——many of them without any kind of visa. they are still hoping, somehow, to be able to leave afghanistan. the taliban, who are in charge of security there, have been firing regularly into the air, beating the crowd back with sticks. and i'm told that most foreign nationals are being able to reach the airport safely. but the taliban are, at times, preventing even those afghans who have permission to board the evacuation flights from doing so. 0ne particularly disturbing episode that is being reported is that of a baby being passed over a barbed wire fence by a desperate parent. 0ther afghans who are due to board these evacuation flights are being able to do so after being taken in on convoys arranged by officials. there is also chaotic scenes outside the canadian embassy in the centre of kabul. that was in what used to be known as the green zone, the heavily fortified area that was protected by afghan security forces. it is now sealed off by the taliban, hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered outside there. filling on blank pieces