It has been a little more than a week since Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, fell to Taliban control, ousting the democratically elected government.

The scene over there is desperate, as many Afghan citizens look for ways to leave their home country, even if that means clinging onto the outside of an American military plane as it takes off.

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