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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>An Afghan footballer fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said.<\/p>\n

The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death of Zaki Anwari who played for the Afghan national youth team. In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, the group said:<\/p>\n

Anwari, like thousands of Afghan youths, wanted to leave the country but fell off a US plane and died.<\/p>\n

He was among thousands of Afghans who flocked to the Hamid Karzai Internation Airport this week in a bid to flee the country after the country\u2019s legitimate government collapsed.<\/p>\n

A Taliban\u2019s lightning offensive, taking advantage of the withdrawal of troops from NATO countries, ended with them assuming power when President Ashraf Ghani fled.<\/p>\n

In a harrowing video from the airport on Monday, hundreds of people were seen running alongside a US Air Force plane as it gathered speed on the runway \u2013 several men desperately holding onto the side.<\/p>\n

Further clips on social media appeared to show two people falling to their deaths from a C-17 aircraft after it took off.<\/p>\n

Human remains were later found in a wheel well, the US military confirmed, adding that it was investigating the reported deaths linked to the C-17. US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said:<\/p>\n

Before the aircrew could offload the cargo, the aircraft was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n

Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation around the aircraft, the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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