Photos: Chaos, desperation at the airport as Kabul plunges into a crisis

Afghanistan has plunged into crisis as the Taliban insurgents moved in the direction of the capital metropolis Kabul at lightning velocity following the US troops pull out. On August 15, the Taliban entered Kabul and hours later they captured the deserted presidential palace. President Ashraf Ghani had left the nation, sparking outrage inside and out of doors the nation. Meanwhile, the sudden closure of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday threw schedules for the few remaining airways working flights to Afghanistan into disarray, together with Air India which had a flight scheduled for 12.30pm.