flights from Kabul to clear people who had converged on the airfield, a U.S. defense official said.