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| Afghanistan |
| Kabul residents fleeing capital |
| 2001-10-08 |
Thousands of Kabul residents, fearing more U.S. attacks after three waves of bombing raids during the night, began to flee the Afghan capital as dawn broke and the nightly curfew was lifted. Children, toddlers, elderly men and women huddled in buses and trucks as they tried to leave Kabul for the safety of neighbouring Pakistan or for rural parts of the rugged country that do not present prime targets to U.S. bombs and missiles. Some carried meagre household items and most looked around them in fear. Many blamed Washington for forcing them into barren lands outside the city as winter nears. "We are leaving because it is no longer safe here. Thanks to America," an elderly disabled man told Reuters at a bus station just after dawn. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |