At each gate to the airport – there were five in all – I had asked for the British. I was a potential Taliban target because of my years of work for British soldiers. I decided to try and scale it so I would drop down into the comparative safety of the airport. This time, there were three more bursts, then silence and barked orders from the Taliban to leave. With the Taliban having arrived in the city 24 hours earlier, he, like us, was extremely worried.

Source: Daily Mail August 17, 2021 21:59 UTC