A family hurries to join a group awaiting access to the northwestern gate of Hamid Karzai ...

A family hurries to join a group awaiting access to the northwestern gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. They are among the tens of thousands who have attempted to gain entry to the airport, and to then board evacuation flights since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital on August 15. Even those with valid travel documents, however, have found it incredibly difficult to navigate the treacherous paths and gateway to the airport, where Taliban fighters, U.S. Marines, British soldiers and Afghan paramilitary units control access. The northwestern gate, today, was controlled by the notorious CIA-backed paramilitary unit known as 01. Late today, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, declared that Afghans wanting to flee the country would be forbidden from accessing the airport.Taken at 18:47:16