‘Trapped in hell’: Kabul airport chaos casts doubt on US promise of safe evacuation

There is no coherent system, and those who do make it to the airport face days stuck waiting to board flights

In a voice quivering with fear and exhaustion, Sara pleaded down the phone: “Please, get us out of here. The situation is very bad, we are trapped in a hell.”

For the past four days, Sara, who asked for her real name not to be used, has waited with her family among the thousands of people outside the gates of Kabul airport, desperately trying to board a US evacuation flight.

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