According to the US, the Afghan baby who was seen in a now-viral video being lifted up to a US Marine over a barbed-wire fence at the Kabul airport has been reunited with its father and is “safe at the airport.” During chaotic evacuation scenes at Hamid Karzai International Airport, the baby was seen on video being handed over to a US Marine. “Because the baby was ill, the parent asked the Marines to look after it, and the Marine you see reaching over the wall took it to a Norwegian hospital near the airport. They took care of the baby and returned him to his father “John Kirby, a spokesman for the US Defense Department, said on Friday.
“It was a compassionate act,” Kirby said, adding that it was the only one he was aware of. It was a professional act on the part of the soldiers stationed there. He went on to say that he has no idea where the baby is now because they were returned to their father after treatment.
Afghan women were reportedly seen throwing their babies over the razor wire of the Kabul airport compound, according to reports. According to a senior British officer, they can hear people shouting as tens of thousands of people crowd the Kabul airport in an attempt to flee the country.
“It was terrible, women were throwing their babies over the razor wire, asking British soldiers to take them, some got caught in the wire. I’m worried for my men, I’m counselling some, everyone cried last night,” the senior British officer said.
According to Nato and Taliban officials, at least 12 people have been killed in and around the Kabul airport since Sunday. The administration of Vice President Joe Biden has been chastised for its haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden faced criticism on Friday over his administration’s plans for the withdrawal of US troops and the Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan.
“I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies … As a matter of fact, the exact opposite I’ve got … we’re acting with dispatch, we’re acting, committing to what we said we would do,” Biden told reporters after making a speech from the White House.
