Photojournalist Describes Chaotic Journey From Kandahar To Kabul

A photographer told Newsy about his rocky path from Kandahar to Kabul while covering the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.

"In desperation to get out of the country, they feel that if they get there, they are going to be able to convince or somehow get into the airport and eventually be able to be evacuated," Juan Carlos, a photographer, said. This Newsy exclusive video you are seeing right now is of the chaotic scene unfolding at the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The voice you are hearing: freelance photographer Juan Carlos, whose 280-mile journey, 9-hour drive over broken roads and rugged terrain from Kandahar to Kabul was a harrowing one.   "A lot of people that are there as well, are people that don't have the right paperwork in order to be able to be evacuated," Juan Carlos said.