The Airbus A400M Atlas, which was the first to land, circled for five hours over the Kabul airport which was temporarily closed due to the chaotic conditions on the tarmac after the Taliban takeover of AfghanistanFury as plane that carries 153 passengers leaves Afghanistan with just seven peopleAn evacuation plane from Germany that can carry 135 passengers left Afghanistan with just seven people sparking anger and criticism. According to local media NDR, Germany landed their second evacuation plane in Kabul on Tuesday. Image: Copyright unknown) Copyright unknown)Many public figures criticised the Germany army's inefficiency and described the rescue of only seven people as shameful. German artist Igor Levit tweeted: "In the face of disaster, not filling the plane with people is incomparably inhuman. Distressing video also showed desperate stowaways plunging to their deaths from a plane as it left Kabul.

Source: Daily Mirror August 17, 2021 21:32 UTC