Satellite images show chaos as Afghans swarm Kabul airport to escape Taliban takeover

Satellite images captured scenes of chaos at Kabul’s main airport on Monday, as thousands of desperate Afghans attempted to flee the Taliban takeover of the country.

The photos show dense crowds of people on the tarmac itself, surrounding parked civilian airplanes, whose flights have been suspended until further notice.

Video circulating on social media of the same scene captured throngs of people running alongside US military transport planes, with some even jumping onto the side of the craft as they took off. Reports suggest some people fell to their death as they attempted to cling to the outside of departing evacuation flights.