Don t go to kabul airport. That s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised unless instructed to do so. The state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. A week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. Our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. Crowds, chaos, confusion. The scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. Gunfire. Taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. Translation: we ve got a legal visa. Many people who are coming here don t have the right documents, but we ve got the visa and they won t let us through. Britain s ambassador, sir laurie bristow, has been helping to process appl
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The us embassy in afghanistan, is advising americans not to travel to kabul airport unless they ve been instructed to do so, because of potential security threats at the gates. Thousands of people are still massed outside the perimeter, desperate to board flights out of the country. It comes as the taliban s co founder and head of its political wing, mullah abdul ghani baradar, arrived in kabulfor talks on forming a new afghan government. Here s frankie mccamley. Chaos consuming crowds near kabul airport. At the front, reports bodies are carried away from the crush, with others fighting for their lives. Clear signs tension is mounting. This man threatening people with a whip. The us is now advising its citizens not to travel to the airport unless specifically told to, but even those can t get through. Translation: we have got a legal |visa, many people who are coming | here don t have the right documents, but we have got the visa and they won t let us through. This morning, a plane car
He doesn t call when she went missing any doesn t say where she was. Someone had something to hide. He thought he was getting away with it. He was fighting for his life. All i can do is pray with all that i have. Tell me what happened that night. Welcome to dateline. 23 year old christina bore said vanished without a trace. No clues in only blurry security footage to go on, could the be scrambled on a post it note. Here is josh banquets. Christina morris was afraid of the dark. After even like, you know, grade school, she walked up in the middle of the night. We knew about it. She was in our bed. Should be coming down the hallway. She was scared of the bogeyman. And the bogeyman was going to get her one day. It was something she never really got over. 23 years old, was sleeping with a night light. Or the bathroom light on. It wasn t just the dark that scared christina, it was my might happen in the dark. Christine ahead of fear her whole life and thought she would be taken. Taken, abdu