fighters all around approaching us, shouting. one man shouting at me to cover my face or he wouldn t talk to me. he was carrying this huge makeshift whip. it was a bicycle lock that had basically been split in two. the heavy metal padlock was in the middle. he was using it to get anybody out of his way that gets in his way. there was a consistent stream of gunfire. we also were just accosted by people. john, it s so heartbreaking, everybody coming up to us with their papers and passports saying i worked at camp phoenix, i worked at this camp, i was a translator. help me get to america, get my siv to get out of the country. the taliban would come through at one stage this one fighter lifted his gun up in the air as if he was about to start firing rounds, so we had to run and take cover. then the most frightening moment for our team came when our
a los angeles times photojournalist snapped these photos, children bloody after what the photographer calls indiscriminate taliban violence. cnn s clarissa ward capturing dramatic scenes on the front lines today and makie ing clear there is still no order. we have taliban fighters all around approaching us, shouting. one man shouting at me to cover my face or he wouldn t talk to me. he was carrying this huge makeshift whip. it was a bicycle lock. he s just using it to get anybody out of his way who gets in his way. there was a consistent stream of gunfire. the most frightening moment for our team came when our producer brent swales was taking some video on his iphone. two taliban fighters came up and
facilitated? no sense of how that could happen. just a view of the desperate attempts to escape that country. an hour after filing that report, clarissa ward give new insight into what she and her team were wilting. reporter: we went and got very quiros to the airport, it was extremely chaotic. we have taliban fighters all around approaching us, shouting, one man shouting at me to cover my face or he wouldn t talk to me. he was carrying this huge makeshift whip. it was a bicycle lock that had basically been split in two, so the heavy metal padlock was in the middle. and he s just using it to just get anybody out of his way who gets in his way. there was a consistent stream of gun fire. we also were just accosted by people, so heartbreaking. everybody coming up to us with their papers, their passport saying, please, i worked at camp phoenix, i worked at this camp,
makeshift whip. it was a bicycle lock that had basically been split in two, so the heavy metal padlock was in the middle. and he s just using it to just get anybody out of his way who gets in his way. there was a consistent stream of gunfire. we also were just accosted by people. john, it s so heartbreaking. everybody coming up to us with their papers and passports, saying, please. i worked at camp phoenix. i was at this camp. i was a translator. help me get in, help tme get to america, i have my siv. the taliban would come through. at one stage this firefighter lifted his gun in the air as if he was about to start firing rounds. so we had to run and take cover. and then, you know, the most fright ming moment for our team came when producer brent swales was taking some video on his iphone. two taliban fighters just came up with their pistol ands they were ready to pistol whip him. we had to intervene and scream.