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Episode 23 May 2023

A landmark documentary tells the inside story of the 18 monumental days in August 2021 when the US withdrew its troops from Afghanistan and subsequently evacuated thousands of Afghan citizens from Kabul airport after the Taliban seized the city. It was the largest airlift in US modern history, which despite the chaos and suffering, rescued 124,000 people.\n\nCombining previously unseen on-the-ground archival footage from the evacuation with exclusive interviews with evacuees, eye-witnesses, US marines and Taliban fighters, the film also includes dramatic testimony from Afghan citizens attempting to flee. They recount their struggle to reach the airport, which was their last hope of leaving the country before the widely feared Taliban took control.

Source: BBC 2