Canadian evacuees told to ‘wear red’ at crushing airport checkpoint while allies run armoured, airborne escorts out of besieged city
Canadian evacuees are being turned away from Kabul’s airport by American and Afghan soldiers, despite holding valid travel documents permitting them passage out of the besieged city.
And while other nations send helicopters and armed escorts to rescue their citizens from the Taliban-controlled city, Global Affairs Canada’s advice for evacuees to ‘wear red’ and identify themselves as Canadians is holding no sway for those tasked with gatekeeping the world’s most dangerous airport.
