THIS is the time when a strike by thousands has hit the airways at Kabul Airport in a bid to evacuate the last flights to Afghanistan.
In the squares echoing the sudden fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War, fearsome men and women were violently taken away from Taliban forces attacking Kabul.
In social media, locals say the airport is in an uproar, with no security trying to keep the peace.
There have also been several reports of gunfire on the runway.
The U.S. embassy said in a statement on Sunday evening: "There are reports that the airport is on fire; therefore we are ordering American citizens to take refuge in their area."
Another clip showed what appeared to be American embassy workers trying to escape by dragging each other onto a plane during a rampage.
And the third video showed more than a thousand residents trying to board a KamAir flight to Istanbul that could carry only 300 passengers.
The footage showed people pushing and shoving as they walked back and forth overcrowded plane already overpowered.
It comes as NATO this evening announced that all commercial flights have been suspended at Kabul airport.
According to Reuters, only military planes will now be allowed to operate.
On Sunday night, members of the Taliban faction announced they had "won" a statement.
In a live broadcast, one of the rebels said he had spent eight years in Guantanamo Bay.
Boris Johnson has now blamed the United States for the development of the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying President Biden has "accelerated" their control.
The prime minister said the "difficult" situation was removed by the president's decision to withdraw troops from the war-torn country.
Earlier today, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country after Taliban attacks the capital, Kabul, took over his palace.
Mr Ghani later said he left "to prevent a flood of bloodshed".
Ghani, who did not say where he went, said he believed "many patriots would die in the faith and the city of Kabul would be destroyed" if he were left behind.
Extremist Taliban militants released 5,000 prisoners and took control of Kabul as the government suddenly collapsed on Sunday.
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