Thousands of Afghans Remain Stranded

Wall Street Journal: “Military flights resumed as the U.S. sent additional troops to secure the U.S.-controlled airport’s perimeter, following two days of chaos there as Westerners and Afghans raced to escape the country.”

“However, many thousands of Afghans who had been employed by Western embassies and nongovernment organizations in Kabul remained stranded and unable to reach the airport for evacuation flights as the Taliban erected checkpoints at airport entrances, whipping and beating Afghans who attempted to cross.”