A Norwegian soldier cradling an infant on a flight from Kabul, #Afghanistan, to Tblisi, en route to Norway.
Another Norwegian soldier in the background is also comforting a child.
Reports indicate the flight had a large number of kids, from babies to teens, traveling alone. pic.twitter.com/pfr0KZseH1— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) August 21, 2021
Imagine the desperation to hand over your child to a soldier, to an unknown future and separated, just to rescue them from the Taliban.
Kabul airport, #Afghanistan
Azerbaijani and Turkish peacekeepers lifting up Afghan children over a barbed wire wall.pic.twitter.com/GTVOOTcTEv— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) August 21, 2021
Heart breaking.
Afghan’s sending their children out alone in order to save them from terrible fate.