WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — A heart-breaking video showing a US Marine lifting a baby over a razor wire-topped wall at Kabul’s airport caught global attention yesterday, amid the chaos of thousands trying to flee Afghanistan newly controlled by the Taliban. The video, which shows the...
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — A heart-breaking video showing a US Marine lifting a baby over a razor wire-topped wall at Kabul’s airport caught global attention yesterday, amid the chaos of thousands trying to flee Afghanistan newly controlled by the Taliban.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Marines were told the unidentified baby was sick and were asked to help. While the video of that act appeared to be independently filmed, the US military released several other officially approved photographs of soldiers helping out children of people hoping to escape Afghanistan.
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