Afghanistan national footballer(Afghan Footballer) Zaki Anwari died on Monday after falling from a US plane at Kabul airport. This information was given by the Afghan news agency Ariana. According to the news agency, Zaki died after falling from a Boeing C17 aircraft of the US Air Force. The General Directorate for Sports of Afghanistan has also confirmed this.
The Taliban captured Kabul on 16 August. Since then there is an atmosphere of panic in the whole country. Fearing the Taliban, thousands of Afghan citizens want to leave the country. A large number of people have gathered at Kabul Airport since Sunday. One of them was also Jaki.
Three people died after falling from the plane
On Monday, there was a stampede at Kabul airport to board the plane. Many people even sat on the wheel of the plane to leave the country here. Some people were also seen above the plane. After the plane took off, the news of the death of three people sitting at the wheel was revealed. It is being told that Zaki was also among those who died.
Zaki was one of thousands of Afghans who arrived at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday. So that they can leave the country after the Taliban capture Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
What did the US Air Force say?
The US Air Force said in a statement that the C-17 aircraft landed at Kabul airport on Monday and was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians. In view of the deteriorating security situation around the aircraft at the airport, the crew decided to take off quickly. The video of the incident also went viral on social media, in which it could be seen that some people had fallen down after the plane took off.