Left in the Sewer….Literally

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People from Kabul and other provinces wait in knee-deep water behind the Hamid Karzai International Airport gate as they try to enter the airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this still frame obtained from August 25, 2021 social media video. AAMAJ NEWS AGENCY /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY AAMAJ NEWS AGENCY



I’m trying to reach the airport
Via this canal I wade
Knee-deep in stinking sewage
No paperwork, hopes fade




It is a canal for sewage
not just water as said in the caption.
Troops just look on and ignore
Without papers most are turned away





Don Matthews
August 2021



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