Video of Afghan Baby Being Handed To US Troops Over Wall Goes Viral

A video showing an Afghan baby being handed to U.S. troops over a razor-wired wall went viral, adding to the already disturbing images of the situation in 🇦🇫Afghanistan.

The baby was lifted over the wall into Kabul Airport. There are other images of children being lifted over the barrier to get them to safety.

Watch the video below:

The video sparked a strong reaction from some on Twitter.

CNN played the video during a segment Friday morning as the network’s Clarissa Ward reported on the heartbreaking stories of women being separated from their families.

“People telling us awful stories of being separated from their families. Being crushed. I spoke to one soldier who said that a woman has been trampled almost to death… Babies being thrown over the razor wire,” Ward said.

She added, “Because to avoid them getting crushed and to try to get them out safely. One U.S. soldier told me his buddy actually caught the baby and had to go and find the family to give the baby back.”

Watch her comments below:

https://twitter.com/brikeilarcnn/status/1428663600076541954

CNN’s Brianna Keilar pressed White House communications director Kate Bedingfield on whether the Biden administration is going to get people out of 🇦🇫Afghanistan, as IJR reported.

“We are doing everything we can to get as many people out who want to get out before the August 31 deadline. That is the sole focus of the President of the United States and his team right now. They are doing everything operationally within their capacity to get out,” Bedingfield said.

She continued, “The one thing I would want your viewers to take on… is whenever we began a mass evacuation like this, it was going to trigger chaos.”

The Department of Defense has evacuated roughly 7,000 people since August 14 and 12,000 people since the end of July, a White House official reported.