Afghanistan crisis: Ex-UK marine evacuates wife on empty plane as thousands struggle to escape Taliban

A former Royal Marine commando, Paul 'Pen' Farthing explained to Sky News his journey to Kabul airport so that he could help his wife Kaisa evacuate the war-torn country.

KABUL: A nearly empty plane carrying wife of former UK Royal Marine commando took off from Afghanistan's Kabul as thousands of people, with one bag each, were waiting at the airport, to escape from the 'torture' of Taliban. She subsequently boarded a C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft as she made her way to her native Norway. She was flown in what appeared to be an almost empty plane, while others waited in complete chaos to leave the country.  A former Royal Marine commando, Paul 'Pen' Farthing explained to Sky News his journey to Kabul airport so that he could help his wife Kaisa evacuate the war-torn country. Farthing expressed despair that some planes are not even fully loaded with passengers due to the continuing chaos at the airport.  Aircraft are taking off from the airport every hour "regardless of whether they're full or not...People can't get in, they cannot get into the airport," Sky News quoted him as saying.