Page 65 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 15

Community

Samuel Phillips

writer, podcaster, photographer,
songwriter and singer.
As a content creator, he is passionate about
creating a better image and positive

narrative about Afrika.

HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?

WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS BECOME MONSTERS

“If you can’t take us, take our children.” “The Taliban are coming for me”. have set up checkpoints on Airport Road
Before I go further, here is a little - shown in yellow, below - the main route
he above statement is one update of what’s happening around to Hamid Karzai International Airport,
of the many cries by the the Kabul airport as regards those and have attacked people. The violence has
crowd at Kabul airport who are trying to flee the country. left 12 people in the area, dead - killed by
Twho were fighting to get gunshots or in stampedes - since Sunday,
away from Afghanistan after the Tal- According to BBC News: an anonymous Taliban official told Reuters
iban took over the country recently, “Since the Taliban took control of the news agency, meaning the journey to the
when the US army left after twenty country at the weekend and closed land airport is an increasingly treacherous one.
years of war. border crossings, the capital’s airport has Inside the walls of the airport compound,
become the only way out of the country for more than 4,000 US troops are in
Here is another. I watched a young many. temporary control. Outside, heavily-armed
girl online crying and begging the Taliban fighters now ring the perimeter,
American soldiers to allow her into But the militants have said they don’t generating an atmosphere of fear.”
the airport. What’s her cry? want Afghans to leave the country. They

WWW.MSINGIAFRIKAMAGAZINE.COM ISSUE 15 | SEPTEMBER 2021 65