A video with pictures making rounds on the internet shows the moment an Afghan mother hands her suckling baby over a barbed fence to a US soldier as a last resort to save her baby’s life.
This gives a glimpse into the feeling of hopelessness by Afghans since the takeover of the country by Taliban.
The extraordinary video and series of photos shows the pulse-pounding moment a wailing baby was handed over a fence to an American soldier at the Kabul airport, a fellow Marine wincing as the baby was lifted over barbed wire to him by just her arm.
The heartbreaking scene played out at the wall around the Kabul airport — where thousands of Afghans are trying to flee from the Taliban-controlled country.
Following the ordeal, the baby was taken to a medical treatment facility at the airport.
The baby has since been reunited with her father and is now safe at the airport.
“The baby seen in the video was taken to a medical treatment facility on site and cared for by medical professionals. I can confirm the baby was reunited with their father and is safe at the airport,” Maj. Jim Stenger told CBS News.
Recall that an Afghan National Footballer and others also hung helplessly to a departing airplane and later fell to their death.
There’s definitely a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan which the world shouldn’t turn her back on.
Watch video below;
•Source: New York Times
