Afghans who arrived in Germany on Wednesday described chaotic and terrifying scenes at Kabul airport before they were evacuated to safety and said they feared for lives of loved ones they left behind.
Speaking shortly after landing in Frankfurt on a flight from Tashkent, men, women and children said they were part of a lucky few evacuated by NATO armies after the country fell to the Taliban with astonishing speed.
She, her son and husband, were on the first of several flights organised by Germany to rescue Afghans who are at risk from Taliban insurgents because they had worked for NATO armies or western-funded charitable organisations.A veiled woman wiped away tears, another spoke on her mobile phone and men sobbed as they embraced family members and German friends who had come to welcome them.
"Everyone wants out," said the woman's husband, also speaking in German and carrying their son. "Every day is worse than the day before. We saved ourselves but we couldn't rescue our families." At Frankfurt airport, a young Afghan man wearing a red and white jacket spoke of his joy to be in Germany.
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