Over 18,000 people evacuated since Sunday from Kabul airport: NATO official

KABUL: More than 18,000 people have been evacuated from

Kabul

airport since the Taliban took over the

Afghanistan

capital, a

NATO

official told

Reuters

on Friday.

However, crowds continued to throng outside the airport, desperate to flee, said the official, who declined to be identified. The Taliban took over Kabul on Sunday.