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Chaos at Kabul airport as thousands scramble to board planes in a bid to flee Afghanistan

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Chaotic scenes unfolded at Kabul airport this morning as thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals attempted to flee Afghanistan.

The US military struggled to manage the hectic evacuation as the Taliban patrolled the capital after toppling the Western-backed government.

President Ashraf Ghani fled on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-decade campaign in which the US and its allies had tried to transform the country. READ MORE: Student, 21, 'stuck in Afghanistan' after trip to visit 'worst places in world' The country’s Western-trained security forces collapsed in a matter of days, even before the withdrawal of the last US troops.

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