A video being widely circulated amid the chaos in Afghanistan shows a baby being passed to a U.S. military service member who appears to be near one of the Taliban’s checkpoints near the Kabul airport.
The unidentified service member, standing on a wall amid the strands of barbed wire, reaches for the child and then passes the infant back.
The chaos & fear of people is a testament to the international community’s role in AFG’s downfall & their subsequent abandonment of Afghan people. The future for AFG has bn decided for its people without its people’s vote & now they live at the mercy of a terrorist group. #Kabul pic.twitter.com/k4bevc2eHE
— Omar Haidari (@OmarHaidari1) August 19, 2021
U.S. Marine Corps officials have confirmed the service members are with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
“The baby seen in the video was taken to a medical treatment facility on site and cared for by medical professionals,” said Marine Corps Maj. Jim Stenger.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the child or other family members will be evacuated from Afghanistan.